Mono printing ideas

A blog focusing on watercolor media, that offers tutorials, tips and watercolor-related work in progress from artist and art-instructor Jenny Kroik.

Monoprinting with nature: step-by-step techniques for making cards or prints to hang. https://mostlovelythings.com/monoprinting-with-nature/

Monoprint created on Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate with acrylic paint and masks on text paper with India ink highlights.. Artwork measures 8 x 10.

Monoprinting with Scrim

Dervin is a Cork based artist who primarily works with the figure using a multitude of different media including textiles and printmaking.

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 […]

Trace Monoprinting is a simple low tech process that can be done without a printing press. It has a fuzzy line quality and can be quick and expressive. Click on the image to see a larger size of the individual trace monoprints. You only need a few tools to give trace monoprinting a try: a […]

An easy to understand tutorial on mono-printing. Upcycle, repurpose, recycle, and reuse!

In my studio last month I explored printing with some plants from my garden - a perennial silver bush (unable to be identified) and the flower heads from my Italian Parsley. It wasn't a complex printing session, but just a relaxing exploration of a couple of plants I wanted to try before I did some garden trimming. The flower heads were rather thick and juicy, so I first ran one through the press with butchers paper to get rid of some of the excess moisture. I then printed with it - the…

Easy foil monoprints. A great art activity for kids.

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…

Lynn Bailey (from Old Kennels)

It's actually quite easy to DIY my own homemade gel (gelli) plate and I have so much fun mono-printing my own photos! 🤩 I created this beautiful print from a photo I took in Chicago. I used a home made gelatin plate, a laser photo and acrylic paints to image transfer the photo.

A great intro to printmaking using a variety of materials- no need to run out for special supplies!

Cityscape Mono print from blogspot - artist unknown

2016 Topic 9: Mono Printing Vickie Porter Hi everyone, Darcy here we are with the start of another topic, this time we are mono printing. This is the technical term for creating 'one off' prints, and there are many ways to do this. The name 'mono' means single, and in this case it means a single print can be made at a time. Each successive print needs more paint or ink applied to the block or plate, this changes each print ever so slightly, meaning no two are identical. With some techniques…

How to make a collagraph print

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…