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Moonrise 1 by Bobbie Matulja

Moonrise 1 - Monoprint on printmaking paper from leftover oils on palette coloured with watercolour and oil pastel - Jan 31st 2026
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Well done for experimenting and the results are impressive! Worth continuing further along these lines…

This is very cool !!!

Both of your prints look great, sounds a very interesting course!

Thank you Alan, Graham and Sarah. I love an opportunity to play! My C&G Level 2 Printmaking course will start with design basics including colour theory; then we'll be trying lots of printing techniques - some of which (like monoprinting) I already know well, some I've had a go at and want to do more of (reduction linoprinting and collagraph) and others (like woodcut and etching) I've never tried.

Keep experimenting Good results

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02/02/2026
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Another monoprint experiment made from the same lot of leftover oil paint. I was trying out the same technique as Sunset 1 but on a different support - this time I used A5 relief printing paper. Although the oil paint resisted the initial watercolour washes as expected, the printing paper didn't work as well as the mountboard at picking up the watercolour and oil pastel overlays.

About the Artist
Bobbie Matulja

I'm a busy Churchwarden from a rural parish in South Shropshire. After stupidly turning down a place at Art College when I was 18, I joined an adult education course in 2010 which re-ignited my creativity. Since then, I've enjoyed building skills and experience, taking courses with artists whose…

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