Forms in the Ink V

This is print 5 in the series of Forms in the Ink. I did this one trying to highlight the swipe motions in the Monotype Print. I like the areas I chose to focus on. It creates a nice movement to the print.

This is the last of the Forms in the Ink series. I think if I revisit this series, I will try to fill the print with many little alterations to play with where the print begins and ends.

 I have begun a new set of Monotypes portraits of my friends.

Forms in the Ink IV

So this is the fourth of my series of Abstract Monotype Prints. In doing this, all sorts of wonderful things come forth. I had a lot of fun with the upper corner. I had a lot of fun accentuating certain aspects of the print.

"Children learn more from what you are than what you teach."

 -- W.E.B. Dubois

Forms in the Ink III

So this is another in my series of Forms in the Ink: A set of abstract monotype prints in black and red.

There is a landscape format to this piece that I find rather interesting. I also enjoy the arch-shape that descends through the center of the page. The shape is first created by the ink. As it enters the center of the page, it is then created through the positive shape of the colored pencil. Its end being made by the negative shape of the ink and colored pen.

This is an interesting print. I had a little difficulty deciding what to do with it. The water on the print created a flower petal like shapes near the top of the print that I really enjoyed.

I tried to make my additions with the colored pencils look similar to the marks made with the print. I find this to be a neat exercise in composition and form.  I also find that a lot of the changes I made are very subtle and blend nicely with the print.
 

"Love is a constant source of inspiration, surprise, and wonderment."

 ~ Gloria Estefan

Forms in the Ink II

I like this print so much I decided to make a series of them. I had the prints completed a few weeks ago and now begin the process of working back into them to add the extra layers of details.

There are three points to this print series:

1. The original print had a mistake that created a neat effect. There was some water on the plate before the print was pressed. So all the prints have some water placed strategically on the plate before they were pressed.
2. There is the juxtaposition of the of watercolor and the Monotype.  The blended watercolor contrasts so nicely with the sharpness of the Monotype print.
3. I also want to keep the prints free of figurative shapes. I want to play with the edges of the print and create new shapes with the colored pencils.

This Print started with the red circle. It looks like an abstracted rose or swirling whirlpool. I then worked on the shape on the left. I like how the off white pencil plays with the ink.There is a nice flow to this print. This should be a fun series.

Forms in the Ink I

 

I am very happy with this monotype print and need to work on some others similar to it. It has a number of things I really enjoy about this process.

There is the overall crispness of the print. I then used some water on the plate to create the watery effect on the lower part of the print. I then worked with color pencil on the upper corner. There is a neat push-pull with all the things going on in the print. I enjoy this print a lot and will have to do a few more of them.

Process

Squares, Oil on Paper, 2' x 3'

This is a process painting. The assignment was to work on a painting continuously until you thought it was done. I enjoyed the layering, then had fun creating negative shapes then creating patterns with the negative shapes. I used to do these with tape, but I did not use tape in this one, so the edges are less defined.

"The process will set you free."
~ Chuck Close