Comments on: Monotype http://david-maddrell.co.uk/news/monotype Fine artist Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:46:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://david-maddrell.co.uk/news/monotype/comment-page-1#comment-22482 David Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:46:56 +0000 http://david-maddrell.co.uk/?p=212#comment-22482 The ink is :- Lawrence French 88 Ink made by www.lawrence.co.uk "French 88 is our own comprehensive range of etching inks. Lightfastness is a least 6 BWS (except for the process colours). " I add the extender 2:1 part ink. The paper is blotted evenly damp, not wet at all. Like wall paper in a old boarding house in winter; cool to the touch. I have moved away from doing such complicated images due to the high failure rate. The medium is more tolerant of an expressive way of working, less precise but allowing much more room for poetry and imagination. The ink is :-
Lawrence French 88 Ink made by http://www.lawrence.co.uk

“French 88 is our own comprehensive range of etching inks. Lightfastness is a least 6 BWS (except for the process colours). ”

I add the extender 2:1 part ink.

The paper is blotted evenly damp, not wet at all. Like wall paper in a old boarding house in winter; cool to the touch.

I have moved away from doing such complicated images due to the high failure rate. The medium is more tolerant of an expressive way of working, less precise but allowing much more room for poetry and imagination.

]]> By: Joline Hartig http://david-maddrell.co.uk/news/monotype/comment-page-1#comment-22452 Joline Hartig Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:49:49 +0000 http://david-maddrell.co.uk/?p=212#comment-22452 Your images are beautiful.... can I ask what kind of ink you use and how you keep your ink wet long enough to work our the drawing before it starts to dry up? do you add an oil? how wet is your paper? Thanks! Your images are beautiful…. can I ask what kind of ink you use and how you keep your ink wet long enough to work our the drawing before it starts to dry up? do you add an oil? how wet is your paper? Thanks!

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