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Colour, Collage and Printing Art and Design: 2 of 3 Colour, Collage and Printing Art and Design: 3 of 3

Mono printing is a very simple method of printing. It is an Dale Chihuly (1914- present) is an Amercian artist works primarily with glass. He uses extremely

effective way to copy line drawings or and cross hatching bright and vibrant colour's which are accentuated when light shines through them.

techniques.

The process is very simple;

• Lay a piece of paper on top of printing ink.
• Draw the image.

• Lift the paper off to reveal a printed drawing.

• This can then be embellished further with the use of colour,
shading techniques or use of mix media.

The Theory of Colour is how you mix

and create different colours. The

Colour wheel shows cool or warm
colours, primary, secondary and

tertiary colours. It helps artists and

designers to decide on how and
where to use different colour

combinations.