Monotypes: watercolor & inks

Printmaking Traditionally printmaking allows an artist to print the same image multiple times to create an edition of identical prints Lithography Etching Woodcuts Screen printing A form of printmaking that has images or lines that can only be printed once is called a Monoprint/Monotype “Printed painting” Energetic / Gestural / Impulse / Chance

Monoprint vs. Monotype Monoprints - permanent features on plates, often etches or engraved. Variations result from how the plate is inked. Monotype - no mark is permanent on the printing plate. Each print is unique.

What is a printing “plate”? A “matrix” that the original image is created on… –Traditionally used: Metal plates Lithography stones Wood blocks –Contemporary artists use: Plexiglas Gelatin Sheet metal ANYTHING!

How do I get the image onto the “plate”? Painting Rolling Drawing Stamping Collaging

Rod McIntosh Video of Rod McIntosh printing MONOTYPE using large sheet of Plexiglas – MEVJLFVmI&safe=active MEVJLFVmI&safe=active

Historical Example Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1616 – 1670) – Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker, draftsman –Inventor of monotype printing (approx 1640) Draw into ink spread on copperplate

Historical Examples

Monotype: “printed drawings” Forest in the Mountains (Forêt dans la montagne) c Green Landscape (Paysage vert) c Edgar Degas (French, 1834 – 1917)

Monotype: “printed drawings” 'First you roll out printer's ink on a sheet of paper of any sort; then lay a second sheet on top of it and draw whatever pleases you. The harder and thinner your pencil (as well as your paper), the finer will be the resulting line.' Paul Gauguin (French, 1848 –1903) Two Marquesans 1902

Monotypes: painted on glass Milton Avery Reflections 1950 Nude Recumbent (Nude Asleep) 1950 (American, 1885 –1965)

Alina Szapocznikow (Polish, ) Untitled Julius Bissier (German, 1893–1965) Untitled 1950

The Illusion of Control Part Mi Vida Loka 2012 Favianna Rodriguez (American / Afro-Peruvian, 1978)

DEMO Apply ink to “matrix” – Brush Watercolor Acrylic – Brayer Printing ink – Sponge – Palette Knife – Found objects – Stamps – Cut paper – Drawing INTO paint/ink Pulling print LAYER, LAYER, LAYER

Investigation Guidelines Create a SERIES of ATLEAST 6 MONOTYPES that investigate the word EMERGENCE Each MONOTYPE must include evidence of: – A strong composition & focal point Consider incorporating a few design principles: Pattern, Movement, Scale, Asymmetry, Emphasis… – Experimentation with paint application Draw into ink / subtract ink with cotton swab, brush, toothpicks Paint or add ink with brayer/brush Create stencils for positive/negative space Stamp with found objects – Multiple layers through the use of POSITIVE/NEGATIVE space Consider paper cut-outs, drawing into top layers, and placement of pigment on top layers None of your 6 final prints should have less than 3 printed layers

Emergence the process of coming into view or becoming exposed after being concealed. the process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent. Medieval Latin  Latin emergere  ‘bring to light’ In your sketchbook…BRAINSTORM LIST OF WORDS THAT COME TO MIND FOR EMERGENCE.

Today in the computer lab… Research & print reference images for paper stencils. Draw & Cut 3 paper stencils out. You must experiment with AT LEAST 3 paper stencils. You may choose not to include these in your final print portfolio, but you must show evidence of printing with them. **You are not allowed to copy another person’s artwork. Part of your grade is your creativity and experimentation with new materials.**