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365 art challenge #3
Monotype #3 and ghost: water based Speedball relief ink on copper, printed on what I believe is Rives BFK paper. The previous two monotypes have used additive processes, where the image is made from painting onto the support plate. This print uses a subtractive technique, completely covering the plate with ink and wiping it away […]
365 art challenge #1
Watercolor pencils on a copper aquatint test plate, printed on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. The white patches are where the paper stuck to the plate and tore. Maybe watercolor pencils would lift from the plate more successfully if I used a stronger paper, but I’m not holding my breath. Monotypes are one of a kind prints, […]
365 art challenge
This is the best book on monotypes I have yet to find. I visited author Kurt Wisneski a few years ago at the university where he was a printmaking professor, and he later mailed me a copy of his wonderful book. Even more important than the book was the advice he offered about graduate school […]
Oncidium Press 