Monotype drawing technique. Unconventional drawing methods using monotype technique

Larisa Savchuk

Dear Colleagues! I present to your attention another lesson on non-traditional drawing techniques "Monotype".

Monotype is considered one of the simplest non-traditional drawing techniques (from the Greek monos - one, single and tupos - imprint).

This is a simple but amazing technique of painting with paints (watercolor, gouache, etc.). It consists in the fact that a design is drawn on one side of the surface and imprinted on the other.

The resulting print is always unique, since it is impossible to create two identical works. The resulting blots can be left in their original form, or you can think of a suitable image and fill in the missing details. The number of colors in a monotype is any.

To draw using the Monotype technique we will need: thick paper of any color, gouache or watercolor paints, brushes, a jar of water, napkins.

SUBJECT MONOTYPY

Drawing a tree.

1. Fold a sheet of paper in half and unfold it.

2. On one half of the sheet, draw half of the depicted object (tree trunk) and again fold the sheet of paper to make a print.

3. Then unfold and draw the crown of the tree, grass and fold it in half again.

4. Expand it and get a beautiful symmetrical image of the tree.

Options for drawing trees.

We draw flowers.

"Bull"

For very young children, such monotype drawing can be easily turned into a fun game: for example, paint half a butterfly on half a sheet. Fold the sheet in half and press the halves tightly together. It's like a butterfly has spread its wings and is about to fly away!

"Drawing a butterfly"

1. Fold a sheet of paper in half. Apply colored spots of paint of different colors to one half of the sheet.

3. Fold the sheet of paper in half again to make a print, then unfold it.

4. We complete the missing parts (abdomen, antennae, eyes).

The butterflies turn out very bright, beautiful and always different. When the paint is dry, the butterflies can be cut out along the contour - children really like to play with them.

LANDSCAPE MONOTYPY.

1. Fold a sheet of paper in half.

2. Draw a landscape on one half of a sheet of paper and fold the sheet again to make a print. The landscape must be painted quickly so that the paints do not have time to dry.

3. The original drawing, after a print has been made from it, can be revived with paints, felt-tip pens or colored pencils.

Prints can be made on any smooth surface: glass, plastic board, film, tiles, thick glossy paper. A drawing is made on the selected surface using gouache paints, a sheet of paper is placed on top and pressed down. The resulting print is a mirror image.

History of the creation of monotype printing technology

Monotype (from mono... and Greek - imprint) is a type of printed graphics, the invention of which is attributed to the Italian artist and engraver Giovanni Castiglione (1607-1665).

The monotype technique consists of applying paints with a brush onto a perfectly smooth surface of a printing form (glass, plexiglass, plastic, metal plate), followed by printing on a machine or by hand under hand pressure or a roller; The print obtained on paper is always unique, unique and inimitable. Although there are often situations when working on creating a print from a plate, it is possible to achieve an even greater effect of beauty in the drawing than from the first print.

In psychology and pedagogy, the monotype technique is used to develop imagination in children of senior preschool age.

Monotype- Technique of freedom and Divine intervention!

Monotype: Two words: “mono” and “type”. Monotype(from “mono” - one and Greek - imprint, imprint, touch, image...) - a type of printed graphics. If you just say: one touch, touch, pressure...... you can probably find many more verbal analogues. But, most importantly, this is a work of art completed in one step! The first monotypists were probably the ancient people, who left traces of their handprints on the walls of their caves... The face of Christ on the shroud is also a kind of monotype! You can find many different variants of monotype in nature... Works made using the Monotype technique are characterized by subtlety of color relationships, smoothness and softness of the outlines of forms, which outwardly brings monotype closer to watercolor. The monotype technique has been known since the 17th century, but became widespread only from the end of the 19th century.

When creating a monotype print (print), paint is applied to the surface. Place a sheet of paper on top and press it to the surface. An impression is formed on the paper with unusual patterns that cannot be repeated by the artist. The image on the print is random and spontaneous. After printing, the artist selects those prints that he liked or that satisfy him in terms of aesthetic appeal and subject matter. Of the many prints, only a very few are selected. Therefore, artists rarely use the monotype technique: it is quite labor-intensive and requires a large amount of materials and patience.

