Monotype - is a kind of creativity, in which with the help of color, anyone can create amazing pictures. These paintings appear very easy - just do print on different surfaces - whether paper, fabric, plastic or ceramic. Colors can also be very different - from the simple gouache and tempera, watercolors and even before architectural paints.
Method of performing monotypes, very simple. Since it can handle any man - and the child, and even who had never painted.
The coating process
It is necessary to apply the paint to the substrate - paper, cardboard, plastic, and then attach it to another sheet, and smooth it with your hands or a sponge. It can be, and vice versa - the sheet with applied paint applied to fabric or other surfaces. That will have a blurred impression resembling cosmic landscape, or fantastic plants - here and begins to show the artist's imagination.
Monotype, can and should be dorisovyvat paint, pencil, pen or marker. Highlighting the clear details emerged from the blurred print, produce bright and unusual pictures.
With the help of monotypes, you can decorate the interior, the dishes. Apply the image on a fabric - the use of this type of needlework is very widely. But mostly, monotype is used in the children's creativity. With this kind of graphics, from a young artist develops artistic imagination, and teachers and therapists use this kind of graphics in art therapy. Children enjoy fantasizing and examining unusual patterns. If you add a piece of paper in half and draw with a child on one half, and the second to make impression - it turns a symmetrical image.
Usually a small child hard enough to draw two identical halves, so the classes in this kind of graphics, will bring joy to the kid, and arouse interest in the work.
The main methods of monotype
The first - when on the basis of paint is applied in a chaotic manner, it is applied on top of the sheet is smoothed and appears ready to print with unusual colored spots. With this method, you can not too zealous, more importantly, spontaneity and enjoy the process.
If you work with children, they will bring a lot of joy to "guess" and "learn" the resulting images on a sheet.
With the second method, you need to already have an idea of what the final you want to get. It is necessary to draw on a piece of paper ready-made picture, most often for this purpose, such use "Dense" paints as tempera or gouache, is then applied a sheet which is pressed gently roller.
The result is a unique, unique pattern, which in the future should be further developed.
The third way. In a small container filled with water, and added to oil paints which rastekutsya on the liquid surface. Carefully attach the paper, cardboard or plywood, and then dry the image.
In this way, you can decorate and ceramic ware, instead of using oil paints, nail polish.
Another way of monotype. Should be applied to a smooth surface (glass or plastic), a dense layer of paint, and then scrape the wand pattern. This method requires perseverance, and a small drawing skills.
You can try to make their own monotype, and understand how exciting and interesting to create a whimsical and beautiful pictures!
