Monotype: Fire up the Grill

Fire up the Grill! 5 x 7 Monotype with Colored Pencil
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This is my great-great aunt and uncle, in 1961, holding dinner by a string. I can think of all sorts of quotes to put above Margie's head, especially with her hand pulled back in a dainty British recoil.

This one started with Graphic Chemical, oil based, bone black etching ink, rolled out on a copper plate. After removing most of the black ink to outline George & Margie, I tapped various colors in the areas I cleared, and printed the monotype on soaked & blotted Rives paper. After the ink was dry, I had fun with colored pencils while studying the facial expressions on the photo that inspired the art. I never met these two, but I've heard so many stories, it was a pleasure to spend time with them.