Last week Nikki Barber and I surprised my drawing classes with an unexpected session of printmaking. After a few weeks of drawing practice, Beginning and Figure Drawing students made monotypes for the first time, and LOVED IT.
Yesterday I posted still life monoprints by the beginning drawing students. Today are figurative monoprints by the figure drawing 2 students.
We started with a piece of acetate, and covered it in ink. Nikki showed us how to load the brayer and listen to the sounds of the ink so we know we have the right amount. Then students used the subtractive method, in which the image starts dark, and wiped away areas of light. It’s a mind flip to go from adding for dark to subtracting for light. Something about it is incredibly interesting, and fun. Subtractive work changes how people think, and creates lovely painterly effects. Monoprints are one of a kind prints; a type of printmaking for painters, in a way.
The inky plates are then run through the etching press, with damp paper. The paper picks up the ink, and makes a monoprint. The first time the paper is pulled from the plate is the first time the artist sees their work clearly. So exciting!
Check out some of the prints we made this week. Remember – these beginning drawing students have never done anything like this before. These are their first prints! They are fabulous.
Figurative Monoprints
Figure Drawing 2 Class
Figurative Monoprint by Wendy
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Figurative Monotypes
Last week Nikki Barber and I surprised my drawing classes with an unexpected session of printmaking. After a few weeks of drawing practice, Beginning and Figure Drawing students made monotypes for the first time, and LOVED IT.
Yesterday I posted still life monoprints by the beginning drawing students. Today are figurative monoprints by the figure drawing 2 students.
We started with a piece of acetate, and covered it in ink. Nikki showed us how to load the brayer and listen to the sounds of the ink so we know we have the right amount. Then students used the subtractive method, in which the image starts dark, and wiped away areas of light. It’s a mind flip to go from adding for dark to subtracting for light. Something about it is incredibly interesting, and fun. Subtractive work changes how people think, and creates lovely painterly effects. Monoprints are one of a kind prints; a type of printmaking for painters, in a way.
The inky plates are then run through the etching press, with damp paper. The paper picks up the ink, and makes a monoprint. The first time the paper is pulled from the plate is the first time the artist sees their work clearly. So exciting!
Check out some of the prints we made this week. Remember – these beginning drawing students have never done anything like this before. These are their first prints! They are fabulous.
Figurative Monoprints
Figure Drawing 2 Class
Figure Drawing 2
Sunday 6:30-8:00
Starts March 31
Monotypes
Tuesdays 6:00-10:00
Starts April 2
Figurative Monotypes
Weekend Workshop
May 25/26
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