Get more from your gel plate and collage by WAX SEALING!!! 

You have no idea how helpful and inspiring your videos are. Thank you so much.

SO happy to see another one of your videos! You are the best art teacher on the internet, and your gel plate work is absolutely BEYOND. Thanks for lighting up our (collective fans) days! 🎉

Of course we are interested! Watching paint dry would be interesting with you. 😂🤣

We're absolutely interested Mark!! Just love that you share all your experiments and enthusiasm either us. If really spurs me on to play. Thank you! Again...!

I had a FLASH BACK watching this video of my time in grade school when a had a wonderful teacher. Who had us outside to collect fall leaves to press with an iron between wax paper ! We also did charcoal rubbings of mortuary stones..you are an inspiration to us arty seniors!❤️

I absolutely LOVE your tutorials. Your down to earth delivery, no pretence, straightforward, thorough explanations and your unique approaches. Thankyou. You always inspire me. ❤

fine art student at uni here. I have never known art block like i do right now. I'd made so many gel prints with no sense of direction of what to do with them afterwards. but omg your videos are an absolute saint. keep up the good work man. youre inspiring more people than you think.

Once more fascinating to watch your magic…noticed that the newspapers Candace sent you were partly in German…I have quite a lot of German papers from the sixties, they print very well, and I‘d be glad to send you some - I still owe you Mark! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🎨🙋🏻‍♀

You have the most innovative uses of the gel plate on RU-vid. Those of us who have watched you from the beginning recognize your techniques when other artists use them. I always mutter, “You got that from Mark!”

Welcome back, Mark! As you can see from all the comments, we’ve missed you! Another wonderful video and truly inspiring!

Yep. Yet another Gelli masterclass from a true artist. Thanks Mark - you’re a Goliath Gelli Genius.

I'm inspired by how you embrace happy accidents.

You're the best art teacher on RU-vid! ❤❤❤

Brilliant, as ever. I get a huge amount from your generous sharing of process and technique. Thoroughly grateful. Thank you.

Mark, great to see a new video and techniques. Love this! Thanks as always for sharing.

Apparently at least 10,000 people so far are interested lol. Most definitely! Love seeing your experiments & love the translucent effect that wax gives. I suspect you’d enjoy encaustic as you can add layers & create really cool depth.

Every video you post, makes me wanna get out the gel plate and experiment! It‘s amazing how you combine it with so many other techniques!

Missed this when you put it out, so nice you still get inspired by other artists

You are one of the most inspirational artists I know of......keep these wonderful, exciting videos coming please!

Your videos are always inspiring and helpful, please keep making them and never doubt our continued interest in them. Thank you.

So happy to see a new video, and yes, there are people out here who find this technique facilitating, thanks!

As a retired art teacher myself, I really appreciate all of your tutorials. Thank you.

what a wonderful video depicting an amazing new process! Thanks for sharing!

I'm just marking the last essays and closing up my grade book and I thought, "The semester must really be over 'cause Yeates is back!" Yahoooo!

Absolutely superb little bit of collage. And yes, content like this is totally relevant and useful - more please! And thanks!

Great video, as usual❤ I think coating your collage with cold wax medium would be a wonderful look, as well.

I am always so excited when I see you have posted a new video!! You are so generous with your ideas and explorations - thank you SO much for being awesome

Fabulous idea! Great way of adding transparency to your layers.

Another really inspiring video. I bought a large gel plate after finding your Chanel about 3 years ago. I wanted to thank you for your generosity in sharing your discoveries and explaining in such a way you make us feel we can achieve decent results. I've introduced lots of people to your Chanel which is about all I can do to give back. Love your work. Thanks again. Jan from New Zealand

Mark, another great video. Would love to see how this piece was matted/framed. Glad to have you back.

Do not wonder! I love your videos and have learned so much from you. I'm am a retired teacher artists I Miami USA and now art is my main occupation. Keep on sharing your knowledge and talents. Thank you ❤

It’s always great to see your videos! What you do here is fascinating and just what I needed to spark my next adventure in art. Thank you, thank you 🥰

Super cool process! I've always been fascinated with the look of wax in encaustic paintings and collage -- the depth is fantastic. Thank you for another great video!

Missed you. As usual… love this video. You’re a rock star.

I always come away from your videos excited to try things and with new ideas! Thanks so much

Love what you did. I work in encaustic and love the smell of beeswax and love adding collage as well. You can buy beeswax easily and melt it in an old can and just paint it on with a cheap bristle brush. The translucency of the wax adds so much. Experimentation makes us grow.

This was fabulous! Very inspiring. I’m off to my studio now to try this! Thank you!

Fascinating!!!❣️

Hey Mark, simply genius! I LOVE everything you do! But this just gets my wheels spinning. I've already ordered the wax. Thanks for your generous content!

So EXTREMELY happy to see a new video 🥳, I've been hoping you've just been blissfully busy! At any rate, as usual... 🤯 Amazing techniques! Thanks for sharing - take care!

Brilliant! you manage to answer my questions just before I ask them! All power to your curious spirit. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, there are many peeps interested! And waiting for a new vid. Thanks Mark, stay creative, love love love your work. ❤

Wow! Wow! Wow! Fantastic piece!

Thank you Mark! Watching this has been a wonderful start to my day. So inspiring❤

No matter what you are doing it is brilliant! I learned so much from you . Thank you so much !🦋

Absolutely amazing your process and tutorials! Thank you!

OMG, This is fascinating. You have inspired this old fossil of a gal. I love this technique and your lovely way of teaching. I will be hoping to see more of your experiments and checking your other vids. TY from upstate New York. (72yo Canadian hippy living in the states) xoxo

Thanks so much for sharing your amazing adventures, I always learn so much and feel so inspired 🎉💯👍

I really need to get into the wax collage. It looks like a lot of fun

I loved seeing this! I recently tried this with a single ply of napkin, which I stamped a bird on, shaved candle bits, and did this process w resistant paper/iron. It turned out great and was fun. I never thought of doing it with collage, so will give it a try. Thanks! Loved it.

Absolutely stunning 👌

Brilliant! so much easier than encaustic. Just one question: What do you do with those collages now? How do you keep them? Mount them on another substrate? Can they go in a sketchbook?

G'day from Australia 🐨 🐾 Love encaustic style art like your collage so thxs heaps for sharing ❤

Wow!!! Love love love! Thanks for sharing! ❤

This is brilliant. You're inspiring! That blue patch on the backing paper looks like it's part of the composition 😃. As you moved the collage, it stopped and started being part of it from the perspective of the video. That wax technique looks wonderful and the translucency is very cool

Great process. Yes Golden Open paint will make your life easier.

Your art is amazing! Your process of experimentation is fascinating! Ditto to all the other comments below! You have the best art instruction out there.

Love how your piece turned out. Thank you.

Bro, your style and technique are just magnificent!! I CAN NOT wait to try this!

I'm interested! I'm never going to do this but I love watching other people work through their creative process. Inspires me to take some chances.

I'm having some artist friends over tomorrow to do some gel printing. Will definitely turn on this video for them as inspiration! I remember when I first stumbled across your videos. The work you were doing was way above my skill level but now I understand almost everything you make. Much love from Texas.

Your ideas are truly awesome. Love them.

Wonderful, very Rauschenberg, love it!

I'm just fascinated watching your video's ! they are so inspirational .. Thankyou

Love 5is … I might create a unit of work for my students around this! Thanks

It you use melted wax on paper you can use them to cut out stencils for your gel plate.( Printmaking class tip.) Nice video, thanks!

Love learning everything you have to offer. So inspiring!

love the wax !.You are the best . Thanks for making it so accessible.

That was very inspiring - thank you. I do some encaustic work so I was thinking of warming the wax and painting it on. Hopefully, won't completely wreck my piece.

I’ve waxed pressed leaves, both dried and fresh, and glued with pva to a collage. Guess I could have used the wax instead of pva ! Thanks for this interesting video. The wax preserved the fresh leaves also. Still ok after 3 years.

This is so cool. You are so innovative. This is so much better than using varnish. So beautiful!

