Fabriano Unica paper: 6 gelli print Collages 

I love your respect for the materials. You use your hands to press the paper and not a hard tool. I see how you pause and feel the paper as if you are waiting for the paint to finished with it adhering to it. As if you know the feel is right to lift. Your patience has a zen quality that I welcome in my studio. Your heart felt sharing always brings me joy.

You are provide a zen emotion in my studio Actually anywhere I listen. Your heart felt sharing always brings me joy.

spectatular - he's so talented and fun to watch the unfolding drama.

Of all the RU-vid artists that I follow who work with jelly printing, you understand the most about how to avoid peeling paper and tearing paper that gets stuck to the gel plate. I have surely learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your techniques.

Loved this video. You have a wonderful sense of colour and balance. The suspense as you pull the prints rivals any mystery.

Even if things don't work as expected you always deliver a lesson and a learning opportunity. Thank you

I love your work. The tears are certainly frustrating to watch. I cannot help wonder if your tears would be minimized by flipping it over and peeling the gel plate from the paper vs peeling the paper from the gel print. Keep creating. You’re such an inspiration

Hello Fenton. As a long time printmaker I am again made aware of the importance of the paper we use for different techniques. I believe Unica to be too soft. A better choice would be Dutch Etching or Japon Proofing. Both hard sized papers. They can take a lot more treatment than many of the other papers and the paint won't absorb into the fibres. If you think about the fact that soft papers are designed to press down into intaglio lines and hard papers are suitable for surface applications. I do not post this to make note of myself, just thought it is another idea for your toolbox. Your channel is very generous and informative. Thank you.

I love the colors and texture. I especially love your positive energy. Thank you for the videos, I love all of them🌸

Really loved watching you love your ideas. ❤️😊👍Thank You

I love your mishaps!! The peeling wall is one off my favorite effects. I learn so much from every video. Thank you for sharing hour talent!❤

i think it looks fabulous even with the tears x

Love your work! Re using up paint, I recently saw a video where someone cut the empty paint tube in half and then scooped out the remaining paint. I was amazed at how much paint she got by doing that. It had never occurred to me! Thank heavens for you and others who share knowledge on RU-vid. It has made such a difference in my art journey!

I love that I can see your shop and say, "I watched him make that one!"

You know you can still work that it will still be a masterpiece after you are done 👌

I’m so happy to have found your video, you are so inspiring and love your positive energy. Tomorrow I will get out my plates and resume my painting again. Thank you ❤

loved the off white with the black, red, and turquoise

Thanks for being honest about how tricky gel printing can be. Nice recovery!

Ooo lots of texture on that first pull

"🥰 the large poster like prints so many small plates thus suze is a statement piece in home office decor😉Slow progress is still progress it is nit what happens it is what you do with it & additude make do redo donate to the next project.it's offical youre awesomes Enjoy the journey yes l agree nice 🎁 giving 🤩 Keep Rocking 🤙the good stuff 👍 Beautiful person 🤗never mistakes just happy accidents 😉🕊️🫶🐦2024🪵🐉 thanks for the tips on how care for the gel plate 🗽🇺🇲🦅🌃

Got some beautiful ghost prints today. I always use a heavyweight paper to lift my final ghost to clean the plate. And a really useful tool is a small silicone spatula to get all the paint.

Beautiful work and incredible textures! 👏👏👏

Thank you Fulton. Great lessons learnt from you today from an older video. The results were amazing. I loved the effects from the torn paper, even though l was cringing as you pulled the paper from the plate. 😅 thanks again for sharing your expertise ❤......Alioban

Thanks for the link! The advice just keeps on coming! 😀

I like them all. I really liked the plain pull with the parchment color on its own. For me it needed nothing. Great learning experience for me.

I love all of them!

That was exciting! And scary. Great results, though.

I haven't finished watching the video and chances are you are going to do this later in it, but I'm watching your struggle in the first brayering. Oftentimes, when using these cool textured "stencils" the technique would be to cover plate with paint first. Put the textured "stencils" down, then blot over it with a scrap sheet (or whatever you like to use). Then remove your textured "stencils" and pull the print.

An observation: At each layer, it is as though you are constantly letting go of your expectations in order to receive what the pull has presented to you. You acknowledge the result as it is; you tell us what you like, and also (to quote Laura Kampf, a ‘maker’ on you tube,) “ every defect gets respect.” Then, you regroup to consider the next step. You are very present in all the moments, having a dialogue with your work. I am a gardener. I don’t know where I’m going with this, but I admit that your process had a positive impact on my gardening this morning. ☺️

from tragedy to triumph! Best r

I so glad finding your prima video

Fabulous! the results from that first torn pull are absolutely wonderful! Bravo 👏 so inspiring.

It's worth the paper sticking to get such fab textures

Very interesting solutions !!!!Thank you!!!!

You have inspired me to go further... when I the paper tears or sticks to the plate, I have not considered using the paper on the plate as providing texture. Also, your repair job on the 'train wreck' of the first print. Thank you

Wonderful prints

I ❤ your videos

Dear Fulton, I just watched this video of yours. And I would like to thank you to take us viewers and artists to a journey of failure and success. Great the way how you managed to save the piece.I can ´t tell you how often tearing happenes to me. And as you mention it is either because the paper is not resistant and too thin or one waits to long to pull. Slowly I am learning to avoid this by using a heavy watercolour paper (330g) which nearly pulls up everything after about 6 minutes. Anyhow I am looking forward to new videos. Thanks again for your inspiring work. Regards from Hamburg, Germany, Claudia

Fantastic backgrounds, my favorite is the last one!

Stunning!

Thanks! Love your Work.

Beautiful!!!

They turned out very beautiful

Thank you Fulton. Print one was so helpful for me. Paper is so hard to get here in New Zealand and so expensive. This type of printing seems to be partly about mastering the limitations. I love your attitude. I noticed that lots of your subscribers are also artists. Your work is fabulous. I’m watching the rest of the demonstration now. Great start to my Saturday morning.😊

How interesting!🌸

Always great to try new products! The textures were just amazing! The first one, to me, has a very "African" vibe; I loved the colors in the turquoise print (my second favorite); and my FAVE, the beige with the teal brushwork, very cool! I'll check out your website, for sure!

Struggle is real. Persistence backed by experience and art knowledge produces rewards. Oxide green is perfect for a stressed surface result.

Perhaps somone already made this suggestion, you can pull remaining paint with either artist tissue ( more sturdy) or a good rice paper. But I agree, leaving some paint on the plate is fine especially when you've pulled so many amazing prints already. Yup, it's happened to me when I leave a thinner paper on too long. These are jewels though.

I have enjoyed this demonstration. You can also let the entire thing dry on the gel plate. Maybe two days. It should come away quite easily.

you are very creative I love it !

Clifford Still would be happy with your first print. The texture is awsome. Love it

Absolutely fabulous…. Was mesmerised throughout; loved the cool jazz too!

Really beautiful, Fulton!

Just a thought for next time using the thinner paper. Less time to peel off and also use your magic oil release. That should fix that problem. Beside that great texture👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

“Porn paper wall in subway”. Oh my gosh. You have a lovely calm demeanor even when things don’t go as planned. Yes, you certainly can and should learn from these moments. Thank you.

I like it torn

First print still amazing. If that happens to me I paint in colour with brusho.

I love them all! I am excited for your new website! I'll check it out. Also, I was going to mention, before seeing another suggestion in another comment...I use a blow-dryer on my prints on a medium heat setting. (Too hot and it will harm the plate!) Funny thing...common sense says if you leave it longer, it will glue itself to the plate, but in actuality, if you had left the print on the plate for a couple of hours or use the blow-dryer for about ten minutes, it wouldn't have come apart or stuck anywhere on the plate. It did it here only because the paper was not thoroughly dry. DO stick with the more inexpensive paper for experimentation! It's so fun!

