The play gets ugly today. Really ugly. The challenge of this page is that I used Dylusions spray ink on the first layer and it reactivates as soon as paint hits it PLUS it will bleed through any paint layer. But what I thought was ugly became something I love thanks to a little help from a Gel Press printing plate!
Watch How I dealt with the challenge of dylusions spray ink bleeding on YouTube. See how these pages began by joining the fun in the free workshop, Permission to Play.
This is part of the Let’s Play video series and this month it’s all about just starting, even if it means there might be some running or smearing of the spray ink. The important thing for me is to just start doing something to the page.
It’s all about rediscovering the ability to play and each month I share a specific strategy that helped me recapture the freedom and fun of play. You can see more of the Let’s Play series here. Be sure to get entered in the $50 Dick Blick giveaway by leaving a comment below.
With surgical precision, those yellow lines were painted. Okay, not surgical precision but it took all of my concentration and patience. After all staying within the lines isn’t my natural way.
When it started to get ugly, a voice in my head was quick to point out how fabulous it was before I added the paint. It made me cringe with how ugly it became. O.O.P.S. What did I do? Added another layer!
The Gel Press printing plate turned this ugly duckling into a swan. Now I have smatterings of color all around the page thanks to just a few minutes of play. That bleeding spray ink created the most wonderful effect with all the other colors.
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Now you’ve seen my play, let’s see yours! Share what you’re creating with us all in the Facebook group and be inspired by what others are creating! And be sure to leave a comment here to get entered in the monthly $50 gift certificate giveaway!
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Sharing your play: I, and a whole bunch of others, would love to see what you’re creating! We’re sharing it in the Facebook group called A Colorful Place to Play. Why Facebook? I’ve listened to your feedback about how and where you’d like to share your play instead of the link parties.
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Love your art!
Definitely need to get brave and try my gelli plate.
Beautiful page!
I must get my gelli plate out and start using it. Once again you are pushing into the direction of more fun!!!
Thank you
Jeanette
I like the dylusions spray bleeds through the paint. I’m going to try this!
I like the stencil!
You don’t ever make an OOPS that doesn’t turn out incredible. I really admire your ability to see past the OOPS. : )
How cool to transform this!!
I just love layering, the more the better. This is such a helpful video to get myself going…to dare!
Love watching you make layers, Carolyn!
I love the transformation! Thanks for the inspiration
Love your videos. They inspire me to play and create.
Oh I picture looking through a garden gate into the inky dark of night when I see this cool page!
I love that an OOPS is not the end but possibly a new beginning!
Fun! I think I need to get me one of those small plates…. Thanks for the inspiration Carolyn….
Carolyn, I actually like when the yellow melts into the blue causing the magnificent green. Glad you had an oops…
I love how you keep going through the awkward phases. I need to push myself farther like that instead of getting discouraged or afraid to make an OOPS.
This is why I love my gelli plate. 🙂
It was very informative article
Thank you for the information
We just never know what we are going to end up with….that’s what makes it so good!!
Even my brain felt better when you plopped the gel plate of white paint on there! LOL I have another brand of sprays that do the same thing–the gift that keeps on giving!
When all else fails, keep adding layers.
I love working with geli plates – they saved the day for you!
I love how you rescued that. I recently bought the small gelli plates, without any clear idea of what I was going to do with them. That has just given me the inspiration for more play. Thank you ?
I love the way you just keep going and don’t get discouraged. Mistakes are what you famously call OOPs! It is so helpful to see another artist keep working it until it rings with beauty!
Love love love all your tutorials.
Fantastic job and how you took what you thought was ugly into a super project. Normally I never give up. I walk away and come back and most often it will fall together. Just like your fix for the Dylusion’s Sprays. I always learn something new when I come to your blog. Thanks for sharing your technique.
Just hearing your opening music makes me smile and this video (stumbled across while wandering on Pinterest) just made me laugh out loud. The thing I love about Dylusions sprays is also the thing that annoys me about them but you came up with a great solution. I was just in the hospital for 5 days (Influenza B which zapped me within 18 hours of chemo just for a double header!) and for pick-me-ups I turned to your videos on my tablet. The music is instant cheer and there’s never a video that doesn’t leave me smiling! Thanks for sharing your energy.
Donna I am honored that the videos could help you get through such a brutal week. Hope your immune systems gets a bit of rest soon!