Materials for monoprinting / monotipia All the usual painting and drawing materials and drawing paper, Paper for making Cut outs, heavy and light paper/card, also newspapers and magazines, posters and product wrapping papers or card for printing (last weeks Express magazine colour supplement) The more you have the more you can experiment with. A wooden spoon for rubbing Scissors and /or craft knife Rags or cloths for wiping way ink Bristle Paintbrushes - Pincéis de cerda - round no. 2 &18 and flat no. 14 or similar (house painting brushes will do) If new wash with soap and water and dry before class. Paper GLUE - Cola Textured surfaces.– wood, lace, nets/wires /grids and holes, wool/string/sewing cotton, paper doilies, leaves, grasses etc. Printed on an A4 sheet between 2-4 photographic reference of a different people at a reasonable size to draw. Think about images that would be interesting to create characters from. Blurry photos, friends dressed up in costumes, fancy dress parties. Pets etc. Mark making tools - Pens, pencils, feathers, combs, brushes, anything that can scratch into a surface. Papel vegetal ou Papel sede – to protect your work to take home

Develop your style

Preparing for monoprinting/monotipia Ian Phillips- Leaving Little Ross Astern Robyn Sinclair-teapot-traceJill McKeown Trajectory - Thursday Ruth Broadway –two for joy

Combined woodcut-printing techniques and hand drawn animation. Advertising film for Haskapa from Firstimage.

Preparing for monoprinting /monotipia Composition, Textures, Colour pallet

Setting UP Put some ink on the inking plate and roll it out until smooth- there should be a slight sticking sound as it rolls. Too much and you will put too much ink on the printing plate too little and it will not print well. Unless you’re trying to create a texture always roll out the in one direction until its evenly spread across the plate Once inked the surface is ready to draw on

Setting UP Have your paper cut to size ready to use. Hold it by two diagonal corners when you're ready to place it. Put one corner down before the other Feel the weight and texture of the paper. Make sure you are using the most absorbent side in contact with the ink. Once you have drawn your plate, carefully lay the paper down over the plate, starting from one corners and evenly smoothing it down across the plate Rubbing the back of the paper to transfer the ink - be careful not to tear the paper or allow it to move when you are rubbing - This will blur the image. Be gentle and slow to get a good even transfer. Vary the weight and experiment with different movements, some will create textures you may want to use. Feel the weight and texture of the paper. Make sure you are using the most absorbent (softest) side in contact with the ink.

Rubbing the back of the paper to transfer the ink -be careful not to tear the paper or allow it to move when you are rubbing. This will blur the image. -be gentle and slow to get a good even transfer. -Vary the weight and experiment with different movements, some will create textures you may want to use.

Lines created by scratching and wiping the ink away Other lines created by the weight and movements when rubbing

Experiments Textures -Drawing and mark making Collagraphy and Phantoms Collagraph with leafPhantom leaf after first print Collagraph using Self-adhesive plastic Collagraph using Sting and glue Directly inking feathers

Selection Of Positive and Negative Spaces, Textures and Patterns Open the Demo folder and view as slide shows of 3 techniques

Aims of this week's lesson: Experiment with monoprinting and enjoy the textures and effects you can create. While you work throught the techniques think about how you can use them in your illustrations. To follow up: Consider using the technique of Silk Screen Printing that you have been shown by Professora Susana Gameiro Think about the different layers and colours you need to organize to get the effects you want. RESEARCH PRINTING TECHNIQUES

In Preparation for your final illustration Think about creating your own collagraph at home before the class. See this video Using cardboard and paper. You can also use other materials that create the right textures for your design. Do this in advance. 1 day for the glue to dry on the objects you have selected. Then afterwards if you want to seal it all with glue or varnish if its fragile. OR cover with the self-adhesive plastic we had in class. SO if you have a background you want to create for example floor wall and table patterns you can think about how these techniques can help. It can get very complex when you develop your skills –see this work suzie-mackenzie/

For NEXT week's lesson: KEEP UP your Drawing practice and personal style developemnt For NEXT WEEKS LESSON 1 st June you will need to bring to class all the references and materials you will need to work on your final Illustration for the Recipe for Life Brief. This is the Illustration that contextualizes the idea. In the class we will explore two approaches; as a Set or background design and as an illustration that embodies the atmosphere of the concept NOW Plan the design for printing. Textures Drawing marks Colourways

NEXT WEEK Final R4L RECIPE FOR LIFE: Food, Family and Society 4 week project – Part 1. The Recipe /Ingredients. – Set up your objects – Prepaire your draing materials – STORYBOARD WEEK – Part 2. The Family, the Makers or the Consumers of The Recipe – Part 3. Context. What is the setting for these ingredients The Recipe and Makers. How will you show the cultural or social context.

Reminder for class 14 & 15 Collect TEXT 2 week project 1.IDENTIFY YOUR PHRASE 2.Collect Black and white newspapers and other printed type. 3.Also you will need plane black and white papers for cuting out. 4.Coloured, textured and patterned papers - as many differrnt one as possible

Home Work Final WORD PAIR: Happy Rain