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It’s day 6 of the party and I am not cleaning for it! I don’t like to clean. I really don’t like to clean. Just ask my long suffering teens who have to do dishes and sweep and do laundry! So I find it joyful when I don’t need to clean my Gelli Plate! For those of you who like to clean the dried acrylic paint comes right off with water.
I built up the layers of paint by printing but not pulling up all the ghost prints that I could have. That leaves traces of paint each time. By the time of the video I had approximately 10ish layers of paint on there but it is not like there is a law about how many layers to use. You can use whatever makes you happy – and isn’t the point of arting?
I wish I could tell you that I planned all these layers carefully and knew exactly what was going to show up on each print but I can’t. It is random and exciting. The more layers of paint the more depth to the grunge that gets pulled up onto the paper.
So now it is your turn to share any of your Gelli creations from prints to finished projects!
Link up your Gelli Plate blog posts, flickr page, YouTube videos – it is all welcome! New posts or recent posts are welcome!
Add a link back to the party so others can join us too!
Leave a comment on at least 2 other links from the party. You know how wonderful kind comments encourage us creative types!
Participate as many times as you want- just be sure it relates to the Gelli Plate. If you notice your link deleted it is because it didn’t have a thing to do with the Gelli plate and that is what we’re celebrating here!
A ping pong ball, a ruler, a bottle of bug spray, a wine glass, packaging from a set of oil pastels? Yes. Really. The ping pong ball was a bit messy but I did like the result. That is what I used with the Gelli Plate today (and a few other items). I decided to find stuff from around the house to make some prints today.
Warning: This is rather addictive and leads to squeals of glee when boxes arrive with funky packaging which does alarm the children!
So now it is your turn to share any of your Gelli creations from prints to finished projects!
Link up your Gelli Plate blog posts, flickr page, YouTube videos – it is all welcome! New posts or recent posts are welcome!
Add a link back to the party so others can join us too!
Leave a comment on at least 2 other links from the party. You know how wonderful kind comments encourage us creative types!
Participate as many times as you want- just be sure it relates to the Gelli Plate. If you notice your link deleted it is because it didn’t have a thing to do with the Gelli plate and that is what we’re celebrating here!
It’s day 4 of the party! So glad you are here! I’ve been asked what kind of paper I use and it is whatever I have. In these videos it has been cheap cards stock from the office supply store. I will use old book pages,scrapbook paper, deli paper, really anything! The paints I use are Amsterdam – they are affordable, come in colors in I like, and stay wet for me on the Gelli Plate better than several other brands I tried.
In the video I create 3 canvases at once. I use more paint on the Gelli Plate when I am using canvas or fabrics compared to paper. Here is how each canvas progressed. I am putting all 3 of them on the blog as proof that is doesn’t always go the way I’d like. There is one I am very happy with, one that is okay, and one that needs a lot more layers for me to like it at all (but I am not tell which is which)!
Here’s the middle canvas in progress. I collaged on various Gelli print papers and added paint. I have a couple of ideas for this but we’ll see which one my muse likes the best…
There are stencils from Crafters Workshop, Artist Cellar, Stencil Girl and Prima used on these canvases.
Have you had a chance to check out all the great Gelli-ness that has linked up? I am blown away by all the creativity! There is still time for you to link up your prints and join the party!
Link up your Gelli Plate blog posts, flickr page, YouTube videos – it is all welcome! New posts or recent posts are welcome!
Add a link back to the party so others can join us too!
Leave a comment on at least 2 other links from the party. You know how wonderful kind comments encourage us creative types!
Participate as many times as you want- just be sure it relates to the Gelli Plate. If you notice your link deleted it is because it didn’t have a thing to do with the Gelli plate and that is what we’re celebrating here!
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! For those of you who like to clean the dried acrylic paint comes right off with water.
