Studio blog: pastel on monotype

I had a fantastic day at PrintFest in Ulverston on Saturday, where I attended two workshops taught by Alex Jakob-Whitworth.

The afternoon workshop was pastel on monotype, a really interesting process and apparently following in the footsteps of Degas who would use a similar process. I can see so many possibilities with this, so I’m definitely going to experiment further.

A monotype print is first drawn and taken and then pastels are worked on top on the monotype, leaving some of the print showing through. The piece is created on tracing paper, so it looks different according to what type of paper is laid underneath it. Experiments with collage, paint, tone, to go underneath the pastel on tracing paper piece, will be my next step, I think.

A thoroughly enjoyable workshop and I’m really looking forward to experimenting more.