Gelli Plate Monoprint with Ballpoint Emboss Drawing Transfer Gelli plate monoprints offer a festive and varied approach to printmaking without the need for a press. I’ve barely scratched the surface of all the innovative printmaking methods shared online with these gelatinous squares of potential. And I’m on a roll with gelli plate monoprint with ballpoint …
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Collagraph Print from Mat Board with Akua Inks Here is a small Collagraph Print from Mat Board with Akua Inks. I printed this last Sunday as part of a demonstration for my Mastrius group. (Our next session is Sunday, April 9th at 10:00am Pacific Time, and we’re going over gelli plate drawing transfers. Want to …
Color Monotype Printmaking Portrait without a Press Making a color monotype print portrait (without a press) of my lovely cousin emerging from a swimming pool. These layered color monotype prints get more and more fun as I get familiar with what works, and what should be avoided. Have you tried to make one yet? Registration …
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Color Monotype Print without a Press Making a color monotype print without a press is officially addictive. (You can see in the two previous posts here, and here that I’ve been on a sprint with these fun, painterly prints.) There are monotype print sequence steps in several photos below. And can I please recommend you …
Monotype Print in Layered Colors without a Press Creating monotype prints in layered colors without a press began as a demo for my group on Mastrius. Now, I can’t stop making them. Isn’t that the way artists’ minds work? Must. Chase. Shiny. Object. One of many splendids about this form of monotype making is how …
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Color Monotype Portrait Printed without a Press This week in my Mastrius group, I demo’d an approach to making color monotype portrait prints without the use of a press. Here are some of the screen shots from the zoom demo (which is available to members of the group to re-watch for a month). This is …
Collagraph using Recycled Cardboard Printed Intaglio Style without a Press While we were all staying in, I posted a series of printmaking experiments using common items from around the house. I never posted this one – a Collagraph using Recycled Cardboard Printed Intaglio Style without a Press. Recycled Packaging Prints without a Press Roundup YouTube …
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Color Landscape Light Field Monotype Print Here is a quick video demo (below) to show you the steps to make a full color landscape light field monotype print without a press. There is also a list of all the supplies (below) I used in the demo, with links if you’re looking to source some of …
Gelli Plate Monotype Portrait Print Experiments with gelli plate monotype portrait prints have been underway in my studio, and they are FUN! The first test was reminiscent of storefront window paintings, layered by sign painters on the glass from inside to display on the outside. You begin by applying your darkest, most detailed line work …
Wood Lithography (Mokulito) Prints with Watercolor I’ve been experimenting with the use of watercolor to print full-color backgrounds on mokulito (wood lithography) prints. Applying tube watercolors directly to the wood plate for a second run through the press has yielded interesting, varied results. I don’t have a full color suite of traditional oil-based printmaking inks. …
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Color Tetra Pak Collagraph Print I veered off the Mokulito (Wood Litho) printmaking trail to take a little hike with Tetra Pak prints this week. If you’re not familiar, Tetra Pak is the material used to package boxed soup, wine, almond milk, and the like. The foil and plastic lining in Tetrapak containers wipes clear …
Wood Lithography (Mokulito) Printmaking – Anacapa Island Arch Experimenting with Wood Lithography (Mokulito) Printmaking continues in my studio. I really appreciate all the feedback and encouragement you sent about my deep dive into mokulito after the previous post. (Pretend I’m handing you a fresh-baked cookie and a cup of tea.) This mokulito print was a …
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Mokulito (Wood Lithography) Printmaking Printmaking mash-ups appeal to my experiment-loving, nerd-artist’s heart. In a previous series of blog posts this season (like this cat and tulip print), I relished mixing linocut with drypoint engraving. (More of those are coming soon.) And then, I took a wood lithography workshop – also known as Mokulito – with …
What is a Trace Monotype Print? Trace monotype is a form of printmaking created by drawing on a sheet of paper thats been laid on an inked, still wet plate, so the contact and transfer of the ink on the back of your drawing becomes the print. Trace monotype, or drawing transfer monotype is very …
Carborundum Collagraph Print This carborundum collagraph print was made with mat board, acrylic gloss, and carborundum (fine sandpaper grit). The plate was inked and wiped to print intaglio style (from the recessed areas of the plate, rather than relief style – from the uppermost surface). Wiping ink from a gloss-sealed matboard plate featuring wide, shallow …
