Discover mark making tools:

You can find a package of wide tooled combs at the dollar store and then you will have fun working into the ink on the gelatin plate. If you play and then you are not happy with the mark then, you can just brayer over it and start over.

Here I criss-crossed the lines, and rolled down a base color of gold. With just one tool it is possible to experiment for a whole day and still come up with new types of mark from the homemade gelatin plate.

Have you made the glycerin and gelatin plate yet? If you would like to explore this monotype printing process, then join us in the next session of Make Monotypes. Right now the early bird discount is available.

Use Die Cuts with Gelatin Plate

I love to repurpose things. I got these Fiskars  die cuts at my favorite recycle store, extras for creative reuse in Lynn, MA. I do not the special Fiskars machine, but I knew that I could figure out a way to use these 4″ letter press die cuts.

I use the gelatin plate to ink the die cut tool and then press the ink back on to the plate and I get the lovely detailed impression above. I like to work small sections of the plate and paper. It allows me to layer, save some white and create a range of value in my prints.

Find some mark making tools to repurpose

Dig through your pile of supplies and see if you have some die cut stamps to repurpose with the gelatin plate to make some monotypes.

If you are kind of new to Monotype printmaking and would like some support, encouragement and guidance, then join us in the next session of Make Monotypes. Right now you can get the early bird discount.