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Trace Monotype: Portrait of an adolescent boy

Friday, November 7, 2014 10:48

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Burgeoning Boy 8.25×6.75 Trace Monotype with watercolor washes
on Thai Kozo paper – Available in my Etsy Shop

Yesterday, I printed an edition from a mat board collagraph with a taupe gray mixed from leftover akua inks used on previous projects. I had a dollop of ink left at the close of the day (see first photo below). This inspired a random decision (#distractedartist) to make a trace monotype. My work table is covered with a sheet of plexiglass, so I rolled the leftover ink out with a brayer. The process shots below (hopefully) explain the sequence for this type of print. Would you be interested in a video tutorial on trace monotypes?

You can see really beautiful versions of early trace monotypes (also known as transfer drawings) by the artist Paul Gauguin here and here.

Small amount of ink left after printing an edition

Rolling the ink out on plexiglass covering my table

Scrap paper from tearing printmaking sheets to size

Covering edges of the ink for a cleaner frame

Taping the “frame” of scrap paper to the desk

laying a thin sheet of thai kozo paper on the wet ink

drawing a figure

pressing the background with a spoon for solid coverage & texture

pulling the monotype from the wet ink

trace monotype made from leftover ink = new art & less ink to clean up.

Art Quote
In the art of literature there are two contending parties. Those who aim to tell stories that are more or less well thought out, and those who aim at beautiful language, beauty of form. This contest may last a very long time; each side has a fifty-fifty chance. Only the poet can rightfully demand that verse be beautiful and nothing but.
Paul Gauguin 1848-1903

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