How to Use monotype in a Sentence

monotype

noun
  • Water, sand, and rocks are his subjects in these paintings and monotypes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2018-06-15
  • To the right of the fireplace, on the wall, is a monotype by Mark Tobey
    — Tina Barney, WSJ, 2017-08-03
  • Degas’ work is known as a monotype, or a cross between a painting and engraving.
    — Alex Horton, Philly.com, 2018-02-24
  • Degas's work is known as a monotype, or a cross between a painting and engraving.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 2018-02-24
  • A stunning show of Edgar Degas monotypes gave his towering achievement a more modern tilt.
    — Holland Cotter and Roberta Smith, New York Times, 2016-12-07
  • Next to this work is the piece Jaguar Woman #2, which is a monotype print of a woman with a curvy body type in an orange jumpsuit with jaguar spots.
    — Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News, 2019-07-25
  • Hoyem says, entering a room of monotype casters, where the machines, some a century old, cast individual letters and lines of metal type from molten lead.
    — Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle, 2017-12-29
  • Walker created works in oil, etching, wood and steel engraving, and was one of the earliest monotype artists in this country and is often credited with inventing that term.
    — oregonlive, 2020-09-01
  • Roberta Friedman, who has worked as a lawyer, created an encaustic monotype collage of papers describing legal matters.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 2019-06-11
  • Techniques such as monotype printing, a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface and transferring the image to a sheet of paper by pressing the two together.
    — Sarah Bonnette, NOLA.com, 2018-01-31
  • As the Ministry of Culture explains, the work itself is a monotype, where the artist makes an image in ink or paint on a metal plate, which is then run through a press, creating a single image.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2018-02-26
  • The exhibit features more than 100 works by Degas and his friends and consists largely of drawings and prints along with photographs, monotypes, correspondence and sculpture.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2019-08-08
  • The exhibit includes more than 100 pieces, including paintings, drawings, pastels, etchings, monotypes and sculptures, covering his artistic interests in dancers, nudes and horses.
    — Sarah Maiellano, USA TODAY, 2018-01-02
  • The shade also created an atmospheric moody backdrop for the artist's sketches and monotypes, which were deviations from his popular ballerina pastels, according to Fast Co.
    — Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 2016-08-10

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