Monotypes, Art From Nature

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Monotypes, art from nature, is a way af taking from the bounty of nature, to return a visual graphic that can be enjoyed even when the snow is several feet deep, and it feels as though summer may never return. I know in my mind that God will provide, and, " if winter is here, spring can not be far behind ", but there are some days when I just need to see it.

One day in the late fall, I was reading an issue of "Artist" magazine. There was an article about how to create a thing called a monotype. The basic idea of it was to paint some wet, sloppy paint on a piece of glass, put your paper on it, crush it down with a rolling pin, and break the pane of hand blown glass. No, that wasn't how it read, but that was how I tried it the first time. I'd had plans for that piece of glass, and was just a little upset when it broke from the pressure of the rolling pin, but as stuborn as I am, of course I tried again. This time I used an old piece of counter top for the trial project.

The second through 15th try came out much the same. Maybe number 16 is a good one for me, because I finally got what I was looking for. I ran with it! The paintings you see on this page are some of the results!

There are some not too hard instructions for how to do

monotypes if you would like to try your hand at it. The bottom line is that the ground hog came and went, Easter is almost here, and I'll be able to play with the monotypes again. Amen.

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