Day 7~Monoprinting

2018 Creative Jumpstart

The Day 7 workshop, A Recipe For Color and Resist, was led by Rae Missigman.

I started out this project with a brand, spankin' new Gelli plate. I know because I ordered it from Amazon, and I watched the UPS guy spank it as he traipsed across the lawn! He's detail-oriented. Really, where did we get that expression?

After I ordered, I realized that I didn't order the wax-resist crayons that Rae used in her video so I decided to use Elmer's gel glue since I'd seen it used as a resist in the past. 

For the paper, I used Neenah, smooth finish, super heavyweight (110 lb.) copy paper. This decision was based on the fact that, well.. it was just sitting there, looking at me, screaming to be rubbed in paint.

The first print didn't turn out very well. I scribbled horizontally and you can't see much of it. Also, the yellow paint insisted on merging with the purple to create a potpourri of browns. (I forgot to clean my brayer off between colors.) I tried to fix it by adding more yellow to the plate, and it did brighten the browns, however, I ended up with too much paint on the plate which is probably the reason the print didn't turn out.

Here it is.

I didn't do a ghost print for this one.

For the next one, I tried blue

 Hampton Art Studio G glitter glue. 

It turned out better.

The ghost print is rather dull though.

I used Elmer's pink glitter 
glue for the final print.

I love this one!

For the ghost print, I used regular 

copy paper and I really like the result.

I'm guessing that the heavyweight paper

was too thick to get a good ghost print.

Monoprinting is a lot of fun and I look forward to doing more. I will be ordering the wax-resist sticks and a couple of brayers while I'm at it. 

NOTE~I had to know where the expression "brand spankin' new" originated so I Googled it. Well, my friend, think babies! As you know, they're new upon delivery and years ago, the doctors (or nurses) spanked them to clear the lungs. Hah! Who knew? 

The term has been around since the mid seventeenth century though. As you might expect, there are other "alleged" (lol) origins which means nobody really knows. In any event, you can read more by clicking here or the link above. I just happen to like the baby origin. 

Have a wonderfully creative day,
and I'll see you soon with Day 8.

Tootles Y'all,
D~~~~