It has been ages since I have done mono printing and I was really excited to get back into it because I used to really enjoy it. I took advice from Ben in my progress tutorial and used mono printing as a way to explore the clothing that people in Christie stories would have worn. I printed a few images out and used these as guides for my mono printing. Here are some of the outcomes I produced, there are more in my sketchbook.
I really like the patches of ink that are accidentally rubbed onto the images, it makes each print really individual and I think it adds an atmosphere to the image too. I also like when you draw over thicker patches of ink and the lines go really dark and thick - it all adds to the spontaneity of the image and not really knowing what to expect when you lift up the paper from the ink bed.
Monoprinting is something I want to continue working with but I need to move away from using reference images in this way now I am past this stage of experimentation. I think I need to get back into my sketchbook now and think about new imagery to work with.
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