CMY(Blue, Red, Yellow) Monotype

This is a extended two day version of Yuji’s one day monotype workshop from 2023! Monotype is a printing process that typically produces only a single print. Other printing methods deliberately aim to reproduce the original, but with a monotype each print is unique and one of kind. In this workshop we will create a monotype print with simple primary colors (blue, red and yellow), but in layering them the process will allow for complex color imagery with additional secondary colors (green, orange and purple) appearing. Representational and/or abstract image will be explored.

Originally from Japan, Yuji Hiratsuka is currently a Professor of Art/Printmaking at Oregon State University. His work has been exhibited internationally and has received numerous awards. His work is in many public collections including the New York Public Library, the Portland Art Museum, and Hallmark Cards, Inc.

- Oil (stiff) paint brushes

- Apron

- Portfolio case or tube for finished print/s

- Plexi-glass (18x 24)

- Newsprint

- Akua Water-soluble Intaglio Inks (Crimson Red, Hanza Yellow and Pthalo Blue)

- Rag pepers (BFK, Arches, etc.), 22" x30"

- Rags

- Cotton swab

- Inking Rollers

- Cleaning chemical (Simple green)