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I intend to post some variations on original monoprints when I return from my short break. These are the orginals.

MONOPRINTS

Most of the monoprints were originally made in the ‘70s and 80s.
Most were sold after an exhibition in a private gallery or given away as presents [as an assistantant teacher I was rather badly paid.]

The process was as follows:-

[1] The glass platen was inked up with printers’ ink
[2] The paper was placed carefully on the inked plate
[3] the design was drawn on the back of the paper – this would yield a ‘positive’ image e.g. image 1. If paper was placed and smoothed onto the platen immediately afterwards it would yield a negative image e.g. image 2
[4] When the ink was dry the picture was sprayed, using a mouth sprayer, with indian ink [red, yellow, green etc] to give a background colour.
[5] The process was completed using white ink for the highlights

NOTES

[a] Drawing has to be immediate – there is little room for hesitancy.
Pre-drawing is possible – but vitality of line is at risk.
[b] Printing paper is important – experimentation will yield surprising results. I used the ‘back’ of textured wallpaper to get interesting textures e.g. image 4.
[c] Household gloss paint [used as printing ink] can give unusual effects e.g. image 7 & 8.

Description
I intend to post some variations on original monoprints when I return from my short break. These are the orginals.

MONOPRINTS

Most of the monoprints were originally made in the ‘70s and 80s.
Most were sold after an exhibition in a private gallery or given away as presents [as an assistantant teacher I was rather badly paid.]

The process was as follows:-

[1] The glass platen was inked up with printers’ ink
[2] The paper was placed carefully on the inked plate
[3] the design was drawn on the back of the paper – this would yield a ‘positive’ image e.g. image 1. If paper was placed and smoothed onto the platen immediately afterwards it would yield a negative image e.g. image 2
[4] When the ink was dry the picture was sprayed, using a mouth sprayer, with indian ink [red, yellow, green etc] to give a background colour.
[5] The process was completed using white ink for the highlights

NOTES

[a] Drawing has to be immediate – there is little room for hesitancy.
Pre-drawing is possible – but vitality of line is at risk.
[b] Printing paper is important – experimentation will yield surprising results. I used the ‘back’ of textured wallpaper to get interesting textures e.g. image 4.
[c] Household gloss paint [used as printing ink] can give unusual effects e.g. image 7 & 8.