It was simple really; don't know why I hadn't tried it before. We usually have left over acrylic paints when we've completed our exercises, so the instructor gave very explicit instructions for what to do with left over paint.
Add sufficient water to the paints in such a way that they do not mix together very much and that they flow more easily than straight out of the bottle. Press a blank sketchbook page onto the palette containing the left over paint; lift the paper and presto, a monoprint. So here are some of the ones that I tried. The paints I used were Golden Fluid Acrylics.
First attempt I had left over blue and yellow acrylic.
As you can see I added too much water and the paint mixed so much that you can't see the yellow at all. It mixed with the blue and gave that greeny look. There just a tiny hint of the yellow in the upper right hand corner.
Okay, so how about using no water at all. This was my second attempt.
Clearly you can see the colours that I used and there are a couple of spots where they mixed. In case you're interested, the acrylics used were Golden Fluid Acrylics in Diarylide Yellow, Pyrrole Red, and Ultramarine Blue. This one turned out okay, but now it was time to add some water.
Very carefully I added just enough, I thought, to get some flow going. What do you think?
I kinda like this one, but it was worth one more try because there was still sufficient paint left over, so here is the final attempt.
This one is my favourite. I've got to give this a try with fabric!!!
4 comments:
don'y forget to try texture tools,like a fork, bubble wrap, palette knife, brush, stencils, masks, I could go on for ever!
great stuff
very cool - each of them has its own character and use. Trying it on fabric will be interesting!
Fun prints! What did you use for your palette? Have a tried a Gellipad yet?
I especially like your 3rd attempt. I am eager to see your experiments with this technique on fabric.
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