All three are intaglio printmaking techniques, which means the ink lives in the lines rather than on top of the plate surface. But how you make those marks is where the three techniques spiral off in different directions…

What is Additive Monotype Printmaking? Effectively, it's as if you are creating a painting, but on a shiny surface. Then you take a print of that painting . It's called Additive Monotype because you add the ink onto the plate (your surface) and everything that is on the plate will get printed. What’s the point of it? You might wonder, seeing as you can easily create a painting on a canvas or in a sketchbook, what the point of creating a printed painting is. That’s ok - que

Printmaking is a wonderful way to explore art but sometimes its language can be intimidating...

So you’ve made your collagraph plate. Hurrah! Now you get to print from it. Here’s how to get started…