Mono Printing and Jelly Painting
Steph Howard gave us a demonstration on mono printing during our Thursday Dupont class. She used Essdee water soluble block printing ink but said that the Speedball printing ink was just as good.
A piece of acetate was given to each person and instructed to put a small amount of the black print printing ink on it. This was rolled with a brayer roller for at least 5 to 10 minutes until there was a mat Sheen on it.
A thin paper was placed over top of the acetate with ink And a quick line drawing was made with a pencil on the paper. We were told that the shadowing around the body could be made with the pencil or even with your finger. Once the paper was removed, the drawing was exposed. This process is almost like using carbon paper but with inks.
Lucy demonstrated jelly Printing.
“ Jelly arts gel printing plate looks and feels like gelatin, but it is durable, reusable and stores at room temperature. It is easy to clean and always ready for Printing. Printing on a jelly plate is Simple and fun” from jelly arts printing plate.
Lucy printed acrylic paint onto the jelly pad with a Brayer roller. She then used numerous items to imprint on the acrylic paint such as plastic items, cardboard , bubble wrap, and even making her own with glue gun on a cardboard roll. Anything can be used as long as it is not sharp and does not cut into the top of the jelly pad. She then put paper over the imprint and lifted the paper to show the drawing. She used a feather on one of the demonstrations and leaves can be used as well.
She suggested to check the transparency of the paint as these images can be quite effective if transparent Paint is used.
The gel plate can be cleaned with baby oil or water or hand gel cleaner. The acrylic buildup on the roller can be peeled off at the ends once it dries.
This is a fun way to make immediate images through printing on a jelly pad. .
