Monoprint drawings

So, this semester, the pregnancy and birth theme continues (of course) and I've started by doing some simple monoprints. Hopefully I can practice the skill of drawing and not messing it up (if you mess up on a monoprint, there's no fixing it) and can create some larger ones with different images. I really like the fragile line that comes with monoprinting and the blotchy backgrounds, it seems to be the best way for me to capture the images I want to.

Babies

Teeth

Maps (2010) 

I hate the dentist, so, so much, but when I had two teeth out, I kept them, because I knew I would do something with them. Here are my two teeth with someone else's two teeth, a memento of a relationship. Receipts and notes provide a background.

The least artistic summer ever

So my summer job as been in an oil company's reception. I've never felt quite so un-artistic. I thought maybe adding some stuff to this old thing would help bring back a spark, but I think I really just need to be back in a studio with a heap of sketchbooks and some ink. I'm craving using pens and ink, and perhaps some monoprint. Anyway, I did manage to spend some time on a beach at Gardenstown (is that the place? I don't remember what it was called. It's beside Macduff, anyway.) which was nice.