It has
been a while since I played around with my gelli plate, shame on me, urgently
got to change that.
In Carolyne Dube’s community A colorful playground over on
google+ there are so many talented gelli
printers, I am not wowed by my own results so decided to start experimenting
some more to improve myself. I want to put together kind of a manual for
myself ( a gelliclopedia) with what works and what doesn’t.
I started with exploring colors, color combo’s, paint types…
My key learning's thus far are:
- I prefer the more translucent paints
- A print gets more interesting by adding different elements to one print ( I tend to make prints with only one stencil, one texture, but when combining several together suddenly it becomes more intriguing)
- Layering (best to start with the darkest color, when you use shades of the same color you create a nice shadow effect)
Here are some examples of my first run
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| first play with this homemade stencil, LOVING it! |
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| 2 prints with the other 2 stencils |
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| flower coasters as stencil, combo of warm colors |
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| fern as mask |
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| detail of a print where I used an embossed paper as texture, love the different shades of green |
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| there is also something like too much layering |
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Nice experiments Vicky, I love the warm colors :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm a lab technician so experimenting is my thing :-)
DeleteI love your idea of a gelliclopedia! I hope you'll keep it available for all of to reference. I have pages and pages of gelli prints - some I like, some I love and some are just blah. I too prefer the more translucent paints and I also really like the metallics. Thank you for sharing your experiment…looking forward to updates and you progress :-)
ReplyDeleteI definitely will keep it available to all who wants. Be sure to pop by regular I'm thinking of making it a weekly topic.
DeleteI love that you played and experimented - and learned what you liked and didn't like! I think your gelliclopedia is a brilliant idea! That homemade stencil you created is stunning!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I still have so many ideas running through my head, if only a day had more than 24 hours :-)
DeleteFab prints! I love playing with the gelli plate and it seems the play and outcomes are infinite!
ReplyDeleteThanks and so true, the gelli plate is my best buy ever
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