MONOTYPE PRINTING

MONO MEANS ALONE OR ONE, PRINT MEANS TO TRANSFER. IN A MONOTYPE PRINT, YOU PRINT ONE

IMAGE FROM A PLATE.

VOCABULARY

PRINTMAKING BRAYER INK TEXTURE MATRIX OR PRINTING PLATE PULL: PRESSURE TO TRANSFER IMAGE and

INFORMATION DROP MONOTYPE

TEXTURE CAN BE ADDED WITH MANY DIFFERENT TOOLS. YOU CAN USE Q-TIPS, RAGS, CARDBOARD AND PAINTBRUSHES.

Printer preparing a plate before a “Pull”.

Here are some examples of monotype

prints.

JIM DINE is an artist who created many monotype prints.

He liked to use common objects in his art work.

Pulling a Dine print.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER CREATES ABSTRACT MONOTYPE

PRINTS.

Frankenthaler liked to make very large images. Here are some

printers “pulling” one of her large monotype prints.

EDGAR DEGAS IS AN ARTIST WHO ADDED PASTELS TO HIS MONOTYPE PRINTS. His work included many studies of ballerinas.

Ballet school by Edgar Degas

I LOVE TO PULL PRINTS!

I RAISE CHICKENS. I USE THEM AS MY SUBJECTS. MY DOG JACK THINKS

HE’S A CHICKEN.

The World’s fattest chicken

A ROOSTER DISCUSSION

SHE’S LISTENING TO YOU.

NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO CREATE A MONOTYPE PRINT.

EXPLORE AND EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT TEXTURES USING RAGS AND Q-TIPS!

THINK ABOUT THE PRIMARY COLORS AND HOW THEY WILL MIX IN YOUR PRINT

EVERYONE LIKES TO LEAVE THEIR MARK. THINK ABOUT THE MARKS YOU WILL MAKE.

BE CREATIVE!!!!!

The End.