Monotype printing workshop

Workshops

A two-day workshop with Yvonne Rees-Pagh, learning how to create Monotype Prints.

All our tutors are practising artists and are able to work with beginner printers or those with more experience.

Fill in the form below and complete your payment, in order to confirm your place in the course.

Cancellation policy – if it’s more than one month prior to your workshop date, we’ll refund 50% of the fee. A full refund is offered if another participant can be found. Refunds within a month of the workshop will only be made for extenuating circumstances, at the discretion of the HIP Committee.

Materials – please note that in addition to the workshop fee there may be a small cost for materials provided by the tutor and/or a requirement for you to purchase some items yourself. Some materials are provided but it depends on the workshop.

If our workshop is full and you would like to join the cancellation list, please email maggie.aird3 (at) gmail.com to register your interest.

Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to acrylic glass. The image is then transferred onto a sheet of paper by pressing the two together, usually using a printing-press. Monotypes can also be created by inking an entire surface and then, using brushes or rags, removing ink to create a subtractive image, e.g. creating lights from a field of opaque colour. The inks used may be oil based or water based. With oil based inks, the paper may be dry, in which case the image has more contrast, or the paper may be damp, in which case the image has a 10 percent greater range of tones. Source: wikipedia.

An example of a Monotype print, is work courtesy of ARTNEST untitled: