Explore the world of Gelli Printing and Mixed Media Art Techniques 🍃 with me. I love crafting my own collage papers and discovering new ways to use my Gelli Plate. In my videos, I share the process of creating finished Mixed Media paintings from these prints. Whether you're a beginner or looking for fresh ideas in collage paper-making, I've got plenty of tips and tricks to inspire you! Evocative Landscapes 6 Week signature course is now OPEN! susanmccreevyonlineclasses.thinkific.com/courses/evocative-landscapes-6-week-course-2024
Hi Susan, thanks for the video; I love the bookmarks! Can I ask how you cut the bookmarks themselves? Do you do by hand or Scan n Cut etc? Many thanks!
I purchased a gelli plate a couple years ago, kept it stored in it's package. It seems to have shrunk in size. Is this bad? Is there a way to prevent this?
i love the idea of covering the little books. Do you need to do anything to the book pages BEFORE you paste in the papers? mine popped off when I tried it a while back, so I haven't done it again.
Hi 👋 I don’t do anything to the pages, I use mat medium to glue the papers and I’ve not had an issue with them peeling off. If you wanted to make the surface more stable you could sand the pages lightly and then paint with either clear or white gesso which gives the paper some tooth to grip onto 🙌
Wow, I have been thinking about this epoxy stuff for a while now but making coasters from gell prints is a fantastic idea and so glad U can walk us thru it!! Thank U so much!
Loved the video, and full of great ideas. I have found Posca pens seem to dry up so quickly on me, but when I complained about it to the girl at the art store here she said hers always overdeliver on paint. So, not entirely reliable. I'll have to look for the bronze, and the slightly thicker gold. Thanks for all the lovely new ideas to try.
Gorgeous results, Susan! They turned out so beautifully - the resin saturates the colours and makes the whole thing pop! Love seeing your framing options as well! A couple of little helpful hints :) - The resin bottle label uses black type to correspond with the black cap. And the hardener uses white type for the white cap - so not to worry about marking the bottles with a W or B :) - You can tape off the back of your panels with masking/painter's tape to catch resin drips. Next day, when the resin is dry to the touch, peel off the tape (and the drips) and you're left with a nice clean board. - If you've got bare spots, something is repelling the resin and preventing it from adhering. It could be one of the art materials used, or even the natural oils from our hands, especially along the edges. You can pour a second coat over top, but best practice is to sand the cured resin first. Not to remove it, but just to give the surface some tooth for the fresh resin to grab onto. Sand (wear a dust mask), wipe the sanding dust away, and re-pour. The fresh resin will fill in the scratches, I promise :) - If the resin doesn't cure, you don't have to throw out your work. You can scrape off wet, runny resin and repour. Or if the resin is simply tacky (like the sticky side of tape) you can pour a fresh, carefully measured and mixed layer directly on top and it will cure over top of the sticky resin. As long as you remove any wet, runny resin, you should be good. You can find more info here: www.artresin.com/blogs/artresin/sticky-resin - And you've already addressed weighing vs measuring by volume in your caption. By volume: 1:1. Weighing: 100 parts resin to 84 parts hardener. You did a fabulous job for your first go! Well done!
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Thanks Susan, your prints are lovely. Now I will try to use pressed plants for prints, they come out much better than fresh ones. I love the layered positive print over negative prints too 😊
