Part One of Printmaking 1 was an introduction to the monoprinting technique through a series of exercises and projects aimed at building up experience and skills of a variety of techniques  culminating in Project 4 which involved combining ideas and techniques. We were asked to make a selection of prints to submit for assessment.

Project 1

• Two early experimental prints (mark making):

Experiments with brushes of different sizes and a variety of mark making painted on printing plate with water based block printing ink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experimenting with rollers on printing plate with water based block printing ink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• A printed study from life:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Two later experiments:

Study from magazine photo painted onto glass printing plate with acrylic paint and printed on thin sketching paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painted from imagination onto glass printing plate with acrylic paint and printed on thin brown packing paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project 2

Positive masked monoprint

Printed with waterbased block printing ink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negative masked monoprint

Ghost print with mask removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive masked monoprint

Ghost print with mask removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negative masked monoprint

Ghost print with mask removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project 3

• Two contrasting masked prints in two colours:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• A selection of prints showing experiments in texture and surface detail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive masked monoprint overprinted with reversed mask in contrasting colour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overprinted ghost prints to create graduation of shades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negative masked monoprint overprinted with textured layers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Negative masked monoprint overprinted with textured layers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abstract prints from layered masks and textures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monoprint in black acrylic paint created by wiping ink off printing plate with various tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monoprint in red acrylic paint created by wiping ink off printing plate with cotton bud

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cityscape monoprint, experimenting with rollers and textures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Backdrawn mono print from life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Backdrawn mono print from photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project 4

1. Girl in Doorway: positive masked monoprint of girl overprinted onto textured background created with positive mask of doorway

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2. Town on lake: Painting on printing plate with textures added and water rolled and textured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Abstract: Layered and textured background with negative masked monoprints and overprinted with positive monoprints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Still life: Background of negative mask of still life, overprinted with back drawing to show detail