Tag: monotype
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Word of the Year
I can’t remember if I wrote about it here, or not, but I had been pondering my 2025 Word of the Year, and I came up with the phrase Take Up Space. I let that compost for a while to see if something else came up, or a different way of framing it arrived, but…
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Mini Monoprints
I’m using a little 9x14cm Art Creation sketchbook with my 2×3″ gel plate. (yes, I’m bilingual as far as measurements go, never going to change). It started out as a project in the Things To Do When Creativity Seems Blocked – one of several tricks that I try to remember as good ways to get…
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Today I watched a video showing the exploded remains of a journalist gathered into a shoebox, topped off with a piece of his scalp, and placed in a carrier bag. None of the people who could stop this want to stop it. 232/300
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New Sketchbook Project
I didn’t have much time today as we went for a seven mile walk, which was beautiful and autumnal. I got another of the wee 9x14cm Art Creation sketchbooks specifically to use with my 3×5″ gel plate. Yes, one of those measurements is imperial and one is decimal and that’s how I roll. I used…
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Monotype Printing
I am never short of ideas, and that’s what’s so funny/frustrating about a lot of days when I go to the studio, and then stand there wondering “what am I going to paint???” Today I didn’t have that feeling, although I did a whole bunch of procrastinating before I went to the studio, so it…
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I’ve Pulled
The satisfaction to be had slowly pulling a gel print that has been left overnight is so good. This was all pulled as one, so lots of waiting for layers to dry in between. It just needs a little tweak on one eye, and it’s good to go. Til the morn, Suzanne 183/200
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On The Gel Plate
Playing with charcoal transfers of the weird face I made the other day. This one is still on the gel plate with the layer drying before I try pulling it. Til the morn, Suzanne 182/200
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Caught in Motion
This week’s Let’s Face It class is by Juna Biagioni, and I just adore her. The objective of the lesson was creating a portrait of a figure in motion, and I decided to go my own way with the reference image, and use one I have sketched previously, because I thought the messy, energetic monoprinting…
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Monotype Monday
Monday is Let’s Face It class day, and this week it’s a Juna Biagioni monoprinting exercise. I love monoprinting, whether it’s gel printing or using other fun techniques, so this is my comfort zone. I’ve chosen an image I’ve sketched from before, and I have the permission of the photographer to use his photo as…
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