10" x 8" monotype print by Archan Knotz

Enjoying still electricity and therefore the connection to the web is wonderful on a stormy, blustery day in rural Nova Scotia. Time to create some art. I have been experimenting with monotype printing as you know and feel I have been somewhat successful. However, there are so many variables. Sometimes, the paper is not wet enough or to wet, or I have not applied enough watercolour on the plexiglass.

plexiglass of monotype print

This is the plexiglass before I transferred the image. Looks to me as if I have enough paint on it. However, as I transferred the image the paper lost some of it's fibers which never happened before. Maybe, I had the paper to long in the water. Well, anyway I had fun producing this monoprint, loving the texture.   

13" x 9" monotype print by Archan Knotz

 

 

Emotional Overload

Having a hard day today accepting winter. Yesterday, we went up on the roof to remove the huge amount of snow in preparation of today's mild weather.  Well, today the roof still leaked. I feel emotionally stretched. I thought I am going to do some art. This is the result. Dark, but kind of interesting. I rolled the ink onto the plexiglass and worked on removing the ink to establish the shape of the face. When I transferred the image the ink had already tried on some places so I added some watercolour to it. I kind of like it. Intense! This is how I am feeling today. Intense!