Monoprinting Tutorial with Naomi Frears | Hospital Rooms Digital Art School with Seasalt Cornwall

In this workshop artist Naomi Frears will show you how to create a monoprint without the use of a printing press. Reusing images from old magazines is perfect for this, but you can also use postcards you might have at home and no longer need.
You will need:
• A4 paper
• A shiny hard surface that can be wiped clean. This could be a piece of perspex,
plastic, old mirror or glass.
• One or two old magazines
• Two or three ink rollers (An example can be found here:
www.greatart.co.uk/essdee-professional-ink-rollers.html)
• Water-soluble printing inks in two or three colours: black, white and a colour of your choice (An example can be found here: www.greatart.co.uk/essdee-pre...)
• Scissors (you can also tear paper)
• Rags and soapy water or biodegradable baby wipes
• Biodegradable bamboo cotton buds (optional)
Naomi Frears is a visual artist and filmmaker based in the Porthmeor Studios in St Ives. She works across multiple platforms including painting, printmaking and film and is well known for her enigmatic and subtly haunting paintings. In her monochromatic paintings of figures lost in thought in an internal landscape, the lightness and open-endedness conventionally associated with drawing (as opposed to painting) is evident. Her work has been exhibited widely including at Tate St Ives, Newlyn Gallery and Bold Tendencies in London.
We would love to see your artworks, so please share them with us using the hashtag #HRDigitalArtSchool or by tagging us on Instagram (@_hospitalrooms) or Twitter (@hospital_rooms)!
Edited by Lauren Veevers
This Digital Art School workshop has been made possible thanks to the generous support of Seasalt Cornwall.

[@bongothewonderchimp]

The best monoprinting video I’ve seen. Naomi is so knowledgeable, articulate and gifted as a teacher. The fact her accent sounds so similar to Bowie’s is just an audio bonus. Thank you so much for sharing this valuable and inspirational video.

[@suelittleford3373]

Fantastic tutorial. Thanks, so informative and clear.

[@liisamalkki9827]

This was great! Thank you so much! I really appreciate your pedagogical approach. You’re offering techniques and not “prefab” projects. I like your emphasis on process over product.

[@georgescucristina2720]

Yeeeeyyyy! Amazing! Very smart!!! Love it, thank you from the bottom of my heart! ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘 ❤️ 💙 💜

[@judithniania678]

Fabulors tutorial. Can't wait to try this. Thank you.

[@juliamckechnie256]

Thanks for all the tips. I really liked the pace of the recording.

[@MsGnor]

Thanks Naomi! Gorgeous art studio. Loved what you did with the magazine figures, such simple yet beautiful results. Thanks for the demo! 🥰❤🖤🤍🧡💖

[@colincampbell9825]

There are a lot of instructional videos on monotype printing but this is by far and away the best, clear, concise and inspirational...

[@hospitalrooms9312]

Wow, thanks!

[@Gulfstreams]

Thank you for clarifying that these are monotype techniques, not monoprints. It's really confusing that most videos on youtube confuse monoprints for monotypes when there is a clear difference between the two. ​ @Hospital Rooms

[@minnahumble2294]

Please explain the difference. Call me Dummie.

[@minnahumble2294]

@@Gulfstreams Please explain the difference. Call me Dummie.

[@stewartbates-ix7lw]

Well I thought I’d done everything in Monoprints! This video shows me I haven’t and I’ve learnt so much from it! Thank you

[@nancyloomis3046]

Your mission is wonderful and so important! Art has been proven to have emotional and even physical healing power for certain. I do fine art, paper crafting & mixed media and always like to see quick and easy techniques that anyone can use. I’m in the U.S. and watch a good bit of UK 🇬🇧& EU 🇪🇺 art channels and of course lots of U.S. 🇺🇸 art channels. I just subscribed👍🤗

[@marykeane7999]

Inspiring and helpful. Very clear teaching and demo. Thank you

[@nightlightparanormal7542]

Thank you so much! This really inspired me. So many ideas bouncing around in my minds eye!

[@eileengavinlarsen4509]

Excellent demo! Love the simple messy frame ... genius!!! Thank you so much😊

[@cristinakaminski8998]

You have given me some new ideas. Thank you 🙏

[@victoriagadd6831]

What a lot of creative fun this looks. Thanks for demo. Would love to have a go - when I can find a place where making a mess is not an issue :) look forward to more from your channel now I’ve found it

[@starvingartistscollective]

What a fabulous video!! So enjoyed seeing this process and hearing your informative explanations. Definitely an accessible and imaginative art form. TFS!!

