Watercolour Monoprint help

[Rikard]

I've seen some wonderful monotypes made with watercolour. But when I tried one myself It ended up all blotchy.
My method:
Sand plexiglass plate.
Apply thin layer of gum arabic on plate and let dry.
Paint on the plexi with watercolour and let dry.
Soak a hot pressed watercolour paper and wait for it to dry just enough so that the shine disappeared.
Then put paper on plate and press.

My result

The vibrancy is there. But the brush strokes, which I can see on other peoples prints have disappeared. And it's just small blobs of paint. Blotchy. Maybe the paper was too wet? What do you think?

 

[Donna T]

I think you got a beautiful print, Rikard, and I’m sorry I don’t know anything about printmaking with watercolors. I make prints with acrylics on a gel plate but it’s a different process. Have you tried this on a smooth plexiglass or do you need some texture for the gum arabic to work? Would misting the paper instead of soaking it help? Maybe if there was less water in/on the paper your edges would be sharper. I hope someone else knows more about this and can help you.