Monotype+(Planar)

=//“I recall once when I was young, I shouted a bunch of cuss words at my brother, which my mother heard,” said Jones. “She smacked me and left me with a red hand print. Printmaking does not have to be complicated.”//= =//- Brian Jones, professor of fine arts at Indiana University Southeast//=

=A monotype is a unique image that is painted onto a smooth, flat surface such as metal or plexiglas plate, then transferred with pressure to paper by hand or by using a press. Since the plate is not carved into or otherwise treated, only one image can occur. However, successive paler prints can be made with any remaining ink on the plate. These prints are called “ghosts” or cognates. =

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=Color Scheme Sites= http://colorschemedesigner.com/ http://www.humboldt.edu/~rq1/colorwheel/wheelfla/t.swf

=Monotype Blog= http://blogschmlog.blogspot.com/2007/05/monotypes-printmaking.html

=Other Ideas for Monotype=

Trace Monotype http://www.waterbasedinks.com/trace-monotype

Clay Monotype http://www.waterbasedinks.com/archives/category/techniques/clay-monotype