Diy Textured Foliage Monoprints

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DIY Textured Leaf Monoprints
yesteryear Jodie Hurt

You exclusively demand to conduct keep a walk exterior to discovery inspiration for this quick too slowly monoprinting project. Leaves come upward inwards all kinds of fascinating shapes too sizes, too are the perfect dependent area thing for making your ain monoprints.

Supplies
—Gelli Plate
—Brayer
—Paint Brush
—Printing Paper, at to the lowest degree 2 sheets
—Ink or Paint, 2 contrasting colors
—Natural objects to impress from
—Wet washcloth for cleaning up

Step One
Dot the lightest of your 2 colors evenly across the surface of the Gelli Plate.

Step Two
Use the brush to loosely brush the pigment out across the surface of the Gelli plate. Think virtually the administration of your brush strokes equally you lot work.

Step Three
Place a slice of printing newspaper on laissez passer on of the Gelli plate too consistently rub across it amongst your hands using trouble solid pressure, too thence elevator the print.

Step Four
Check your print. Set this impress aside too repeat the procedure to push clit a instant print.

Step Five
Wipe the excess pigment off the plate amongst a moisture launder cloth. Dot your second, darker color of paint
across the plate too curlicue out evenly amongst a brayer.

Step Six
Lay your chosen natural objects on the surface of the paint. Think virtually composition equally you lot do
this.

Step Seven
Apply ane of your previously printed sheets on laissez passer on of the plate too role a construct clean brayer to apply firm, fifty-fifty push clit per unit of measurement area to the entire surface.

Step Eight
Pull your impress too cheque out the results! See how the negative space, or the infinite around the
feathers was printed?

Step Nine
After removing the natural materials, you lot volition notice a residue picture on the Gelli plate. Quickly pose your instant impress amongst the outset color exclusively on the plate too rub firmly.