Materials and tools.

Materials: Glass or plastic, rubber roller or rolling pin, newspapers, paper, oil paint, spatula, sketch of a drawing, turpentine (thinner No. 4), clean rag.

Paints. This technique is omnivorous in relation to paints! Watercolor, gouache, tempera, acrylic, oil paints, etching, typographical, for complete tearing you can also use construction types of paints. Paints are used both with thinners and in pure form - depending on the task. The choice of surfaces from which impressions can be made is also wide and varied: paper, various types of cardboard, plastic of different thicknesses, plates of different metals - zinc-copper-steel-brass. Glass, hardboard and plywood! Canvas and wood, stone!!! The main thing is that the surface texture matches your tasks and goals. But the question of an internal feeling of what the surface should be like comes with your personal experience.

Paint is also applied to the surface using various tools: a roller, the artist’s hand and fingers, brushes, palette knives, various spatulas, including curly ones. Rollers with different textures are also used. And finally, whatever comes to your creative mind. :)

Etching machines are used to make prints from sheets of plastic and metal sheets. To make a print from a lithographic stone, a lithographic printing press is used.

To remove paint from the printed surface, they use everything from simple fabric to all sorts of specific materials: matches, steel sponge for cleaning dishes, ear sticks...

And finally, the types of surfaces on which the imprint is made: paper, various types - from plain to etched, colored papers, plastic, plywood, stone, glass, metal, artistic canvas and various fabrics. In general, there is reason for imagination.

Stylistic directions in monotype

(printed graphics)

The first method, one of the simplest, is also called “fractal monotype”

Take the hard surface of your choice, in a creative trance, apply paint with the tool you need, lay paper on top, press it on top with your hands or a rubber roller. Smoothly remove the sheet. Examine the resulting impression. As a rule, this method is quite difficult to manage. Especially if you use water-based paints: watercolor, gouache, acrylic, tempera. Then many artists, peering at the resulting print, try to see some image, landscape, composition and slightly modify the print, trying to enhance and reveal what they saw in the monotype.

There are several other ways or techniques for creating fractal monotypes.

First stage:

Third stage:

The work is carried out in the same way as you paint from life or imagine, come up with your own color combinations. Try to take the color clean, bright, saturated. The shades of color are noble and pleasant to the eye. Change the water in your water jar often. The most important thing in your work is not to forget that when you take a mixed color, put it in a jar with a soap solution, since the soap solution does not allow the paint that you applied to the surface of the plexiglass to dry quickly.

It is important to know and take into account their features (properties) when working with paints. If you work with gouache, then try to do the work faster, since the paint dries quickly and it may turn out that you painted with paints, but the work has already dried. If you work with watercolors, then watercolor loves a lot of water, then in our case the watercolor solution should contain rich colors and have a little water in its composition. Excessive amount of water in the color can have a negative effect on the print (it will look like a big puddle when printing).

Fourth stage:

After we have completed the sketch in color, we take a sheet of paper. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that you need to grasp the sheet of paper with both hands by the corners of the sheet. Why do we do this, you ask? To ensure that the sheet does not wrinkle, break, or get dirty with your hands, place it evenly on the surface of the plexiglass, connecting the sheet format with the sketch of the drawing.

Fifth stage:

The next stage is that you need to gently press down the sheet with the palms of your hands, stroking it a little, pressing down where we have drawn the drawing. Try not to press, you need to do this with all your might, easily feeling on your palms that your drawing is gradually being transferred to a sheet of paper.

Sixth stage:

Next, you carefully remove the sheet of paper from the plexiglass (surface). Please note that the drawing must be removed by holding a corner of the sheet and slowly lifting the second corner of the sheet so that the sheet does not move when removed from the surface.

Seventh stage:

Then the resulting print must be hung to dry so that it does not get stained with paint and spoil the work. The dried print can be improved by clarifying the details of the drawing.

