After trying to get into Beverley Edwards printmaking class at the Cape Cod Conservatory all fall, I finally have taken a couple of classes with her and look forward to more. She has a nice laid back style of teaching unlike my classes and it creates a nice loose atmosphere for her students.
She is showing me the mono-type technique and I see great potential for experimentation for my future work.
First we paint on Plexiglas. I used my normal oil paints. This is a picture of my Paris painting on glass.
You can notice the glare off the glass. This surface lends itself ( to me) to paint slick, wetter; loose and free. It is fleeting.
Only the results will remain if they are up to par. We wet the papers and dry them just enough before pulling it through the 30 year old press.
I can see a lot of ways to ruin a nice piece and you have to be deliberate when printing.
This is the ghost= the second pulled print. It is noticeable lighter and fainter. we are using nice papers; not sure of the weight. I look forward to experimenting with potential papers.
This is my first print from my second effort. It is a painting made into a print of the popular Paris Cafe De Flore in the Left Bank.
thans for the tip