Monoprinting | Shape

When revisiting the print room I tried to do some shape-based monoprints instead of just monotype drawings. I made quick stencils based on drawings of those weird mutated flesh things.

right: two prints overlayed and scanned

I think these aren't up to scratch, and don't add anything worthwhile to the stuff I've been making up to this point in time. My work doesn't typically deal with shape, and I feel that these rather graphic forms would be too jarring against the spidery monotypes I've been doing. They look forced somehow??

Making a stencil is pre-planned, it's considered, and requires foreseeing how the end thing will look. This is something I've been trying to stay clear of in order to get immediate drawings that have a genuine on-the-spot feel, they haven't been mulled over too much.

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to go back and use this type of monoprinting again. Monotype is the one for me; it's more expressive and based on chance and experiments.