Second way.

When paint is applied to plates of metal or plastic, paper is placed on top and an impression is made using an etching or lithographic press. In this technique, as a rule, oil and etching paints are more often used. This method allows you to accurately control the creative process and accurately predict the desired creative result. Here you can create almost picturesque realistic works. To prevent ink oil from sticking to the paper, it is moistened with water before printing!

Third way.

This method requires the artist to draw with firm confidence, since corrections are impossible.

Take plastic or glass. Using a roller, apply an even layer of paint to the desired area or the entire surface of the sheet, having previously removed excess oil from the paint and placed it on newspaper for a while. All this is acquired through experience. If you are unsure that you can immediately draw and arrange your work on a sheet of paper, then before you put it on the paint, with light movements of a simple pencil you can outline the main composition and after that, without pressing, lower the sheet onto the paint-rolled surface . And then, you begin to draw what you have outlined, working with a pencil, a simple pen, a brush handle - it all depends on the thickness of the line you want to get.

It is advisable not to rest your hands on the paper. After completing your exercises on paper, carefully remove the sheet. Like any type of monotype, it can be modified and completed, already seeing what happens to it

Fourth way.

Pour water into the photo tray. Take printing inks, dilute them in different jars until liquid with gasoline or a special solvent. Then you take your brushes and, depending on your inner painterly state, splash paint onto the water, adjusting which color you need more or less of. And then the fun begins: mix the paints with the handle of the brush and you will see that unique pattern that you think is necessary.

You need to work quickly, but carefully: place a sheet of paper on the water, and then only, as if in an arc, the second edge. And it must be removed in the same way: first one, and then the second one in an arc. Mixing paints in water creates amazing picturesque combinations, like in a kaleidoscope.

Fifth method

You paint a work of art with oil paints on canvas or cardboard. Then you apply paper, fabric or the same canvas - carefully, but maybe not very carefully. It all depends on your temperament. You press the paper, also using various pressing techniques. As experience shows, you can make up to three prints, and none of them will repeat the previous one. The result is very subtle picturesque things. Which can be completed on top of the monotype. But this will be a mixed technique.

First stage: For work we will need the following material: White paper (whatman paper or watercolor paper) tinted paper, you can use different types of paper Oil paints, gouache or watercolor, Water jar Bristle brush A cloth for wiping paint off brushes Palette for mixing colors	What is the next technique of the monotype technique? When we take a form as a base, for example: cardboard, plate, canvas, corrugated paper and other surfaces from which we can get an amazing effect (surface textures). What is the working principle? We paint a drawing in color onto the surface of rough cardboard or canvas and place a sheet of wet paper on top of the colorful drawing and press it slightly to the surface and get a delicate watercolor print, which can be finished on top with various art materials.	Here is a print made first on cardboard and then printed onto a wet sheet of watercolor sheet. What is the advantage of this monotype technique is that the print obtained in this way turns out to be delicate, watercolor, magical, mysterious and unpredictable, as if nature itself were working with the drawing.	This photo shows the process of applying a colorful design to the surface of cardboard. The material used is gouache paints. You can also use oil paints diluted with linseed oil.	It is important to use pure, open colors in your work. Work quickly and carefully. There should be nothing around you that interferes with your work. Upon completion of work, you need to clean up your work area and dry the resulting print. I wish you creative experiments!

The sixth method is mixed technique.

When the created monotype is taken as a base and then refined with various other materials: oil pastel, dry pastel, acrylic, oil, tempera, textured pastes and so on.........

Methods for extracting monotypes from space.

Well, once again I would like to say that the very beauty of monotype is that there is Divine unpredictability in it, which brings into the monotype this amazing feeling of expectation of a miracle! Albeit a small one, but still a miracle that makes the artist’s heart tremble with joy. The monotype process is probably the most exciting of all the activities!

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Lyudmila Valerievna Zymaleva, graphic artist,
member of the Professional Union of Artists, art teacher at Moscow State Pedagogical University,
teacher of the Night Secondary School “Moskvich”,
teacher of the creative workshop “Skomorokhi”,
Moscow.

