Mark Making: Mono Printing and Sellotape Transfer

    Mono printing process is very easy and i would love to develop my style  in this technique. Although this practice piece came out quite strong with the ink on the page- i think this occurred cus i pressed too hard- i like the lines that have appeared. I used scissors to add pressure and did a loose drawing creating free flowing lines. to me it reminds of old saxon or roman armour/shield designs. I find this particularly interesting as it links to children dressing up and playing warrior games. Also reminds me of visiting castle ruins or museums that had dress up clothes for kids to try on.
   I also like how the ink has shown up on the brown paper in lighter areas around the edge. It appears more faint and makes me think of fur, especially wolf fur which ties into the warriors fighting. Overall when this comes together it makes me think of games of thrones which is a shared fantasy world that originated from books to tv show. When trying this technique again i would either like to try to do a detailed drawing that could then be layered with extra colour and details afterwards or use it for random mark making that would be used as a background.

   Sellotape transfer was quite interesting to try and i like the outcome as the black lines have a great but subtle impact. Also how it has picked up on the more faint crayon marks. although i having to stick the sellotape down is quite time consuming i can see this as a useful technique to transfer music sheets, song lyrics,  pages from books, etc. I have a few other ideas too but they sound like something to try in my own time for me to have my own time to work out the best way to do it. One thing i fear with this technique is when layering it with other things could prevent some lines being visible, which would take particular aspects away from the transfer. To be able to develop this technique i need to develop my ideas to work out a way the transfer could have a great impact with other things on the page also.





       This piece became a sort of mess but i still like the outcomes, it was just because i didn't have enough time to sort my ideas and plan it all out. I started with adding sellotape to the brown page and a ripped corner from a piece of paper to the bottom before using mono printing to draw out two concors in an arrow drawing technique. I like the more distinctive lines in the print but also how the ink builds up when closer to the concors. This then stops with where the paper corner was covering the page. I like using this technique as the clear edges always interest me. Then i used the page i put the ink on to scrape on the bottom to see the effect which is a more faint messy version which works with how kids get dirty when playing outside. I also borrowed a piece that had white ink on to add highlights to the concors. I also added the rubbed bits of paper from my sellotape transfer to the drying ink. The white stood out and added a soft but also rough texture with the harsh ink.
   I did try to pull off one of the sellotapes but it just ripped the page, however i used this to add some random scrap paper layers in the ripped gap. I like the effect the piece of sellotape i left in the middle of the page as the creases collected ink and you can see distinctive lines where it is placed. Then put the whole piece on a ripped piece of news paper. I haven't finished the background and would like to cut down the news paper around the edge as it takes attention away from the center. If i was to do this again i would use more time to plan out my idea and focus on detail. For instance how i would layer it and maybe have used the white ink to do a lighter sketch on the concors to be able to actually see them.