Gelli® plates have a unique surface that allows you to pull monotypes on clear adhesive film! Watch this video and see how easy it is to do! For this fun and easy technique you’ll need: Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate Acrylic paint (fast drying paint is best for this technique) Brayer Texture tools Clear packing …
Put a twist on your monoprinting experience — use gel medium instead of paint to create some clearly different Gelli® prints! Watch this video for a clear idea … Gel medium is essentially acrylic paint without pigment. It goes on milky white and dries clear. We’re making a clear print, which we’ll use as a resist. …
See how you can achieve an intaglio effect — without a press! — using a styrofoam printing plate, a ballpoint pen, acrylic paint … and a Gelli® plate! Intaglio (pronounced in-TAL-ee-oh) is a printmaking process using a plate that has been inscribed or etched. Ink is applied to the plate and pushed into the grooves. …
In my last blog post I talked about using different media to add color to Gelli® prints that aren’t quite “there yet”. What I didn’t mention is that there’s “another side” to the story. Literally! Back of overdyed Gelli® Print On a number of prints, where the print surface was saturated with dye, the color …
Layered Gelli Arts® Print Reprinting over a Gelli® print is a great way to build an exciting image. It often takes several layers of printing before achieving a result I like. But not always. There are also those Gelli® prints, created with acrylic paints in a single pull, that say — STOP NOW. …
To “gild the lily” is to unnecessarily add adornment to something that is already beautiful and perfect. Simply put, you’re overdoing it. To gild the Gelli® … Well, that’s a different story!!! More is more! Let’s glitz it up! There are lots of ways to add a sparkly metallic touch to your Gelli® …