For this exercise I chose two images from my sketchbook and earlier work, the spiral and the woven square; Spirals Acetate stencils I cut stencils from acetate sheet and plasticized paper, retaining both the positive and negative stencil pieces. I used acrylic paint, rolling onto a piece of glass with a brayer. The printing was […]

Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 3 – Back drawing

29th January 2017

For this exercise I used a glass plate to lay out acrylic paints and used a brayer to roll out the paint and also to roll over the paper. The paint was laid onto the plate and paper (or other media) was laid onto the plate. A variety of implements was then used to make […]

Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 1- Mark-making

29th January 2017

For this exercise I chose acrylic paints and used and the glass from and old picture frame as the plate. I printed onto: Printer paper Previously printed printer paper (waste paper from failed/duplicate printing) Tumble dryer sheets Wet wipes Cartridge sketchbook paper Coloured scrapbook paper Undyed calico fabric Brown wrapping paper Aluminium foil For the […]