Bravo! That was a fabulous demonstration! I love the shapes, the colours, the textures... everything! I was just as disappointed as you were at the very beginning at the very beginning because I have quite a few sheets, lying flat under my sofa! I have experienced tearing with this paper, too but, as a beginner, it's my "best" paper and I really like it, for now! What is *your* favourite paper? Do you matt and frame your own work? Thanks for being such a great mentor -- It's so very instructive when you guide us through fixing prints that need a little help! I am enjoying this gelli printing A LOT! A cup of coffee is coming your way... LisaF

❤ please can you clear the table of paints etc when doing the final critique? I would have loved to have had the opportunity to see the final collage with no “background noise” as a finale. Loved everything about this video- I was mesmerized. Loved the quiet jazz music- it was pleasant and not at all intrusive. 🙏 thank you for this wonderful sharing.

soak your plate iin a tub with murphys oil soap and warm water. I used it for brayer too

I think if you like the scribbles, you should continue to use the scribbles, but I must say I love the ones you do without the scribbles!

The first pull reminded me of my experiment with photo paper on the gel plate. Despite warnings, I had to try it once and it nearly ruined my 5x7 plate. When I change paper I usually do a trial run with a strips of paper left on for 3 min and 5 min. The textured cardboard and bubble wrap pieces make excellent textures on the gel plate if applied texture side down on the painted plate. Some very nice post disaster results! Soak your plate in a tub of warm water with Murphy's Oil Soap to get it really clean. Edit: Love the top painted prints. Lemonade is served!

I love the way you always try to “look at the bright side”. I wonder if you had left the paper on the plate for 2-3 minutes if there wouldn’t have been tearing?

Artiest loft mix media paper works well for pulling off paint I have left mine on for over 30 min and everything came up

I sure you know this, but you get more blurred edges if you “cut” the tissue paper with a wet brush.

The pull that damaged the paper looked gorgeous to me. Could you a heavy gesso and make those areas textured, then maybe crackle over it? Piece could be titled Urban Decay.

Very nice interesting results regardless of tearing. I wonder if lightly heating the back of the paper with a hair dryer would prevent tearing? Applying heat to tape can help to prevent tearing when removing it from paper, so it just occurred to me that this might be worth a try.

The 3rd print, mostly ochre, looks like old European buildings.

Love your experiments. I wonder if you glued a piece a thin file folder plastic to the back of those cardboard pieces maybe that would give them enough stikability. On the other hand, what is the purpose of all those interesting textures if they don’t interact with the paint and paper? The first print is wonderful

Beautiful works! Loved seeing you show how you clean the plate. Question, did you decide against the molding strips as registration tools? I use strips of foam board on top and bottom, which work pretty well. Thanks Fulton!

driver error! my mishaps tell that i am still on my L plates :D

Have you thought about using a blow dryer while lifting off of the plate. A low heat may help.

Love your work and your thought process. Do you ever feel as though the print is finished on its own without collage?

I’m wondering what would happen if you “primed” that paper with a matte gel medium to start. Or even a layer of Titanium Buff. I know that works for me with the cold press watercolor paper I bought by accident. For me, that smoothes out the roughness. For you, it might make it thicker and stiffer and is like having a great first layer. Just a thought.

I have been watching lots of videos. I’ve never seen anyone dry layers on the gel plate. In fact I’ve only heard ppl say if the layers dry, the paper rips?

what might happen if you glaxed the entire painting so cover torn areas?

Do you have a video on what to do with the pulls you get?

What do you do with all the pictures?? I like them and I do quite a few as well but don’t know what to do with all?? 😅

With that much tearing next time flipping the plate to the top and pulling the plate off the paper. I think with Tahoe paper don’t let it set for 10 min

can you cover and reinforce tears with collage on paper not tissue

I have been experimenting in a cheap cheap sketch book with thin paper. I found that if my paint is thicker and still damp when I lift, the paper usually tears. If I apply layers of paint to the plate, , the first layer stays moist under the subsequent ones and theres a battle between the plate and the paper - with the plate 'winning' first, still cold layer, and the paper 'winning' the last layer. If I leave it a short time, the wet paint is divided between plate and paper and if I leave it for long, often even over night, all the layers are won by the paper. As others have mentioned, the paper will feel cold if the paint is still moist. So to make a long story longer, try leaving it for a long time until all paint is dry, then lift.

if you had not left it on 10 minutes could it have come out ?

Thanks

Beautiful!