Fall and tremble, wilt, bloom,
A plum branch, a stroke of a pattern...
So what else should I relate it to?
A game of silks in the mind of a dreamer?

From the poem “The Melting World” by L. Zymaleva

Many people are familiar with the game “What does a cloud look like?” The kids find it very fun - it’s so interesting to guess from the outline what it really looks like, and adults find it useful - because the game develops attentiveness, associative thinking, and imagination (a striking example of monotypes in psychology is Rorschach blots). There are many variations of this game: you can look for images in the cracks of the wall or pieces of pine bark that have bizarre shapes. Or you can create a foundation yourself that is not only fun to play guessing games with, but can also easily be turned into an amazing creative work.
Relatively recently, “the entire Internet” went around a picture with the caption “The lid of a jar draws better than me” (see photo).

What was imprinted on the lid and clearly looked like a beautiful mountain landscape was an accidental montype.

Monotypy(from mono... and Greek τυπος - imprint) - a type of printed graphics, the invention of which is attributed to the Italian artist and engraver Giovanni Castiglione (1607-1665).
The monotype printmaking technique involves applying paint by hand onto a perfectly smooth surface of a printing plate, followed by printing on a machine; The print obtained on paper is always the only one, unique. In psychology and pedagogy, the monotype technique is used to develop imagination in children.

This technique was first used in the 17th century by the Italian artist Giovanni Castiglione (1616-1670)

The Frenchman Edgar Degas (1834-1917) combined monotype with tempera in his work “Concert at the Ambassador Cafe.”

The Englishman William Blake (1757-1828) created the painting “Newton” based on a monotype.

In Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, the monotype technique was actively practiced by Elizaveta Sergeevna Kruglikova. Her Parisian workshop was an attractive center where M.A. Dobrov, K.E. Kostenko, M.N. Voloshin, I.S. Efimov, N.Ya. Simonovich-Efimova, L.V. Yakovlev, V. .P.Belkin. Her French students Moreau and Dunoyer de Segonzac also became famous masters. After 1914, Elizaveta Kruglikova lived in Russia, continuing to engage in teaching activities. The master's passion for etching and enthusiasm were passed on to her students, many of whom began to work in color engraving and monotype thanks to her guidance.

Reproduction 185068 Tango in Luna Park 1914 - Elizaveta Kruglikova

The eyes are burning, the work is also burning: sometimes the hands are, as they say, “up to the elbows in paint” (in protective clothing this is not scary), guesses are heard out loud about what it looks like, someone has already started a story about the resulting hero or plot - these are young artists at the Moskvich school are getting acquainted with monotype!

If we talk briefly about monotype production process, then the method of execution is very simple: paint is applied to any smooth or textured surface, then a sheet of paper or other material is placed on top and printing occurs using manual pressure or a roller; it can also be the other way around: the surface with paint can be stamped onto the sheet. As a result, a print with unusual patterns is formed on paper, which often resemble the outlines of hills and rivers, mountains, tree branches, algae and much more.

Paint can be applied to the printed surface either spontaneously (recommended for activities with children in order to develop imagination) or consciously, when an adult or a fairly experienced young artist partially imagines what result he would like to get.

Materials for monotype a wide variety are used:

• Impressions can be made from a variety of surfaces: paper, cardboard, plastic, plates of various metals, tiles, glass, plywood, etc.
• The choice of paint is also varied: watercolor, gouache, tempera, acrylic, oil paints, etching, typographical, even construction types of paints. Paints are used both with thinners and in pure form - depending on the task.
• Paint is also applied to the printing surface using various tools: brushes, palette knives, even the artist’s hand.
• Types of surfaces on which the print will be made: various types of paper, cardboard, plywood, canvas, fabric, etc.
• To create an imprint, hand pressure and rolling with a roller are used; etching machines are used to print from sheets of plastic and metal sheets. To make a print from a lithographic stone, a lithographic printing press is used.

