Hello there, creative! It’s Martice here sharing how I like to embellish some of my colorful monoprints with texture. We’re gonna use a medium called modeling paste. When you apply it through a stencil, it creates a dimensional area that adds an unexpected element to a print. Let’s get started! STEP 1: Trim monoprints This …
Adding Textures to Gel Prints with Gelli Arts® by Martice Smith Read More »
Hello there! It’s Martice here sharing how to create simple coloring book pages using black gesso, stencils and of course, a gel plate. Black gesso is smooth, just like white gesso. Most of the time I use white gesso to prime my canvases or any painting surface. Black gesso is a great primer that allows …
Create Gel Printed Coloring Pages with Gelli Arts® by Martice Smith Read More »
Hello there! It’s Martice here sharing how to create gel printed envelopes packed with visual texture. Let’s get started! I enjoy the process of creating wonderful backgrounds. Sometimes, I use them for collage fodder in my mixed-media paintings or, like in my last project, I created file folders from my gel printed scrap papers. You …
Gelli Arts® Gel Printed Envelopes by Martice Smith Read More »
Hi there and welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog! It’s Martice here and today I’m sharing my process of incorporating my STACK of gel prints into a common, stationery item…file folders! These file folders are luxuriously golden on the inside and bright and playful on the outside. Let’s get started! STEP 1 Select papers that …
Golden File Folders with Gelli Arts® Gel Printed Scraps by Martice Smith Read More »
Hi everyone! It’s Martice here today, sharing three simple layering techniques, packed with vibrant colors, textures, and mark-making. If you feel like your prints are too chaotic with no clear focal point, try these techniques! There are many times where I just couldn’t decide which color scheme, stamps, stencils, paper, etc. to play with on …
Printing with Boundaries: 3 Simple Layering Techniques by Martice Smith Read More »
Hello, creatives! Martice here for this week’s Gelli Arts®️ + Spellbinders® collaboration! And of course, the lovely Jane Davenport’s whimsically designed products for Spellbinders® are featured in this quick + easy project. If you’re a gel printing enthusiast like me (+ my fellow Gelli Arts®️ team members), you have a TON of painted gel prints …
Gelli Arts® + Spellbinders® : Gel Printed Zine by Martice Smith Read More »
Hello everyone! Martice here! Today I’d like to show you how I use scrap pieces of gel prints to create hand-lettered encouragement quotes using Gelli Arts® and Sakura® of America products. Read to the end to enter for a chance to win a prize pack from Gelli Arts® + Sakura® Of America! You can display your …
Sakura® + Gelli Arts® Collaboration: Hand-Lettered Quotes by Martice Smith Read More »