Monotype Starter
Adult Course | This program is completed
All the basics of print room procedure at your own pace. Learn drawing with a brayer, painting, stenciling, color and layers followed up with creative discussion. Certifies you to safely use the press and print room independently. Beginners welcome.
- Please bring:
- -3-5 sheets printing paper, such as Rives BFK or Lightweight; Arches Cover or Text Wove; Stonehenge or Canson Edition
- -1 small tube black oil based (Important!) etching ink, litho ink, or block printing ink
- -1 small tube white oil based ink
- -Optional: small tubes color oil based ink
- Small (1-2"") soft rubber brayer Example: Speedball (The League has larger ones)
- Optional: 1-2 sheets of Mylar, any thickness
- Apron, Nitrile gloves
- Paper towels or cotton rags
Joe Higgins
I work in monotype and my pictures deal with the vexations of making connections of the spirit. The images are representational, but also conceptual and symbolic. I use distressed landscapes as a metaphor for the uncertainties of life, or interiors to express ineffable messages of the heart. I've shown in many venues including Boulder Art Center, Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, and the Aspen Art Museum . In 1988, I was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship by the Colorado Council on the Arts. http://www.joehigginsmonotypes.com