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<div class=""><b>For the next Art Matters meeting planned for the
16th July we are asking for Tondos.</b> <br>
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<div class="">A tondo is a circular work of Art, although the famous
examples are from the Renaissance, they are surprisingly fun and
interesting to do. So dig out the compass/draw round a plate and
see what happens. As usual any medium but for once any subject
matter! Look forward to seeing the interpretations on the 16th.</div>
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<div class=""><b>At last weeks Art Matters meeting on Ancestors</b>
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<div class="">- we saw some great Ancestor portraits and also had a
discussion on inheritance, history, monoprinting and photography.
So a couple of links from that session:</div>
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<div class="">I found this one the most useful guide of the
process I followed for the print that I showed: </div>
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<div class=""><a href="https://cristearoberts.com/films/29/"
class="">https://cristearoberts.com/films/29/</a></div>
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<div class="">I think she suggests using turps or white spirit to
dilute the paint. I found Liquin worked best when rolling out
the paint and then rags and cotton buds dipped in white spirit -
and sticks and brushes and palette knives to remove the paint.
But it is also possible to make the print by painting onto the
surface and printing that. </div>
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<div class="">I have also been recommended this video which I
think uses acrylic.</div>
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<div class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/RmlPOr4r470" class="">https://youtu.be/RmlPOr4r470</a></div>
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<div class="">There are lots of videos out there using not only oils
but acrylic, printing ink even watercolour. My experience of doing
these prints without a press is it helps to use a thinner paper -
cartridge paper worked fine (unless you are worried by the oil
paint destroying the paper in 10 years time) but thicker papers
were a disaster. But failed prints make great surfaces for
pastels. </div>
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<div class="">There is a difference between monoprints and monotypes
which escapes me but if you are searching online to find examples
and How To’s best to try both as they seem to be used
interchangeably. </div>
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<div class=""><b>Photography</b> </div>
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<div class="">The Photography programme that we mentioned was
Britian in Focus - A Photographic History. It is presented by
Eamon McCabe and is still available on iPlayer and is worth a look
- though the middle episode which is about photojournalism has
some harrowing images. </div>
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<div class=""><b>Paper</b></div>
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<div class="">The paper that Colin and I used (Colin with alcohol
ink, me with oil paint) was Yupo paper. It is a synthetic paper
made from polypropylene. It’s interesting stuff as waterproof so
the paint/ink sits on the surface, you can also get translucent
versions. Jacksons used to do a sample set if you want to try it
out - though watch the size as one of the sample sets consisted
of minuscule sheetst! It is often recommended for watercolour but
I am not sure either of us liked the effect of that. </div>
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<div class="">Look forward to seeing you on the 16th <br>
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<div class="">Kind regards</div>
Deborah
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