In the process of practicing and experimenting with various combinations of paint and surface for printing, the artist develops an understanding of what particular task a particular combination is suitable for and develops his or her personal preferences.

No less than the materials are varied and methods of obtaining monotype, here are some of them that are suitable specifically for classes with preschoolers:

The first method or “fractal monotype”

Paint is applied to the base, the graphic surface is pressed onto the base with hands or a roller, and removed. The result is a colorful spot with many “patterns” that is interesting to look at, the creative understanding of which motivates the creation of an artistic image. This method is quite difficult to control, especially if water-soluble paints are used: watercolor, gouache. It is difficult to say in advance exactly how the print will turn out, so this method is ideally suited for classes with preschoolers, as it does not require special care and significantly develops creative imagination. Suitable for classes in large groups.

Second way

A full-fledged drawing on a theme (or details of a drawing) is made with thick paints (gouache, acrylic, tempera) on a sheet or cardboard. Then paper or cardboard is carefully applied and carefully rolled with a roller. The results are fairly accurate copies of the base, which can be completed on top of the monotype. Suitable for classes with older preschoolers and schoolchildren who have significant drawing experience.

Third way

Water is poured into a container (basin, photographic bath). Printing or oil paints, in some cases acrylic or tempera, are taken and applied to the water in a thin layer until a pattern is created floating on the surface. Then a sheet of paper is placed on the water, as if in an arc, first one, then the second edge and also removed. The resulting image is dried and finalized. The option with acrylic and tempera is quite suitable for working with children, while oil is not recommended, despite the fact that it is with the help of oil paints that the highest quality color films are obtained on water. The method, as it is quite labor-intensive, is recommended for classes in small groups.

Fourth method

A thick layer of paint is rolled onto plastic or glass with a roller, and an image is drawn on it with a sharp object (stick, spatula, pencil, etc.). Then the sheet is applied and carefully rolled with the same roller (with this method it is better not to try to press the sheet with your hands). Like any type of monotype, it can be modified and the work can be completed, already seeing what happens to it. This method requires the artist to draw with firm confidence, since corrections are impossible. Suitable for classes with older preschoolers and schoolchildren who have significant drawing experience.

And the fifth way. Symmetrical monotype.

For classes with preschoolers, I would especially pay attention to the method of performing symmetrical monotype, when the base sheet is folded in half and part of the drawing is drawn relative to the fold line. This method is suitable for activities with young children. My students and I traditionally perform the monotype “Butterfly” or “Dragonfly” during acquaintance lessons, in the first lesson of my author’s program for additional education “I and the Image” at the NIGHT secondary school “Moskvich” and the ANO DUTM “Skomorokhi”. When a child sees how half of a butterfly, drawn along the fold line after printing, has turned into a full-fledged image - and the wings are covered with the finest patterns - lines resulting from the print, this greatly increases his interest in the subject and helps him quickly enter the creative team. It also significantly increases the child’s creative self-esteem: after all, getting a symmetrical image for a preschooler is a difficult task, and various objects, such as a butterfly, require just such a skill, and here the method of symmetrical monotype comes to the rescue.

I talked in some detail about the technical aspects, but the most important moment of working with montypia is the “guessing game”, the child’s inventing what the resulting image looks like. Then speaking this out loud, discussing it with the teacher and other students, and only then carefully completing some significant details (again, significant details are discussed with others), designed to emphasize the characteristic features of what the young artist sees in his work. In the process of this activity, not only the development of fantasy and abstract thinking occurs, but also the ability to separate the main from the secondary, to stylize, to understand what “the character of an object/hero/phenomenon” means. Thus, when creating a monotype, not only artistic, but more comprehensive development of the child occurs.

As an artist and as a teacher, I really love monotype; I use it in my personal professional artistic activities and in classes with students. Each time, creating a monotype is an exciting process for both a child and an adult, inspiring not only further visual creativity, but also much more from the creative sphere, for example, poetry:

The beauty of unfinished lines
In necklaces of shimmering spots...
Deep color: violet, blue
Attractive and incomprehensible.

