Original Color Monotype Print Man Art Illustration of a Guy with a Cigar Belinda Del Pesco
Title: Testing a Quintero
Medium: Hand pulled 4.25 shops x 6.75 inch Dark Field Monotype with Watercolor & Colored Pencil
Support: Rives BFK Printmaking paper
Process: Monotypes are made by painting on a smooth (not etched) plate, and pressing the still-wet pigments against paper to create a print of the image. For this piece, I used black, oil based etching ink on a zinc plate. The ink was rolled onto the plate with a brayer, and the figure was lifted out of the wet ink in a subtractive process with my finger tips, points and rags, etc.
Edition: This is an edition of 1 (one).
Frame: The art is offered here unframed. If you'd like to have it framed, be in touch for an estimate.
Story: The image was based on a 1950's photograph of my Grandfather standing in the yard, smiling & smoking a cigar, which was a standard pose in most of the photos taken of him during that era.
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Product code: Original Color Monotype Print Man shops Art Illustration of a Guy with a Cigar Belinda Del Pesco