Update

I haven't painted anything yet but I have now gathered all of the materials that I need to start making monotypes. Took a little while to find an appropriate printing plate and decided on just using a plain piece of plastic cut from the cover of a book I had.
I have chosen to use oil paints and have selected only a few colours to start with.
I have started sketching the image I wanted to concentrate on (Japanese Trees) and would like to complete that before I start painting.
Here is a plan of what I want to do over this weekend:
1. Finish sketching Japanese trees in biro.
2. Paint just one of the trees roughly into my sketch book.
3. Paint the same tree onto the printing plate and create a monotype print in my sketch book.
4. Take images of all of these and post here.
5. Write notes on all of the images - thoughts and feelings, what I expected and next ideas.


Also just clarifying terminology: monoprinting is a type of printing done using a plate with has some type of
                                                permanent feature, e.g - lines, textures.
                                                Monotype printing is a drawing or painting which has been created on a
                                                smooth non-absorbent surface and printed once, possibly twice but as a
                                                ghost image - the second use of the image can be amended with additional
                                                painting, e.g - shadows, extra colours - so that it is not exactly the same as
                                                the first.