Stencil Monoprint with Acrylic Paint and Cardboard

A demonstration of hand printing using laminated cardboard with acrylic paint to create monoprints. This technique is a fun way to print at home using common art supplies. See supplies below. Happy Printing!
Supplies:
Laminated cardboard - I used a glossy sparkling water box. A cereal box, cracker box, macaroni box will work too, as long as it has that laminated side. If it doesn’t, you can still use it, but it may warp more.
Scissors
X-acto blade - Box cutter can also work
Printing paper - I have stonehenge printmaking paper, you could also use construction paper, or anything somewhat smooth that can handle wet media. I’ll stick to white paper here, but playing with colored paper can be a lot of fun.
Foam brushes - Paint brushes would also work, but these can cover a large area fast, which is nice.
Acrylic paint - Tempera paint will also work, it’s nice to have at least a set of primary colors and black and white.
Wooden spatula or spoon - This is optional, just your hands can work great. This is to press the paper into your matrix.
Water - I’m using a clean hummus container.
A pallet - Also a hummus container, I really like hummus…
Pencils - And an eraser.
Something to cover your workstation - I’m using newsprint. Newspaper, craft paper, or paper grocery bags can work too.
Cutting mat - You can also use a piece of plywood, or anything that will keep your table from being cut.

[@ouranitakaradimas1132]

Great teaching. Structured, methodical, easy to follow, achievable, satisfying results for beginners to gain confidence and have fun.

[@susanasilva2737]

Finding this channel and this video sure was the highpoint on this saturday morning 😊❤

[@stevieratstacks]

I wish I found this video sooner. I’ve been getting really into print making and this would’ve saved me so much money when first starting out. Don’t get me wrong, I love my speedball stuff, but I love making art with recycled materials as well. Definitely gonna try this out ASAP

[@anazec2887]

WHAT is the speedball? This tipe of printing reminded me of lino print just faster and much cheaper. But still the texture you made with lino print is amazing. In my country speedball is mix of drugs cocaine and H i don't think about that ❤

[@j.wilcox3547]

​​@@anazec2887 speedball is a type of ink used in linocut printing. But, speedball can also mean cocaine mixed with heroin.

[@arvillamaedesigns]

This was great. And hummus rocks

[@nerd_in_norway]

Love it! Fantastic how such a simple technique can create such wonderful art! ❤️

[@j.wilcox3547]

Really cool technique.

[@ladytiedi]

How fun! Thanks for sharing!

[@cassielengel00]

❤ love this! I’m going to give it a go thanks for the video!

[@KnittingEmporiumDesigns]

Thank you for sharing

[@Collageartist69]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@teresacruz1463]

Queda fenomenal!! Que creatividad! Muchas gracias por compartir. Yo en vez de cartón he hecho con goma eva.

[@a.r.3742]

Hi, thank you for the video. I was wondering why you didn't choose to put the paint on the dull side of the cardboard rather than the shiny side? The shiny side, I think makes the ink or paint squish around. I was thinking that the back side, the dull side of a cardboard, although it would suck in a lot of paint unless you sealed it maybe, would have some interesting texture if you scored it. I'll probably experiment some by myself, but I was just wondering. The other thing that I was thinking was that with the dull side of cardboard you would get better adherence to the paper. I get the impression, I could be wrong, that the shiny side sort of floats on the paint, are glides on it....

[@highpointcenterforprintmak9089]

Hi, That's a good consideration. I went with the glossy side in this video with the thought that it would hold up better to the wet media. The absorption of the dull side would definitely help with adhesion. Since this video I've used the dull/raw side more often for demos. Thanks for the comment!

[@Cerone84]

Not for me. Thought it was too sloppy. Final image did not appeal. Just didnt click. Better luck next time tho.

[@cliffdariff74]

music is such a terrible distraction

[@highpointcenterforprintmak9089]

Thanks for the feedback! We will tone it down next time.