Monoprint artists

Many, many people have been asking "What is a monotype?" and "How do you do it?"Known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques, a monotype is essentially a hand-printed painting. The appeal of the monotype lies in its unique translucency that creates a quality of light very different from a painting. The spontaneity of mark-making and layering of printing inks creates a surface that is unlike any other art.I roll or dab oil-based inks onto a smooth plastic surface…

Sarah Jameson is a Shropshire based artist working in a variety of media, including photography, traditional and digital drawing, collage and monoprinting.

laura weiler ▪️visual artist ▪️collage illustration on Instagram: "New! Satisfying monoprint pulls and a new approach, for me at least. Making mono prints for paper to use in analog collages and the backgrounds for digital collage. I made a few more of these mono prints and I’m excited to share them soon. I created the illustrations in @procreate using some @truegrittexturesupply with my new monoprint pulls What do you think? I know my art has been a little like ‘spaghetti against a…

Susan McCreevy | Mixed media Artist on Instagram: "Monoprint Fun Techniques… In this video I share my passion for pattern and texture, using acrylic paint and water based printing ink. Discover the magic of household objects in creating repeat patterns! 🌟 Grab your brushes and explore unique collage papers with me today! Click the link in Bio to watch full video on my YouTube Channel! 💙 #gelprinting #gelprin #gelliprintcollage #gelliartsartist #gelpressobsessed #stencilart #mixedmediaart…

Monoprinting with Scrim

Watch a quick video and see what a trace monotype print is. Want to learn more join us in the next session of Draw into Print. Read all the details on the workshop page. A trace monotype print has a fuzzy line quality that cannot be reproduced with other methods of printmaking. You can free […]

A color monotype printed from plexiglass using watercolor and water soluble crayons, and a list of inspiring links related to monotype prints.

Monoprinting is a lovely technique that allows printmakers to be spontaneous, painterly and experimental. This simple monoprint project produces beautiful delicate prints using a piece of scrim and an etching press. Begin with a piece of perpex, a plastic inking plate or a sheet of drypoint plastic. use masking tape to tape off a rectangle on your perspex. … Continue reading "Monoprinting with Scrim"

Many, many people have been asking "What is a monotype?" and "How do you do it?"Known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques, a monotype is essentially a hand-printed painting. The appeal of the monotype lies in its unique translucency that creates a quality of light very different from a painting. The spontaneity of mark-making and layering of printing inks creates a surface that is unlike any other art.I roll or dab oil-based inks onto a smooth plastic surface…

Over the past few months I've been experimenting with different ways of making marks on cloth. While I love the linear marks I have been producing with shibori and other techniques, I don't want to just keep repeating myself. So I've been shaking things up. I

Gelatin printmaking is fun, fast and addictive. But after the initial surprise and excitement many artists want to exercise some control over the process. Or they see clean, crisp layers made by other printmakers and artist and wonder how it was achieved. Now fair warning, monotype printmaking is often experimental and exact marks often can […]

Jenny Mccabe on Instagram: "Playing with monoprints - painting oil based ink directly onto acetate and manipulating it it’s brushes and rags to create an image then taking a print using a press - quite pleased with some of these - gonna keep playing and see what i learn. #drawing #artwork #printmakersofinstagram #printmaker #print #jennymccabe #birdart #ukprintmakers #artist #artstudio #artistsoninstagram #printmaking #womenprintmakers #womenartistsofinstagram #monoprinting…

summer reading — linda clark johnson | artist

sarah jameson, artist, monoprints, monoprinting

All week I’ve had some monotype concepts cooking on the creativity back burner. Today was the day to jump into some spontaneous monotype printing — mostly on rice paper, some on fabrics, and all with acrylic paints. Among the many things I like about printing monotypes is that the results are just a

Naomi Southon - jewellery artist and seller of teabag paper on Instagram: "I really like all the different types of effect that I have been able to achieve using this one stencil. I think out of all of them though this is my favourite. #monoprints #monotype #monoprinting #collagepapers #collagefodder #teabagpaper #teabagprinting #teabag #teabagart #teabagpaperproject #artproject #collageart #collagepattern #pattern #patterndesign #inspiration #natureinspires #inspiredbynature #naturalforms…

Collage techniques for using monoprints made with a Gelli Arts® printing plate on mat board, wood panels, canvas board, or stretched canvas. In this step-by-step tutorial, artist Catherine Tonning-Popowich shares how you can collage on all of these substrates using a technique that involves coating two sides of the gel-printed paper with medium to create acrylic skins. #gelliarts #gelplate #printingplate #monoprinting #printmaking #gelprinting #gelliplate #artteacher #collage