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Oh yes, definitely could do with a gel plate-might release more easily, too. I did this with Saran wrap during the pandemic with my students when we went remote with zero supplies.

I had better success using tube watercolor and very little water to activate. I recently learned that you can run your brush over a bar of soap and that will help the paint to stick when you’re making a monotype. frosted duralar is a good surface if you can get it. If you use plexi, you might also try lightly sanding it. I’m going to experiment more this semester! Good luck, glad you came across my video!

@@rachaelmariebower thank you! I think that sanded plexi will be my direction. And of course, soap! (I did used tube watercolors)

Hi Scott! I like the spoon because I can get more directed pressure in areas of the drawing. A rolling pin may work, but I think it will end up printing light. Let me know how it goes - I'll check out your project, thank you!

The Arches paper will work well, the soaking time will vary depending on the weight of the paper. Do you know what lb it is? If it is 90 lb, try a 5 minute soak. Once you've printed on it, you may want to sandwich it with some interleaving (put a piece of copy paper over the image, a piece of cardboard and weight it down with a book). This will prevent it from buckling as it dries. You can also tape it once printed with pre-gummed paper tape and then continue to paint on top as you would with a typical watercolor. There are a lot of possibilities! As far as wax paper, I think the paint will buckle more because of the coating, but test it out. If you have sandpaper, try giving it a light scuff before you paint to give it something to hold on to.

This process was born out of limited materials when Covid shut down our campus and my students were without their materials. I tried out lots of different things that I thought my students would have easy access to at home and could print by hand-I'm all about experimentation and mixing media, I hope you enjoy trying it out!

Hi Dhruv, I printed on Stonehenge for the bird and got good results-just blot the paper well before printing. I also tried Masa for the moon print and got decent results, but don’t soak it as long since it is thinner paper. It’s all about experimentation, my students were using whatever they had available at the time.

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@@dhruvkashyap9801 You're welcome! The third and final print was done on Sumi paper, which is a thin rice paper you can buy in the calligraphy aisle at most craft stores.

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Hi Christina- I used a tube watercolor, without diluting (I just dabbed my brush to the open tube). You can use water but too much makes it reticulate-which can yield some neat results!

Thank you for taking time to respond. 🙏

Hi Lorraine! Yes, it’s just tin foil taped down on all sides. I made a bunch of these videos with limited household supplies when we first went remote, things I knew students would have on hand. Plus cleanup is easy, just toss when you’re done! Typically I use a plexi plate taped down to my work table so I can mix the ink with a palette knife, it cleans up easy with baby oil.

You could definitely use acrylics for a monotype, but I wouldn't let it dry. The watercolor can dry on the surface since it reactivates with water.

No varnish, I printed directly from the surface! The foil allowed the paint to release easily, the way a varnished surface would.

Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised-yep, just wrinkled tin foil! It lends such a nice texture to break up the flats and you can achieve a lot of variety, since the surface smooths back down as you print more. Here you can see how the watercolor slightly fades when soaking the paper for a second layer.

Aine, yes, I used Speedball oil based ink (clean up with baby oil or vegetable oil). I tried with acrylic paint as well, but the first trace yielded a lot of plate tone. I was all ab out experimenting with these processes with my students due to remote working and a lot of them had good results with paint (though it took more trial and error). I found acrylic paint worked really well with the collagraph process I show in another video.

Yes, I tried it a few ways with varying results...I found that the watercolor had the tendency to lift off if soaked too long. Did a few tests and still was able to get a good impression with minimal fading of first layer with a quick dunk and very soft blot-think of it like a quick swipe, just enough to lift off the surface of water droplets without pressing into the paper too much. When I blotted with more pressure like I would with a regular sheet, it pulled off more of the first layer.

You're welcome, hope it inspires something new in your studio!