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Layering screen prints with thermofax screens

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Notebook cover with thermofax screen print kit by linda germain

When I create textured papers for printing or collage, I think about:

  • Using a variety of lines, thin, thick, curved, even, uneven, and so on
  • Finding some harmony in the chaos by the time I am done and
  • Combining colors in a way the leads the viewer to a focus

I like to give myself time to come to a place where I am happy with the layers.

I also work on 10 or more papers at once so that I have lots of opportunities to succeed.

I have put together a kit of 8 thermofax screens that are great for creating layered, textured papers.

The kit includes:

  • butterfly
  • dragonfly
  • scribbly handwritting
  • “love”
  • “create”
  • 2 spyrograph drawings and
  • circular pattern

The imagery is simple enough to working to many different projects. You could use many of the screens together, as I did in today’s project or you could use them separately to make, cards, t-shirts, napkins, aprons, tablecloths and much more.

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Limit printing tools and Make Monotypes

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Glycerin and Gelatin plate monotype print by Linda GermainI have collected lots of stamping tools and made many stencils for creating monotype prints with the glycerin and gelatin plate. Sometimes too many tools can be overwhelming.

By limiting my tools I can:

  • really explore the potential marks of that stencil or stamp
  • learn how to manipulate the ink for that tool
  • find exciting surprises
  • create compositions that are dynamic

So for me, I spend time exploring tools and their best uses and then there is time to print a series of monotypes.

Monotype print made with stencils and the gelatin plate - Linda Germain

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Print with stencils and the gelatin plate

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Monotype Print with glycerin plate by Linda GermainHow do you get started on a new series of prints?

  • Just jump in?
  • Plan it all out?
  • Start with what you know?
  • Try something new?
  • Set limits?
  • Create goals or expectations?

I have probably tried them all, expect “plan it all out.” I guess the main thing is that somehow I get started making prints. Once the ink is rolling and the brayer spinning, then the magic will start to happen.

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Use negative space to make great monotype prints

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Create great negative space with your tools - join Make Monotypes online printmaking course

  • What is negative space?
  • Why is it a good thing?
  • How do you get better at seeing negative space?
  • How can it make your monotype prints better?

Get answers and explore improving your monotype prints through the use of negative space in the next session of Make Monotypes, the online printmaking course, using water based ink, paper and the homemade glycerin and gelatin plate.

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Let things evolve – on the Printing Plate

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Make lots of Monotype PrintsDo you like to plan, control and anticipate accurate results when making monotype prints?

or

Do you like to try it and see what happens? And then make your next decision based on what just happened on the printing plate.

If you would like to try:

  • letting go of expectations
  • pulling lots of prints and
  • exploring monotypes on the glycerin and gelatin plate

then check out the printmaking workshops page.

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