Birgit Koopsen

Gel Printing with Water Soluble Crayons and Watercolor Pencils by Birgit Koopsen

Hi there and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog! It’s Birgit here and today I am sharing two ways of using water-soluble projects on the gel plate. The products I used solve very easily and that is why I prefer them, but other water-soluble products work too, you just have to be a bit more patient for …

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Gel Printing with Silhouettes with Gelli ArtsĀ® by Birgit Koopsen

Hello and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog! In my last post of the year I’m sharing how I create silhouettes and print with them. Silhouettes are easy to create with magazine images and acetate sheets. Simply trace figures using a permanent marker and cut them out. And of course you don’t have to stick …

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Handmade Holiday Gifts with Gelli ArtsĀ®

It’s the season of giving, and what better year than 2020 to get crafting and send some beautiful handmade art to our loved ones. Over the years, the Gelli ArtsĀ® Blog has shared some really fabulous projects that would make great gifts. In this post, we’ll link some of our favorite perfect-gift-projects so you can take …

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Gelli Arts® and Hahnemühle Week featuring Birgit Koopsen

Hi Everyone and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog!Ā It’s Birgit here todayĀ showing you how to create a fun and easy background in your artĀ journal using smaller Gelli ArtsĀ® gel printing plates. The benefit of the smaller plates is that you can place them on an acrylic block and then useĀ them as a stamp so you …

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Alcohol Inks with Gelli ArtsĀ® by Birgit Koopsen

Hi there and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog today! I hope you are all safe and healthy! Today I have a fun video in which I am using alcohol inks. I’m doing #inktober on IG this month.  Check it out!   I have decided to use some kind of ink on my Gelli ArtsĀ® gel …

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Basics – Media That Can Be Used On The Gel Plate, pt. 3 – Wet Products – Birgit Koopsen for Gelli ArtsĀ®

Hi there and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog! Today I’m sharing with you another ā€œBasicsā€ video. This one is all about wet products that you can use on the gel plate. With wet products I mean products that don’t dry on the gel plate. Most of the time they will be water-reactive but there …

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Basics: Media That Can Be Used On The Gelli ArtsĀ® Plate – Part 2

Hi everyone and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog! It’s Birgit here today with another ā€œBasicsā€ video. Today, it’s part 2 of the variety of permanent products that you can use on the gel plate. Although most people start out with acrylic paint there are numerous media that can be used on the gel plate. …

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Basics: Media That Can Be Used On The Gel Plate. Part 1: Dry / Permanent Products by Birgit Koopsen

Hi everyone and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog! It’s Birgit here today with another ā€œBasicsā€ video. This time it’s all about the variety of products that you can use on the gel plate. Ā  Ā  Although most people start out with acrylic paint, there are numerous media that can be used on the gel …

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The Basics: What You Need To Know When You Start Gel Printing

Hi there and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog! It’s Birgit here and today and I have no pictures of fancy and colorful prints. Today’s video is about what you need to know before you start gel printing. You can use almost every painting, stamping and drawing medium on the gel plate and there are …

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Gel Printing with Thread, Yarn and Rope by Birgit Koopsen

Hello and welcome to the Gelli ArtsĀ® blog. It’s Birgit here today and I’m going to show you an easy and fun technique to create beautiful organic texture using thread, yarn and rope. When I start a session like this I like to have both white (copier) paper and colorful printed paper on hand so …

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