Monotype - Ayres, Julia New Book

From Library Journal
The first printmakers were cave people who painted their hands and slapped them against cave walls. Today, printmakers like Ayres still use methods nearly as simple. Others, like printmaker and painter Welden, have created completely new processes, like his solarplate method. Monotypes, the subject of Ayres's book, are created by applying oil- or water-based paint to a flat plate. By pressing a dampened sheet of paper to the plate, a single print is made. The earliest such prints go back to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, around 1640. Later, Degas and Gauguin experimented with the method. Today, there is a virtual explosion of new ways to create monotypes. Ayres explores the work of a variety of such artists, who demonstrate imaging techniques, masks, stencils, coll

Category: Art techniques & materials

Format: Paperback

Condition: NEW

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: January 1, 2001

ISBN: 823031284

ISBN-13: 9780823031283

Pages: 144