To create my positive monoprint I first rolled out a smooth layer of black ink onto a plastic plate and placed a piece of paper over the top of the ink. I has to take care not to press into the paper as it would leave impressions in the paper causing it to pick up the ink. I then used a sharp mechanical pencil to draw my design, as I drew the pressure caused the ink to lift onto the paper picking up the design I wanted to create. for my positive monoprint I decided to draw the curlew, I used small marks to create the feathers of the bird and shaded using cotton buds and small amounts of pressure.
Once I peeled away the paper my monoprint was done revealing the design. I feel this isn't a very successful monoprint as the ink seemed to be blotchy over the paper and the design wasn't picked up very well. This could be due to too much ink and not enough pressure whilst drawing.
For my reductive monoprint I recycled the ink I already had on the place and used a series of tools and small amount of water to lift the ink off the plate. I removed the ink in areas I wanted to be lighter of didn't want to print. To do this I used toothpicks, cotton buds and paper towels to lift the ink away.
Because the ink had started to dry out by this point u had to print this monoprint differently. I had to print this monoprint using the printing press. To first soaked a piece of paper in cool water and blotted the excess away using blotting paper. Like an intaglio print I then placed my printing place over the top of my damp paper and rolled it through the roller press. Due to the moisture of the paper the ink was lifted away from the plate and into the paper to reveal my finished monoprint.
My final monoprint was also from observation but for this piece I used colour. This monoprint was a painterly monoprint, I decided to create a print of an owl. I used coloured inks to paint onto the clear printing plate in the design I wanted almost like painting a picture, only I had to work much quicker as the ink would dry out. Like my previous reductive monoprint I also had to place the painterly print through the printing press using damp paper. Unfortunately this print was not very successful as some of the ink was not lifted from the plate as well as the moisture causing some of the ink to run. I also feel in some places I placed too much ink causing it to bleed under the pressure of the press creating a blurred image. I could have improved this by using less ink and working much faster to stop some areas drying out and to create a flatter much more successful print.
Because the ink had started to dry out by this point u had to print this monoprint differently. I had to print this monoprint using the printing press. To first soaked a piece of paper in cool water and blotted the excess away using blotting paper. Like an intaglio print I then placed my printing place over the top of my damp paper and rolled it through the roller press. Due to the moisture of the paper the ink was lifted away from the plate and into the paper to reveal my finished monoprint.
My final monoprint was also from observation but for this piece I used colour. This monoprint was a painterly monoprint, I decided to create a print of an owl. I used coloured inks to paint onto the clear printing plate in the design I wanted almost like painting a picture, only I had to work much quicker as the ink would dry out. Like my previous reductive monoprint I also had to place the painterly print through the printing press using damp paper. Unfortunately this print was not very successful as some of the ink was not lifted from the plate as well as the moisture causing some of the ink to run. I also feel in some places I placed too much ink causing it to bleed under the pressure of the press creating a blurred image. I could have improved this by using less ink and working much faster to stop some areas drying out and to create a flatter much more successful print.
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