Print Day in May Reduction Linocut and Drypoint Combo Tuxedo Corsage is a Reduction Linocut and Drypoint print combo still life of my studio pal Scout next to a vase of tulips created for Print Day in May. All the supplies to make this art are listed below. Print Day in May Print Day in …
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Mixing Relief and Intaglio Printmaking Methods This mix of relief and intaglio printmaking methods was the second one I worked on last Fall. The project carried some pearl-clutching challenges, so I’ll share them with you in this post. If you’re interested in trying a printmaking mashup of linocut and drypoint from plexiglass, have a look …
Drypoint Etching and Relief Print Mash Up This is my fourth mash-up of reduction linocut print and dry point etching. I worked on it intermittently through the Fall and Winter months. The deep dive into process was a blessed respite from my panicked obsessing over the looming loss of a family member to cancer. I …
Mixed Printmaking – Color Linocut and Drypoint Engraving This is the third in a series of posts showing methods to make mixed printmaking mashups. (You can read the first drypoint and linocut print post here, and the second print mash-up steps are posted here.) Cummerbund is a small reduction linocut with drypoint engraving, inspired by …
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Linocut Print and Drypoint Etching – Printmaking Mashup In the last post – I dabbled with an experimental printmaking mash-up. For that still life print, I carved a reduction Linocut for background color and engraved a Drypoint print on plexiglass for details and shading. (You can read that post here.) This new print is a …
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Reduction Linocut and Drypoint Print Mix Snacking Geometry is a Reduction Linocut and Drypoint print still life, created for a print exchange. Printmakers Connect is a group that “meets” at 8:30am Pacific time every Thursday on the audio-only social app Clubhouse. Have you ever listened in? Printmakers Connect attendees discuss all things print-related, and the …
How to Print a Monotype without a Press Monotype printmaking is the “painterly print” option. This printmaking process is accessible to everyone, and it doesn’t require sharp tools, carving lines into hard material, or using a printing press. At its most basic, monotype prints are made by manipulating pigment into shapes on a smooth, flat …
Monotype Print Still Life – adding Colored Pencil to your Art I spent a foggy afternoon transferring printmaking inks from leaky containers to new ones, sent gratis by the manufacturer. Good customer service! While pouring and scraping ink into shiny new containers, I rolled out a bit of leftover ink on a sheet of plexiglass …
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Making an Intaglio Drypoint Print from Recycled Paper Cartons While walking a freshly emptied carton of frozen Mango & Cream bars to the recycling bin, I wondered if the thin paper carton would yield an intaglio print. There’s only one way to find out, right? So let’s give it a twirl, shall we? Recycled Cartons …
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Make a Monotype from Things Around the House This was a quick experiment to see if I could pull a monotype print – without a press – from tube watercolor applied to a tin-foil-wrapped sheet of scrap cardboard. Making fun stuff from what you have around the house was the goal, and it worked, so …
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Can You add Watercolor to Collagraph Prints? Yes, you can, as long as the ink you used to print your collagraph dries permanent, and the paper you printed it on can handle wet media. (Here’s a post that covers the caveats of wet media on ink and printmaking papers.) (You can test a small swatch …
Acrylic Gloss Varnish Sealer on Mat Board Collagraphs When you make a collagraph plate from mat board (also known as mount board), the front, back, and edges of the board should be sealed. Moisture from printmaking inks and modifiers would soak the mat board plate into cotton pulp. The sealed printable surface should be a …
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Make a Collagraph Print from Mat Board Have you made a collagraph print from mat board, and printed it in the a la toupee method, intaglio style? A La Poupée Inking After laying out ink colors (see above) I plan to use on the plate to print the edition, I’m using rolled felt daubers (or …
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Printmakers to Admire I found Toronto artist Margaret Rankin’s work online in 2005. Her subjects demonstrate her sharp eye and sure hands. She is a trained Landscape Architect, and her composition and colors are based on nature. One of the things I was drawn to is the way she uses her blocks – after the …
Spontaneous Monotype Still Life Print I’m in the midst of filming, editing, and narrating a video class on monotype printmaking. It’s complex work, and not in my creative wheelhouse. One of the best ways to shake off the monitor and keyboard is a spontaneous monotype. That’s how this one arrived. Fixing a Monotype Print – …
