Product Description

A guide to monotype. It discusses the methods, and covers all mediums that can be used to create monotypes - watercolour, oils, inks and acrylics. The book includes some of the work of the world's most notable artists: Degas, Matisse, Gauguin, Joseph Raffael and Carolyn Brady.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74607 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

A classic
I do like this book. In fact, having borrowed it from the college library several times, I felt it was time I owned my own copy!

Julia Ayres is probably the most authoritative writer on the history and contemporary work in this method of printmaking. As well as showing her own methods she gives space to work by other artists, describing techniques and materials used and experiments tried using oil, inks and watercolour. Also, the illustrations are large and clear, with work-in-progress shots shown where needed.

not the most exciting ...
This is reasonable value for money product, but it didn't provide the inspiration I was hoping for. While the book does exactly what it says on the cover (i.e. gives a general overview of various techniques and mediums)the format and content seemed dated. My other main criticism is in the example prints used - not much variation in style, subject matter, colour schemes etc.

Monotype: Mediums & Methods for Painterlt Printmaking
I found this book to be very enlightning. For a beginner in printing I discovered many different ways of transfering different types of paint and inks from various materials onto different types of paper. I was not
impressed with most of the images that I saw because I prefer to see images that I can understand. It is the type of book that one keeps going back to and finding new things to try.