I love to add new techniques and materials to my art work. Todays 64 Million Artist challenge is to learn something new! An excellent opportunity to delve into my favourite art tutorial book and try out a new idea!
Dawn Emerson’s Pastel Innovations is an excellent book full of exercises with ink and pastel. I’m a big fan. One project I’ve always wanted to try is her monotype exercise using greaseproof paper and water based oils as ink.
I’m going to demonstrate to you how to achieve an interesting effect using very easy to get hold of materials. I’m going to be tracing down my image so this is an excellent beginner activity and if you are more confident then this technique will embellish your work!
I am using a limited palette of pastels colours that tone nicely with the Burnt Umber Oil paint. You will also need a pencil or a sharp stick to transfer the ink to your sketchbook through the greaseproof paper.
As you can see the monotypes can be made from the greaseproof paper (left Image) and you can also print the plate image (right image). There is lovely texture of the greaseproof paper left on both images.
You can watch the video here.
