Explore colour, texture, layering and creative mark-making while learning a range of monotype techniques. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists alike.

Monotypes are a painterly form of printmaking, each one is an original artwork, created through a process that combines drawing, painting and print.There is plenty of room for experimentation, happy accidents and discovering something unexpected in every piece.

4 different ways of making a monotype will be covered in this workshop

Materials To Bring

2 – 4 Sheets of acetate/Perspex/Acrylic in various sizes (thickness does not matter, transparent is better) – Good size is A4. This will be the size of your artwork.

Bring your paint. Mellissa will be demonstrating with acrylics, but oil paint can be used also. Your choice of colours.

Drying Retarder for Acrylics

A small amount of watercolours/gouache/watersoluble crayons, watersoluble graphite/carbon pencil

Brushes – bring a selection of sizes and type.

Paper — smooth or lightly textured, no heavier than 210gsm, larger than the biggest of your Perspex sheets. The pads of

A4 copy paper or equivalent

Pencils, cotton buds, rags and tissues

Baren – wooden spoon or doorknob, or metal dessert spoon

Water containers and spray bottle, tea towel

Sketchbook, and image references (Mellissa will be demonstrating landscape & still life)

Wet Ones/Baby wipes

Masking tape

Optional

Gel Plates (Mellissa will bring some small ones to try)

Silicone Baking Sheet

Stencils

Found objects/textures such as leaves, lace, mesh, bubble wrap, string or textured fabric

Posca/Acrylic pens

Brayers/ rollers

Apron, Gloves