This course introduces students to the conceptual, technical, and material aspects of monoprintmaking as a unique printmaking practice. It covers historical context, distinctions between monoprint and monotype, and an overview of print traditions in India and globally. Students engage with core techniques such as additive and subtractive mark-making, printmasking, layering, and colour application. Emphasis is placed on experimentation, compositional strategies, and integration of personal and cultural visual language. The course also develops critical thinking through analysis, documentation, and portfolio preparation, enabling students to produce a cohesive body of work suitable for exhibition. Apply: Apply monoprint techniques, including additive and subtractive processes, printmasking, layering, and colour application using appropriate tools and materials. Analyze: Analyze monoprint and monotype processes while examining composition, texture, and tonal variations in printmaking. Evaluate: Evaluate personal and peer works by critically assessing formal, technical, and conceptual aspects in relation to traditional and contemporary practices. Create: Create original monoprints and develop a cohesive portfolio demonstrating technical proficiency, conceptual clarity, and professional presentation.
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• What is Monoprint: Definition, History, and Scope • Monoprint vs. MonoType: Key Distinctions • Overview of Printmaking Traditions in India and the World • Materials and Tools: Plate Types, Inks, and Paper • Setting Up the Studio: Safety and Workspace Organisation • Conceptual Framework: The Artist's Intention and the Unique Print
• Ink Application Methods: Roller, Brush, and Palette Knife • Subtractive Techniques: Wiping, Scraping, and Blotting • Additive Techniques: Drawing and Painting Directly on the Plate • Transfer Methods: Hand Pressure, Baren, and Printing Press • Creating Texture and Tonal Variation • Ghost Printing: Pulling Multiple Impressions from a Single Inking
• Understanding Printmasking: Positive and Negative Reserve Areas • Mask Types: Cut Paper, Torn Paper, Stencils, and Found Materials • Applying Masks: Placement, Registration, and Adhesion • Inking Over Masks: Controlled and Gestural Applications • Lifting Prints with Masks in Place • Removing Masks and Reading the Resulting Image
• Multi-Pass Printing: Sequencing Colour Layers • Colour Theory in Monoprint: Transparency and Opacity • Compositional Strategies: Positive/Negative, Figure/Ground • Combining Printmasking with Drawn and Painted Marks • Using Collage Elements Alongside Printed Surfaces • Integrating Indian Visual Motifs and Spatial Concepts
• Analysing Monoprints: Formal and Conceptual Readings • Indian and International Contemporary Printmakers: Case Studies • Documenting Process: Photography, Sketchbooks, and Artist Statements • Critique Methods: Peer Review and Self-Evaluation • Preparing a Series of Prints for Exhibition • Assembling a Portfolio with Written Reflection
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