An elusive image is born
Doomed between light and shadow.
You had to give yourself completely
This force, whose “I” is inspiration.

Exploring the world around them, preschoolers always strive to reflect their impressions through visual activities. Drawing brings children a lot of positive emotions; the need for it is inherent in them at the genetic level. In order for children’s creative abilities to receive maximum development, classes in a preschool institution should not be limited only to standard methods of representation. It is non-traditional techniques, creating an atmosphere of ease, that contribute to the revelation of children's individuality. One of the most interesting and original ways of drawing in kindergarten is monotype.

Features of organizing drawing classes using the monotype technique in kindergarten

The essence of drawing using the monotype technique is that paint is applied to a flat, smooth surface and then printed on another (the base can be one of the sides of a sheet of paper folded in half, or a separate material - a machine). The result of such a process is always unique; works are rarely similar. The resulting print is left in its original form, but more often the image is supplemented with characteristic details.

The initial stage of drawing The most interesting stage of work The finished image can be supplemented with details

Monotype contributes to the development of the child: improves fine motor skills, forms such important mental functions as thinking, imagination, memory. Color perception develops - the baby learns the possibilities of color and becomes imbued with it. The very process of creating a drawing turns into a magical action, a game, a trick.

Using this technique in kindergarten classes (they can be included in the plan of direct educational activities or carried out as group work), very original images are obtained. Monotype classes can be conducted already in the second junior group. At this age, kids usually draw simple objects - balloons, flags, cubes, etc. For them, the drawing process turns into a fun game.

The first works of preschoolers are simple figures

Children love practicing monotype techniques

At the middle level, preschoolers already successfully draw a butterfly, a fish, and flowers in a vase.

Butterfly - traditional drawing using monotype technique

Drawings by middle group students

Drawing in the middle group using monotype technique

In the senior and preparatory groups, preschoolers are encouraged to create beautiful landscape compositions using the monotype technique. These are autumn trees with falling leaves, a snowy winter forest, sea overflows, the seabed, as well as various fantasy works.

Note that when drawing using this technique, a sheet of paper can be folded in different ways: horizontally, vertically, and even from a corner. The first method is usually to depict trees reflected in water (a river or lake), or a fish. The second method is to create the image of a butterfly, a flower bouquet, some animal or fantastic creature (in the preparatory group they even draw aliens this way).

Materials and base used (including specific shapes and patterns)

Monotype can be performed on any smooth surface, which distinguishes it from other types of printing. The variety of this original technique comes from the shape of the surface and the method of applying paint.

Traditionally, classes use a regular sheet of paper as a basis. It may have a square shape: in this case, the paper can be folded in half diagonally. Sometimes, the teacher offers preschoolers templates - it can be a cut out silhouette of a butterfly, fish, bouquet of flowers, etc.

In addition, there are other base options - cardboard, cellophane, plastic, linoleum, glass. Please note that the latter material is not used in kindergarten due to safety reasons. Monotypes are usually printed on paper (but in rare cases also on fabric). It is advisable that the size of the base matches the size of the sheet on which the image needs to be printed.

Watercolor and gouache paints are suitable for the monotype technique. You can even use melted wax crayons if you wish. The texture of the image depends on the thickness of the paint. So, gouache is almost opaque, gives beautiful stains, however, when drying, it can become faded (since it is based on chalk). Watercolor is more suitable for children's creativity - you just need to apply it thickly on the base, without leaving gaps.

Note that the texture of the image depends on the thickness of the paint - from a light “openwork” effect to a bright, saturated one. With monotype, you can use paint of one color (monochrome drawing) or several shades. Likewise, the base can be white or colored (tinted).

Children can add additional details to the resulting drawing using a variety of tools - a brush, colored pencils, wax crayons, felt-tip pens and even a gel pen.

Drawing techniques used: standard and specific

When creating compositions using the monotype technique, preschoolers need to master the following basic techniques. This is, first of all, folding a sheet of paper in half, pressing, smoothing and gently rubbing the two surfaces.

