Older artist here, losing my eyesight. Decided recently to try working with a gelli plate, not knowing much about it, and stumbled on your channel. you're opening new possibilities for me and I can't tell you how grateful I am.
Hi there - very glad the videos are helping out. I reckon working on the bigger plates may be accessible if you're struggling with your eyesight. I did a video on big oil pastel drawing transfer that might be useful to you. Remember, Turner did his absolute best work when his eyesight got too strained for detail - not just HIS best work, but some of the best and most groundbreaking work ever made : ) xxx
I am revisiting gel printing from my high school days. Back then we made our own plates. I'm so excited to find your tutorials! I want to do my own art. So many of the other channels gear more towards card making or just photo transfers. This is really inspiring! Thank you!
If drawing is a challenge, maybe tracing over an existing drawing would work (for example, tracing over a photocopy placed on top of some thicker paper)
I love all the great things you do with everyday supplies. And then you go on to mash the techniques together to make even more amazing art. Fabulous videos! I bought a pack of foam printing plates that look like cardstock but hold a line even better. They don't wear out like the cardstock. I've made small texture plates with them but you are inspiring me to go big!
Hi Robin, that's a lovely comment, thanks. It's been really important to me to use accessible and, where possible, cheap materials. The basics - gel plate / brayer / paint cost enough as is, so I've been avoiding all the fancy pants pre cut stencils and what not.
Extremely well produced video that answers a lot of questions by being about the art, not the artist. So many videos ramble: not this one though. Thank you.
Thanks so much for your generous sharing and your examples of experiments. You are a skilled & creative artist, and it’s amazing what you find to do with a gelli plate!!
Your experiments take the gel plate to exciting levels. I like the originality you put into your art without using all the store-bought stencils and such. That is real art to me. To be a free thinker and use what is around you and see what works. My question: What is the best way to clean the plate with the mediums you use, like, crayon, pastels, charcoal, ect...I have an old plate. I used charcoal on it but the ghost is still on it. Thanks for sharing your techniques, intriguing to watch.
So glad you started this channel… again, using the pen like this is a great way to test drawings and work through ideas before scratching and inking up drypoint plates. Great to see all your ideas and experiments… can’t wait to see what happens next… kindest regards Sharon.
Hi Sharon, lovely to read your comments as always. As you've noted, this could be a great way to check potential of a drypoint idea, especially as you can photocopy and make little amendments so quickly. You can't get that lovely fine quality of line you get from a dry point but it's pretty good and a lot less mess!!!! Sure I've said it in other videos, but I'm getting a lot creatively from the channel too : )
Beautiful technique! Thank you soooo. Inch for sharing your experimental gelli printing techniques! You are an amazing artist too and soooo generous to share! !
I love what you've done here. I am new to gelli printing and want to use it to add to abstract paintings. I love the hand drawn, monoprint quality you have achieved. As someone else commented, so many others are using pre-made stencils. Your technique is individual and exciting with so many possibilities. Thank you for sharing, I look forward to trying it out... once I've made my plate 😊
I love your experiments! You are such a talented artist, and that makes it so fun to wonder and see where you will go next. Thank you for your generosity!
Its so versatile : ) Technique works brilliantly along with wax crayon areas to create mid tones and textures - see vid linked below ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_imymWTVJv0.html
The very first pull and I’m already so excited! Thank you for making this video! I’m new to gelli printing, and your channel has so many amazing cool ideas. I was just layering a couple magazine pages and then at a loss for what else I could do. Thank you!!
Great video!!! I'm as jazzed about this technique as you are and I'm so grateful that you included everything about your process, including the less than satisfactory results. It's very helpful to see what doesn't work as well as what does.
Yay Mark!!! Maha told me you had a channel and I’m so happy she did! This is a really exciting process that I am going to have to try. I love print making but most of what I learned in school requires a press and a lot of special equipment, so this is great how accessible it is. Love seeing your face and learning from you (you’re such a great teacher). Cheers to you and the fam
hey Kirsta!!!! hope you're well. you're definitely gonna have to try a gel plate. a little ingenuity and you can do all sorts with them!!! Stay in touch, i'm guessing you're still painting???
Cheers Pasquale, blown away that people in so many places are tuning in and trying some techniques I'm sharing : ) ps. my neighbour is from the Ardeche, he's like family, I love him!!!!
I enjoyed watching your process of using the ball point pen as an embossment. I never would have thought of doing that. I have only made transfer prints on a plexiglass plate. Thank you! I am a printmaker in the East coat of the United States. 😊
Thank you for sharing this! I just purchased a Gelli Plate and am researching all the different ways it can be used. Being an Artist myself, the ability to create these fun prints from ballpoint drawings is so intriguing!
It's all Wayne Thiebaud!!! I rippped his drawing technique completely for this. He's up there with Kathe Kollwitz, Bradford, Durer, Kiefer, Doig amongst loads of others as one of my fave artists!!!
Thank you for sharing another fun technique. Have only seen this with styrofoam (take out containers) and have tried it with fun foam (cheap kids stuff). The fun foam with the adhesive backing might lend itself to combining the pen technique with your collograph techniques. . You are so much fun to watch - it does not hurt at all that you are clearly a talented artist. Thanks for sharing - always perk up when I see you have posted.
Such a lovely comment Jan. i've only tried printing directly from foam - pizza bases etc - using weaterbased inks. Not done anything with them on gel plate yet. I'll have a go!
Thanks for joining the faculty of “digitdot university” in 2021. So easy to learn technical stuff from every video, but most important is watching & hearing the passion for making art in your voice. No faking that. Bravo!
Bowled over by such lovely comments. Of course, I love making stuff, so I'm delighted that comes across. All I want is for people to feel motivated to have a go and adapt things to their own needs : )
Love your techniques and I love Wayne Thiebaud. I met him in Milwaukee years ago and even got his autograph. Super glad I found your channel. Very inspiring!
hi beverly, mentioning Wayne Thiebaud's work resonated with a few people, and I hope a few more discovered his work because of the video. I think he took the mantle from that long line of American realist painters many of us love; Sargent, Whistler, Bellows, Wyeth, Hopper...
I could watch you experiment all day! I am really finding your videos inspiring and I admire your talent. I love how the tea cup drawing came out, I would be thrilled to have that result!💕🇨🇦
Fantastic Mark, thank you, I'm still using you oil pastel resist technique for a whole range of images. Sales have been a bit dry of recent, but as soon as I get another one through I'll be making a donation to your channel. Keep up the good work, I've been telling everyone who shows interest in gel plates about your page here. Thanks agian
Thank you so much Mark, I really really enjoyed watching you creating these Gelli Plate prints, with ballpoint pens. Did transfer really well. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
You'll love it. Kind of an alien thing until you get a feel for it. I've found it saves me heaps of time, mess and materials in some ways and gives loads of ideas in others : )
Love watching your videos, so clever and inspiring. I checked out Wayne Thibaud, he passed on Xmas day just over 3 weeks after this video. What an umpresssive output of work, and such a long life.
