Lithographs made on polyester plates are a direct drawing method using sharpie markers, pens, and brushes to create fluid lines. These direct drawings are transformed in the process of inking and printing.  Although these plates are sometimes used to hold photographic imagery, this tutorial focuses on drawing and chance variations that will bring these repeatable plates into the world of the monoprint. 

Demonstrations include the basics of how to translate source imagery onto the litho plate and how to ink and print these plates with oil based etching inks. After becoming familiar with these fundamentals, you will learn how to play with variable inking methods, and create companion plates for layering images and color. Polyester plates are easy to cut with scissors or exacto-knives and these shaped plates can add collage-like shifts of information within a composition.  Litho plates can be printed by hand or on an etching press.