Another technique is to draw on a plastic board. Spots of a certain color are applied to the surface. If the child has not yet come up with a specific idea for the drawing, he can simply use the colors he likes. For a summer landscape, it is better to choose appropriate colors - green, blue, a little yellow and red. The paints must be mixed quickly, otherwise they will have time to dry. Note that there is no point in drawing complex pictures, although if a preschooler has such a desire, then you can try.

After all these steps, take a sheet of paper (ideally its size and shape matches the base) and lightly press it onto the plastic with your hands. You need to lift the drawing carefully, by the corners. The result is a unique print that cannot be exactly repeated. This result will undoubtedly cause the child delight and pleasure from the opportunity to experiment. Each time his actions will be more confident.

After the drawing has dried slightly, you need to examine it, evaluate all the “successful” and “unsuccessful” places, use your imagination and complete the missing details. For example, for a butterfly it will be antennae, the outline of the head, a motley pattern on the wings in the form of circles, stripes, etc., for a fish - a tail, fins, and scales. Thus, the mysterious spots are transformed and an original image is born.

Depending on the tools that the child uses to complete the image, appropriate techniques are practiced. If it is a brush, then the baby uses the painting skills with the entire bristle or tip. When drawing with pencils, the pressure is adjusted to obtain the desired tone and attention is paid to the tilt of the tool.

Class notes

Examples of drawings by preschoolers using the monotype technique with comments on how to complete the work

The butterfly is one of the most popular objects depicted using the monotype technique. Each work is unique. A variegated pattern distinguishes the butterfly in the “Beauty Butterfly” drawing; the outline of the silhouette is outlined with a felt-tip pen, which makes the drawing even brighter. “Moth” has a delicate, mysterious color in yellow and blue tones. The compositions “Sunny Butterfly” and “Blue Butterfly” are decorated with additional details: the sun, grass, flowers. The butterflies themselves here have an interesting wing shape. The butterfly in the drawing “Beautiful Butterfly” looks original and elegant: this effect occurs due to a combination of two unconventional techniques - monotype and leaf printing (the antennae are painted in with watercolors).

Photo gallery “Butterflies using monotype technique”

Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor and felt-tip pen Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor A combination of two unconventional techniques - monotype and leaf printing

Charming sea inhabitants that look like magical creatures are depicted in the drawing “Fish”. Let us note the very beautiful background of the composition; the seabed with algae is realistically and at the same time magically conveyed. A threatening looking fish is shown in the “Sawfish” picture. The drawing “Fish in an Aquarium” turned out to be unusual. Their color complements each other: red with white spots and vice versa white with red spots.

Photo gallery "Fish"

Watercolor drawing Gouache drawing Watercolor drawing

Using the monotype technique, very beautiful flower bouquets are obtained. A bright composition with yellow-red buds is presented in the picture “Bouquet for Mom”, and “Vase with Flowers”, on the contrary, is made in delicate pastel colors. A mysterious and mysterious plant is the work “Magic Flower”.

Photo gallery "Flowers"

Watercolor drawing Watercolor drawing Watercolor drawing

Landscape works made using the monotype technique are always fascinating. You can look at them for a very long time. Drawings with horizontal symmetry are, as a rule, trees reflected in a body of water (lake or river). In this regard, the compositions “Beautiful Trees”, “Forest over the River”, “Colors of Autumn” are interesting. Works with vertical symmetry are individual beautiful trees (drawings “Spreading Tree”, “Tree with Pears”. Also, the composition “Apple Orchard” looks charmingly summery - it amazes with its multicolored colors. Interesting variations on the winter theme are “New Year Tree" and " Winter miracle."

Photo gallery “Landscape compositions”

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Children's works by design are of great interest. A child’s imagination, combined with the monotype technique, sometimes creates the most unexpected and bizarre images. So, the “Pink Bull” looks mysterious, from which it emanates kindness. The drawing “Cheerful Sun” creates an anthropomorphic image of the sun with big eyes and a smile. The “Queen of Light” is charming and mysterious. And the “Running Bunny” differs from an ordinary animal with its vague, unusual figure. Cheerful twin sisters smile at us from the composition of the same name. And for some reason the “Merry Ducklings” turned away from each other.

