Alternative Medias

I had been experimenting with a couple of alternative medias. The first one is a monoprint. This is done by rolling ink onto a metal plate. Then a piece of paper is placed ontop of this and an image is drawn onto the paper, which the ink will pick up. The paper is then removed, and the plate and another piece of paper are rolled through the press, (which is a large heavy cylinder, similar to a large metal rolling pin I suppose, which is turned using a large wheel by hand). Then this is the end result :)

Its a picture of an oil tower out at see with the pier leading inland.



Then there was when I drew a life model in coloured inks. He performed a series of 5 minute poses in which i drew in a different ink for each pose using a straw.

i got bored at work....

And ended up drawing on one of the paper bags we put things in when people buy things :)

Nice little illustrative piece :)