Monotype Workshop with Mellissa Read-Devine

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