By Julia Ayres. Monotypes are created by applying oil- or water-based paint to a flat plate and pressing a dampened single sheet of paper upon its surface, producing a single print. Through step-by-step methods, this book instructs on basic as well as special techniques and the many possibilities offered by this painterly printmaking process. Printmaking in its most basic form dates back to cave dwelling days, and in this book Ayres shows methods that are almost as simple. Modern printmaking can be traced to the 1600's and this book explores these forms as well. Includes 250 color illustrations.
Paperback, 144 pages. © Watson-Guptill; New Ed edition, 2001.