Deeper Dives: Monoprint

This 2 week monoprint course will be an opportunity to explore this wonderful range of techniques in more depth.

We will print 3 ways from one inking to really maximize the use and interplay of possibilities when creating an image. Playing with positive and negative space, you will create work of discovery and pleasure.

Colour and layering will be used to really drive this work and especially when combined with transparent base – we will learn about colour layering with CMYK process sinks to create work full of serendipity, chance but also control.

Split over two weeks, we will concentrate on creating layered works that show a vibrant mixture of experimental mark making, masking out and alternative drawing to create work that pushes your work and allows for a new look at this favourite process.

This is a ‘deeper dive’ into Monoprinting and is suitable for those wishing to explore this set of techniques in more depth or suitable for beginners who wish to jump straight in! A lovely course for anyone who is curious, playful and wants to explore layered prints full of discovery.

Course Structure

Week One -

Introduction and examples

Process inks and CMYK

Creating three different prints with one plate

Positive and negative space

Masking the plate and directing the work

Week Two -

Transfer Monoprint - examples and tips

Relook at the previous weeks work and make decisions about the next layer

Overlay the monoprinted backgrounds with additional drawings and mark making

Registers, wet and dry ink, flat or folded?

About the Tutor

Currently based in Leicester, Kate Da'Casto is a fine artist whose practice spans drawing, photography, printmaking, installation and sculpture. Her subject matter is usually about transformation, growth and the emotional resonance of the discarded.

Graduating with a First in Fine Art from De Montfort University in 2010, Kate went on to win three prestigious awards for printmaking and her art practice and to exhibit locally and nationally. She has collaborated and exhibited as part of The Attic fine art collective and she has taught Fine Art at Leicester De Montfort University and printmaking at LPW.