It’s finally cool enough this week where I can pull out the acrylic paints and my heat gun and start gel plate printing again. The heat and humidity this summer made it impossible to do any type of pages with acrylic paints. Even when I was drying everything forever, the pages of my books were still getting stuck together—so I gave that up for the season, but I’m glad to be back now.
I like the gel plate because I can just have fun at first. I don’t need to have a plan, or any idea for a finished project. I can just play around with the paint, stencils, stamps, whatever texture making stuff I’ve got lying around, and see what happens.
Technique of the Day
Today I started out with a thin layer of orange paint. Then I put a stencil on top of the paint, and pulled as much of the paint as I could through the stencil onto a sheet of scrap paper. Then I layered some magenta paint on top of the stencil, where I had pulled off the paint layer below. Finally, I added some yellow to the top as my background color. And I love how the final pull turned out.
I finished up the page with a cut up quote card. I inked the edges (thrice in one week!) to make the quote pop out a bit and give it a little bit more of a weathered look to match the gel print.
Supply List
Heat Gun: Ranger
Trimmer: Tonic Studios
Gel Plate: Gelli Arts 8x10, 5x7, 3x5
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Tips & Creative Wisdom
Welcome Back, Paints
Seasons shift, and so do we. When your favorite tools finally feel good to use again, that’s your cue to dive in.
Pro Tip: Revisit a supply you’ve avoided for months. Let that first messy play session mark the change in season.
PS — We’ve got a Spooky Swap going on at the Awesome Ladies Project. We’re exchanging Spooky Season themed ATC cards, and I’d love for you to join in. Details here.
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