I’ve got two brand new workshops this spring using the Gelli Plate®!  I’ll be teaching both of these at Artsicape in Columbus, OH plus I’ll be demoing with the plate at the Friday Kick Off party.  If you’ve never been to Artiscape, it has the most wonderful creative vibe.  I’m counting down the days until April 22-24th and hope to see you there!

Gelli-cious Gems from the Gelli Plate®: You’re making  one-of-kind pendants from packing tape and a Gelli Plate®. You’ll get the no-fail secret recipe for how to make weathered artistic layers of paint and texture full of your favorite colors so that when you pull that tape off the plate it takes your breath away.

A bonus of the process is that you will create a stack of scrumptious colorful prints while prepping your plate for the tape transfer.  Next, you’ll turn the colorful tape into pendants and customize the color of the bezels to match your unique gems so that when you walk out the door you’ll have 2 complete pendants each with 24” matching chains.  One for you and one to give…or both for you!

You can find out all about this workshop and registration here. 

Reverse Gelli Printing® with Silhouettes and Stencils: You’ll be making a plethora of prints using silhouettes and StencilGirl stencils on the Gelli Plate® in this technique based workshop.  You’ll not only get hands-on play with a huge stash of stencils, you will also find out the whys and how’s of layering shapes and patterns on the plate using reverse printing.

How do you know which patterns to put together? How do you get a crisp and clear reverse stencil print? How do you embed an image in the paint on the plate so you get a complete composition in one pull?  You’ll know after this workshop- plus lots of other tips and tricks for the Gelli Plate®!  Of course, I am bringing all the stencils, a wide variety of papers for you to print on, and more.

You can find out all about this workshop and registration here. 

Ever see an art supply and have no idea how you are going to use it but you know you just have to own it?  Sometimes it’s a good thing to follow impulses.  That impulse is what led me outdoors to play…

I had to find a giant canvas to go with these giant 2″ paint brushes but there isn’t room indoors to work on this kind of scale.  The concrete wall outside my studio was the perfect size but I needed something temporary, so I found giant 32oz. bottles of washable tempera paints for my play.

You might see bits of stencils under it.  That’s because I used temporary spray paints last year that held up extremely well to the elements since it is a vertical surface.  Check out the blog post on it here.

Along the way…I noticed a few silly creatures making an appearance in the paint…like the duck-topus, a 7 legged octopus with the head of duck.

Painting on rough concrete is a different experience.  All that texture makes the brushes and paint behave differently than in an art journal.  Not a shocker since outdoor cement isn’t as smooth as paper.

The splattering and flinging of paint on this scale is a blast but I did have to be careful not to decorate the side of the house lol.  Now, I am even more excited for the next reasonably warm day to head out and add more color to the wall!

P.S.  When it says it is washable…the label is right.  The first thunderstorm after I painted this completely washed it all away.  Thanks Mother Nature for getting it all cleaned up and ready to paint again!