Experimenting with collagraphy, which is basically gluing detritus to a piece of cardboard and using it to make prints.
Untitled, collagraph print with waterbased ink.
Tag: monoprint
SO. hello.
Since the move, I have been really, really unfocused. I have no idea what I’m doing. It’s…fine, actually. It’s great. I am not worrying about the future, or dwelling on things that don’t matter, or making any plans whatsoever beyond the level of “maybe I will buy a nice pencil today”. My sleep patterns are all over the place, I am probably drinking too much and I think I have forgotten how to read but that is okay. For now.
Since my attention span is shot, I am not committing to any large-scale or long-term painting projects just now. Instead, in the spirit of spontaneity, I’ve been messing about with low-fi, quick & dirty, one-off print techniques – monoprint/monotype, frottage, collagraph, and what-have-you.
Untitled prints, water-based ink on various papers.
This is Neil, apparently. I don’t remember where he came from but he’s on my hard-drive.
Monoprint + digital frippery.
Female head study. Monoprint, approx 5×7", and the preliminary sketch.
Female figure study. Monoprint + white pencil. Approx 5×8"
I had these prints stashed away in a folder because they didn’t print right and I thought they looked sloppy and illegible. Then I decided, ACTUALLY, I quite like them. So here they are.
Monoprint + graphite/white pencil, approx 5"x7"