One of my monotypes has been accepted into the upcoming show at the Salmagundi Club in NYC – called Unique Impressions. The show runs from December 9, 2025 until January 2, 2026.
Needless to say I’ll be doing more monotypes.
The Right Path – 5×7 Monotype
My blog has been neglected and I’m wanting to revamp the website soon. But here’s an update.
During the pandemic I thought I’d be painting, but cataracts interfered. So, of course, it took forever to get scheduled to see a doctor then get the surgery but now my eyesight is great.
Been busy doing all the usual things plus many others. Have been cutting back on the others.
This year has gotten off to a busy start getting pieces framed and ready to ship to a gallery in Michigan as well as working on a recently finished commission.
Have managed to fit in some monotype fun though. This time with a gel plate rather than plexiglass. I’ve started with a small 5×7 plate.
The process is simple. Roll on acrylic paint [I’m using Golden Open] then start removing paint until you are happy with the scene. Using a damp paper [140 lb. hot press], place the paper on the plate and press with hands then peel off the plate. I’ve learned a lot about using the gelli plate for landscapes from watching https://www.youtube.com/@HeartstoneArt where I learned to also add white on to the plate and do a second pull of the same paper. The results were mystical.
Hope you are staying creative!
So, after I posted and edited and updated “This Way to the Beach” I was thinking about it and it seemed like something that would be a fun monotype print. Apparently, that thought ran across my mind before because here it is – done already:
In fact, it’s posted on my original WordPress blog, that I haven’t been using because it didn’t link me to my location.
That blog is found at: http://useallthecrayons.wordpress.com/ and oddly enough, my last post was on monotypes, this one included. Hope you don’t mind the resurrection.
Please let me know if there is too much redundancy because obviously it doesn’t occur to me. Sometimes I’ll draw or paint the same thing until it’s right or because it’s a pleasant composition. Don’t you think it’s interesting to see how the same subject looks with different mediums?
This is the first year in many that I haven’t been able to attend the “Artist Day” or I think it’s currently called “Brush with Nature” day at Adams Ranch in Ft. Pierce, FL. Unfortunately my husband had recent surgery and I’m not comfortable with leaving him for a whole day yet. So, today I’ll post some of my paintings from Adams Ranch, and believe me I have a few. The ranch is a wonderful place to paint and is a working ranch that is just huge (about 50,000 acres) with way more cows than people. My kind of place. Once a year they allow artists to occupy a section of the ranch and the cows watch us paint all day. Entertaining for all of us!
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