Monoprinting

Monoprinting

 * 1) Draw a picture. This picture must correspond with one of your letters from your ABC list. Please no words, designs, patterns, logos, characters, sunsets, cell phones, or ipods. It must have a subject matter with a background and a focal point. It must fill the page and should be from a photograph.
 * 2) When you are done, I will give you a sheet of plexiglass. Tape the drawing to the plexiglass.
 * 3) Pull out a set of watercolors. Following the design of your drawing, paint onto the plexiglass. Less water and more paint is the key. You probably will have to paint the image a couple of times, to get the richness of color that you need. Don’t be afraid to create an outline, shading, or value or color shifts.
 * 4) Allow the image to dry. Remove your drawing.
 * 5) Take some of the designated paper and mist it fully with water. Allow a minute or so to pass while the paper absorbs the water. If it is still shiny, it is not ready.
 * 6) Put the plexiglass onto the press, paint side up. Put the paper on top of the plexiglass, wet side down. Run them through the press with the side setting at about 20-25.
 * 7) Pull the print, sign it, number it and turn it in. Wash off the plexiglass and return it to me.