I did a workshop at STPI last week and learned how to do monoprints from plastic plates. I really struggled with the creative part of it - how do I decide what to put on the blank slate, what colors to use, what lines to paint? But I really had fun once I started, even if some of it turned out ugly. I comfort myself by the saying that art is subjective, and what's incomprehensible to one person may move another to tears, and what's simple to someone may be profound to another. So here's my art.
We used oil paints on a plastic plate, and transferred it onto paper using a hydraulic press. There is usually only enough ink to do one print (hence, a MONOprint), and you will have to touch up or re-draw if you want to do another.
In A Field.
[This one was handprinted, and not much of the paint got transferred because I guess I wasn't strong enough.]
Night Gallops.
[This was inspired by Danish artist Anja Blinkenberg.]
Splattered Oxidation.
[My attempt at abstract. Used a toothbrush to create the spotting.]
Line Series.
Koala Bear.
[Its actually a bird in the corner, but one of my friends thought it was a koala, hence the title. The top print is the first one on dry paper, and the bottom print was done again (hence, lighter colored) on damp paper.]
Sinking Well.
Like The Wind.
[Trying it out in black and white. I think it's a little flat though.]
I Miss You.
[Not that easy to write backwards (bear in mind that monoprinting is a mirror image). I'm not in love with the colors.]
