Can You Draw Designs On A Gelli Plate

Old paintings are full of nuances and flow that we often don't see when focusing on the subject only. This week, I am a rebel and apply a Gelli plate for bringing up those elements. The Gelli Plate, similar any mono-press tool, is a bit clumsy for calculation details.  But also total of potential considering you lot can hands produce repeated motifs that are not exactly similar. Information technology enables you to add diverseness and uplifting rhythm to your fine art without extra efforts.

Gelli Plate Meets Fine Art – Watch the Video!

This video is a replay of a alive broadcast where I am sharing my secrets about the process.

I also include the images and the summary here in this web log postal service then that you can more easily refer back to these instructions.

Project 1 – Expressive Portrait on White Background

Supplies: Gelli Plates (mine are viii x x and 3 x 5 inches), watercolor paper, brayer, brushes, any blunt stick, acrylic paints, glazing liquid (or gel medium).

This project started by intuitively adding layers with a Gelli plate on a white watercolor paper.

My only intention was to brand a mess that has enough diversity so that I could see something appearing.

The big spot looked like woman's face to me, and so I made a stencil by quickly sketching one on paper.

I added more elements and shadows, so that worked one area at the fourth dimension.

When the large elements were in their places, I changed to a smaller plate and added more than details.

Here'southward the monoprint earlier I changed to painting with brushes.

Using Botticelli's Madonna of the Volume as a loose reference, I painted the face and some details with fine brushes and thin layers.

Here'due south the close-upward of the face up. I realized that the eyes expect to a bit different direction, but I didn't want to change that because this piece is chosen Nostalgia. I recall information technology's a mixed feeling considering and then we are admiring the by, merely at the same time, being sad that there'southward no fashion to travel back in fourth dimension.

Here'south the total painting over again.

Do you like this one? The original piece is for sale in my shop!

Project 2 – Floral Still-Life on Black Groundwork

This slice started by adding a layer of black gesso on a watercolor paper. I had a clear goal from the very beginning – to create a floral withal-life honoring Dutch Aureate Age paintings from the 17th century. I besides wanted to use Gelli plates only and come across if it'southward possible to create a detailed piece by mono-printing only.

The first layers were very subtle and translucent. The idea is to build depth past slowly increasing the brightness of the mono printed layers.

Like in the previous projection, many layers only had few elements. I like how detailed they look when adding lines with the stick on the plate.

I besides fabricated a newspaper stencil for this projection. At this point, I changed to a smaller plate.

I used paler and darker tones of pinkish to make a flower. It's also handy to postage stamp the aforementioned flower several times.

Dots and splashes of paint all add together up. I also like to apply cotton fiber cloth for making a precipitous border to a gratis-grade shape.

When using a piffling too much pigment, it forms "skins" that look similar intricate leaves. Information technology was also fun to add together a surface design to a vase.

I used dark browns and blackness to tone downward some elements, and white to highlight others.

Here'southward one of my favorite details:

Some other one, showing how the vase glows.

Here's the finished slice in full size:

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