[@suzimorris1593]

Brilliant film piece!

[@minnahumble2294]

What a wonderful lesson in great techniques. You have inspired me to try.

[@8433alice]

What an outstanding lesson! So short, and just full of extremely useful bits of information. Thank you very much.

[@hospitalrooms9312]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thejoshuawatts]

Wow that was an amazing demonstration thank you!

[@jamiecampbell2637]

Well, thank you so much. It makes me feel I can do this and start experimenting with what you’ve demonstrated. All clear and inspiring!

[@hospitalrooms9312]

You are so welcome!

[@lindassewcrafty5114]

Thank you, this was a brilliant demonstration 👌👌👌

[@tomhancock8184]

I learned a lot. Thanks!

[@alexcameron_]

Massive help many thanks for the tips.

[@lynneglazzard5910]

This is really informative, thank you

[@MartyYokawonis]

Very nice tutorial. Thank you very straight forward and thankfully no music or chatting

[@davelester1985]

This is very helpful to me. I will explore more this process.

[@gabrielehaitz3983]

Wow - I`ll try right away - thank you so much!

[@hospitalrooms9312]

Hope you enjoy!

[@boyandbelugee]

Lovely ideas! Thank you!❤

[@rosemaryclunie3413]

Brilliant. Thank you

[@joanzivi7425]

This is wonderful -- thank you!!!

[@melissataylor5494]

Very nice tutorial! ❤

[@migueldasilva6849]

Great thank you!

MARAVILHOSO!!!!

[@robertwebber8672]

fab presentation!

[@chezceleste]

Thank you

[@sunshinekingdom9765]

You are awesome!! ☺️☺️☺️💖💖💖☺️ thank you!!

[@evelinepessers9463]

Thank you so much 🌷🌷🌷

[@johannesswarts1440]

This was a great video! I've been dabbling with simple printmaking for years - linoleum blocks, woodcuts, silkscreen. It's nice to see yet another technique to try. Thank you! Any tips/hints on paper and inks?

[@jocelynelangis777]

You are wonderful teacher ! Which type of paper should I used for the transfer ? Non à idea?

[@kevinquinn8884]

thank you. useful and inspiring

[@hospitalrooms9312]

So glad!

[@lindabourie7818]

I’m not familiar with the tube ink you used, what is the brand? Wonderful class, thank you.

[@meggiraeder727]

Great tutorial! Question: how do you clean your glas or shiny surface? Can you do this w acrylic paint, rather than ink? Thank you in advance!

[@janlane9837]

Ace!

[@creepyjanitor]

what kind of ink is that? Kind of looks like acrylic paint of some sort?

[@gabrielehaitz3983]

What kind of colours do you use ?

[@indefiniteopener]

What inks are you using with the caulk gun??

[@susanmcfie9261]

Very entertaining

[@vicsterdekann9395]

Hi there!Great tutorial!please may I ask what brand of ink is used in the video? Thanks

[@vicsterdekann9395]

Just to let anyone interested...the ink is by Caligo Safe Wash Relief Ink 300g Cartridge.

[@harpereli9652]

instablaster.

[@karinvasquez3956]

Which ink are you using?

[@nynaloupiac4366]

Superbe

[@daledanby6831]

Is that not white paint too thick for ink

[@pstotto]

Meanwhile, over in Falmouth, a course leader M.A. Fine Art online required (Dec.2020) 'with the ability to use data to identify themes and trends and be able to translate concepts into new solutions FOR THE ORGANIZATION... Yah...

[@jomyron8351]

Fun

[@nynaloupiac4366]

WhatsApp Kiné of ink to you use? Also, Where do you get ink in tubes? Nyna

[@Maxime-ho9iv]

1) How can you make something not random, i.e. print a photograph for example? 2) I thought « printing » (compared to painting) was about repeatability, I don’t see how you would be able to print the same thing or even roughly the same thing over and over again? So why is it called mono « printing »?

[@rhessex]

A print is an image made by pressing paper onto a surface covered in ink. It's called a 'mono'print I think because in this kind of printing each print is unique.

[@Chamomile369]

Mono means one, one print.

[@susanschremser9800]

Just a helpful suggestion, you need to get video camer very close to what you are doing. Now I feel.like I am watching you in the cheap sits in the back.

[@francismarcoux8944]

Saw nothing interesting

[@hollyahner2137]

Unable to see what she’s doing. Thumbs down.👎

[@mariemontague3394]

Sooooo slow!!!! and too long for an instructional video. If I taught my students at this pace they would have left the room.