Monday, June 9, 2008

Oil monoprints with ink






I worked on Sunday with a technique I had never used before...oil monoprint from a glass plate. I started with a black marker drawing on the glass...and proceeded to colorize it with oil paint. I took the first impressions and they were very light. Adding more paint, I made several successive prints on the same paper, deepening the colors and adding definition. Finally, I used turpentine and the prints smeared and ran. I left everything to dry overnight.




Today I went in and added ink with a fine brush. The final paintings are about 12" x 14" and priced at $175 each unframed with a 1/2" border.

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