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Collage Artwork, Mixed Media, Gel Plate, Stencils on Gel Plate, Gelli Plate, Gel Printing, Monoprinting, Torn Paper Art, Art Tutorials
Vicki what a magical print, today I’ve been hunting old glass my darling is so good at spotting them much better than me. Just love this pull well done your sooooo goood xxx
I own this exact style of butter dish - grew up with it - so I'm very entertained. 🤣 It's pretty though! I just can't look at it without thinking "yeah, that's a butter dish".
Oh my goodness, Kathy, bust that thing out! There is a learning curve, but I am absolutely in love with what can happen on the gelli plate, it's magic!
Love the glass patterns! Have you tried using play doh to imprint the pattern and pressing the clay into plate instead of the actual glass item? That may solve all your issues. Love watching
I have been wondering about all these things. Love all your videos and I haven’t done my first gelli print yet, but I’m getting prepped. I do wonder what you do about all the paint buildup on stencils and glass pieces that you use for decoration on these.
Another great question, Vivian! Again I will mention I have heard other artists use Murphy's Oil Soap to soak stencils, but that did not work for me. I use a combination of 90% alcohol and Dawn dish washing soap in a cookie sheet (so wide, long and shallow) to soak stencils and/or glass pieces when I want to clean them. You can be scrupulous about your stencils and rinse them after each use, but I usually get to printing and use the stencils MULTIPLE times in a session and finally when they have too much build up to pull a great print, I have to soak them, and with some time in the alcohol/soap mixture, the paint will rub off the stencils/glass. Sometimes a subsequent spray of alcohol is necessary to get the crevices in the glass clean, but tbh, I am not using my glass pieces for serving food, only printing.
This turned out really beautifully and I’m so happy to see an idea of how to use these gelli prints. When I had hear my watercolors to Birchwood panels, I topcoat them with Dorland‘s wax medium to give a nice buff glow. What is your last layer mat medium?
Vivian, thank you! Dorland's wax is an excellent topcoat for watercolor! Since these are acrylic, I spray varnish them with Winsor & Newton General Purpose Matte Varnish Spray, two coats, thank you for your question!
Perfect speed! So should we use rice paper for our final prints? I want something that I could frame and hang on the wall. So what kind of paper should I use?
Great questions Vivian! Yes, you can either assemble a collage with your rice paper gelli prints (see Gelli Print Dragonfly Collage Art - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-081YLYf8_3o.htmlsi=cw-K0Gnz6M9C-8ok OR, you can print on heavier stock (HP Premium 32 Copy Paper works best for me) and mount it to panel - see it in Adding Gelli Plate Dragonfly Art to Panel)...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IWM_WTl6vUk.htmlsi=VJEKeWw6pjxE5Y3D hopefully those will cover your questions!
Hi Linda, thank you for your questions, these are important things to know! I will answer and also refer you to my "Gelli Plate Basics" video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TarWhnNE3fw.htmlsi=SZ4XIWkGGfzXdg5g I only have success PEELING paint off my brayer, which doesn't always work but is better than the alternative, which is to soak it, some say in Murphy's Oil Soap, overnight (which has never worked for me) or alcohol (which dissolves acrylic paint) but both of those require time and scrubbing...what a mess! You will see how easy peeling is and you have basically a brand new brayer when this is complete. The gelli plate should be treated from time to time with mineral oil, it seems to refresh the plate, and then you can wipe that off with a baby wipe. Best of luck to you, the gelli plate is a magical creative tool!
@@rusalimbeatrice2966 Thank you and thanks for your question, these prints are done of JapanBargain Calligraphy Rice Paper, which is ideal for collage papers to use in mixed media work...if you use the link for my Amazon Affiliate page, I may earn a small commission, while you won't pay extra...amzn.to/3WoB0X5
I appreciate your concern for Sammy! Being a feral cat, he chooses drinking water away from his food, which is in the kitchen. I can assure you that the water he is drinking is clean…paint and poison free. I am very careful to keep it that way!
The humidity is such a factor in gel printing! It's gotten humid where I live, and I feel like all my pulls are kinda off lately and way more prone to paper ripping because of the humidity. Drier air does make you have to work faster, but i think i prefer it!
Oh me too! I don’t know how to work with the very high humidity and experience what you are experiencing as well…it is frustrating! But I’m too hooked on Gelli Printing to quit, lol
Thanks very much for watching and commenting, sometimes it takes me a long time to get to the place where I'm happy with a painting, and when that happens it is cause for celebration!
lol, widely available, Joe...Amazon, Cheap Joe's, Dick Blick's, it's a gelli plate (or gel press plate) I'm using a 5" X 7" here, but you can get an 8" X 10" and/or larger too. They're a lot of fun!