Thank you ! I love this wax sealing idea! Reminds me of stained glass. And vintage papers.

You continue to amaze and inspire me. I cannot wait to try this technique. Keep up the awesome work.

Your videos and experimentation is absolutely inspiring! Beautiful piece of art!

Wow!!! Mind blown! I have always loved your experiments, but this one is by far my favorite because sealing my pieces and struggling with wrinkles and buckling with certain adhesives has driven me nuts. Now, I am going to try this technique for sure. Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial, any idea how you would frame/finish/hang something like this? I'd love to figure out a way to show the translucency. Maybe in a floating frame?

Those close-ups are thrilling!!!

Fascinating…thank you!

Oh wow! I’m off to the craft store to get some wax pellets! ❤You are the gel plate master, thank you!

Such an inventive technique. Yes, always interested in your adventures and experiments!

Loved the video! Love your style! This brought me back to grade school where we took crayon shavings and layered them between wax paper, then pressed it with an iron. It had a stained glass effect. I remember experimenting with it at home without my mom knowing. I probably made a mess of her ironing board & iron! 😁

Amazing 😊 I love it. You make it all look so easy.

I look forward to each one of your videos, Mark. Your experimentation is ALWAYS fascinating and inspiring. I’ve done some encaustic work before and am going to pull out the equipment again after seeing this. Tiny note on studio safety practises: when heating wax, 0:09 0:09 make sure it’s in a well ventilated area. The fumes from very hot wax are carcinogenic.

I did this with some Lino printed birds into collages on rag paper, really pleased with the results ! Thank you

I'm glad you've discovered wax as a medium. Mixed media with wax is exraordinary

What a great idea, cant wait to try it! Thanks for sharing. ❤

It's really inspiring and your videos are amazing. I have made quite a few candles with different kinds of wax, however, and it tends to have a slightly greasy surface, which can also collect dust etc. So I would definitely frame it. Otherwise, it would look pretty cool if you could seal it as it is with that collage and hang it without a frame directly on the wall :-) But then it would probably have to be varnish.

Great to find another of your videos. Thank you. Fascinating technique. You’re delivery style is one of the best.

Of course we are interested! Thanks

Fabulous! Lovely to see you here, again. This is terrific and so creative, beautiful.

Yes please, I love it ❤

I watch your videos several times as you put so much in them. They are a really great reference source. I absolutely love your experimentation and appreciate the work you do to share it. Thank you thank you!!

Never stop, Mark! I think it's safe to say whatever you do? We're here for it! Also. Can't wait to hear what you think of the new Gel Elf. Got a big one based on your experience...do I need the new one?!?

Yet another amazing video and work of art!

Wow, this is so cool and inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

Stunning and brilliant, as usual! The idea of coating in wax, in general, was not new to me. But this technique for achieving the result is SO much tidier and quicker than melting a whole pot of wax and brushing it on ! ! ! I LOVE this! The technique is so very well-suited to your layering methods and style, but totally adaptable to others, as well (rather like more-traditional encaustic technique has always been). I already have ideas for modding this approach, and I can hardly wait to see what else you do with it. The product is gorgeous! I love the subtle interplay of the layers, and I can imagine that IRL the wax adds some amazing depth and surface richness, too. You never did mention or focus on how the NeoColor behaved in the wax. Did it spread? Meld with the surface? I'm really curious to know about that! Thanks again, as always, for sharing your brilliance with the rest of us. You advance the progress of all of us in making art! (Sorry about all the ! ! ! . But I am exceptionally enthusiastic about your last two videos. You continue to raise your own bar, and then neatly clear it with room to spare. Keep doing what you do!)

Oh for goodness sake. I didn’t think of grating the wax. I’ve been dipping my work into a wax bath in a electric frying pan then ironing it. What a mess that has been. So happy to have you demonstrate this technique. Thanks

So excited by your enthusiasm, originality and funky artistic approach. Thankyou for being so generous with your time and sharing your techniques, much appreciated. Grahame 👍✌🏾

Appreciate your sharing so much!

So so good! Thanks for sharing your inspiring ideas.

That is beautiful! Love that technique!