Photo gallery “Fantasy motives”

Drawing with watercolor Drawing with watercolor Drawing with watercolor Drawing with watercolor Drawing with watercolor and felt-tip pen Drawing with watercolor

In the senior preschool level, children enjoy fantasizing about space themes. With the help of monotype, bizarre fantastic images of aliens are created - the inhabitants of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Children even come up with names for them and write them on the drawing. Let us note that all the creatures, each unusual in its own way, have a good-natured appearance, because the majority of children’s works are always positive.

Photo gallery "Space"

Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor and colored pencils Drawing in watercolor Drawing in watercolor

The more diverse and interesting the techniques and techniques of visual activity when working with preschoolers, the more the children’s artistic abilities develop. In this regard, monotype is truly a magical way of drawing. In the perception of children, it is similar to a fairy tale or a magic trick. The original technique allows the creative nature to reveal itself, which leads to the most unexpected results: the child will admire his drawing and want to draw again and again.

MASTER CLASS

DRAWING USING THE MONOTYPE TECHNIQUE

Teachers of the Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution "Secondary School of Svyatoslavka"

Beskrovnoy Olga Viktorovna

2015

Monotype (from the Greek "mono" - one and "typos" - imprint, impression, touch, image...) is a technique of drawing using a unique print, in which a smooth surface or sheet of paper is coated with paint, and then made from it imprint on the sheet. There is only one print and it is impossible to create two absolutely identical works.

After this, the resulting images are either left in their original form, or they come up with what they look like and fill in the missing details. Therefore, this activity develops children's imagination, imagination and creativity.

You can use different paints for monotype.

Watercolor and gouache are best suited for children's creativity. If you don't dilute the watercolor too much with water and use watercolor paper, it will turn out very beautiful. Another advantage of watercolor is that it washes off easily. Gouache is opaque and produces beautiful stains. Acrylic paints dry very quickly, which is inconvenient for creating prints, and are difficult to wash off. Oil paints are mainly suitable for professionals.

How to make a monotype

There are different ways. For example, professional, when the image is applied with oil or printing inks diluted with gasoline or special solvents, or the print is obtained using an etching or lithographic machine. I will tell you about the methods available for children's creativity.

1. Draw something with paints (you can use one color, you can use several colors) on a sheet of thick paper or on a smooth surface (on glass, a plastic or plastic plate, tile, glossy cardboard, film), and then quickly, before the paint has time to dry , attach another sheet of paper and iron it with your hand or a roller to make a print.

2. Fold a sheet of paper in half, draw something inside with paints on one half of the sheet, then fold the sheet and iron it with your hand to get a symmetrical print.

An interesting image will be obtained if you draw not on a smooth, but on a textured surface: whatman paper, drawing paper, etc. And make a print on plain paper.

You can make a textured surface yourself by crumpling up a large sheet of paper, applying paint to it, and making an imprint with it.

An impression is formed on the paper with unusual patterns that cannot be repeated by the artist. The image on the print is random. After printing, the artist selects those prints that satisfy him in terms of aesthetic appeal and subject matter. Of the many prints, only a very few are selected. Therefore, artists rarely use the monotype technique: it is quite labor-intensive and requires a large amount of materials and patience.

Monotype is an amazing genre that essentially occupies a middle position between painting and graphics, between art and psychology. Monotype is a way of freedom of expression, it is a projection of the inner world. Therefore, the sincerity of the genre is undeniable.

Well, once again I would like to say that the very beauty of monotype is that there is Divine unpredictability in it, which brings into the monotype this amazing feeling of expectation of a miracle! Albeit a small one, but still a miracle that makes the artist’s heart tremble with joy. The monotype process is probably the most exciting of all the activities!

Monotype will forever enter your creative life and bring many pleasant creative moments!