Two weeks ago my studio did a weekend monotype workshop at Zea Mays Printmaking. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot about monotypes. I think what I liked most about making monotypes was the experimentation from one piece the next. Trying one technique, liking aspects of it and then repeating what I liked and adding something new to the next print. A good portion of the weekend I played around with making transparent shapes and overlaying them on one another; something I’ve been playing with in my illustration work for a few months. I’m really happy with how the print above came out. It took 6 passes through the press, the first laying down the off white color and then each pass afterwords laying down a larger circle than before. The color is exactly what I was looking for and I like the relationship the large group of circles has with the small light colored circle to the right of it. My concept for the print was to represent a comparison of humans to God. Humans being made in God’s image but not having His glory or power. I can’t wait to do more. I think in the future it would be interesting to try and depict this relationship in a way that brings the two objects closer together, not necessarily making humans closer to in stature to God but closer in intimacy.