Monoprinting

Using the dip pen sketches I did the other day, I took the imagery from them, broke it up into smaller compositions and produced some mono prints. 

I don't think many of the compositions of these are particularly successful because the image was intended for a larger frame. However, there are a few which don't look awkwardly cropped such as the top left image of the vulture and the top image of the knight and rose. I think the one where the hand is stealing from the queen works well as a composition because it tells a story, however this doesn't solve the problem that it still looks like a cake. I think this idea could have worked well with more consideration of frame size, I think just showing a snippet of the image creates a sense of mystery because the viewer isn't being shown the full image.