Gelli Print Monoprint Practice

When I discovered the Bob Penneycook landscapes video, I also discovered the monotype printing with Barbara van Buskirk, which I also loved. Of course, I had to also give it a try. It was such fun!

I was just trying it, so these are practice runs, using open media acrylics, my 5" x 7" gelli plate, and Speedball printmaking paper cut into size. Again, no register. :/ I think Barbara used printers ink, and she used a printing press, but I improvised with open acrylics, sketch/painting directly on the plate and printing the one layer, pressing with my hand.

First pull of "Pink Girl".

Second/ghost print of "Pink Girl"

  

Third/ghost print of "Pink Girl"

First Print of "Purple Girl"

Second/ghost print of "Purple Girl". I like this one!

Third/ghost print of "Purple Girl"

First print of "Red Girl"

Second/ghost print of "Red Girl"

Third/ghost print of "Red Girl"

Of course, I will probably add some more detail or something at some point, but this was worth learning, and I will definitely add it to my arsenal of artistic tools!

Thank you for the video, Barbara van Buskirk!