Gel Printing

Gel Plate Printing Basics an Intro

Mariah Rushing2023-03-26T07:42:35-05:00

Gel Printing What to Know Before Even Laying Paint to Plate – A True Beginners Guide to Getting Started with Monoprinting aka Gelli Printing SUPPLIES  Must Haves: Gel Plate - P’s favorite is a 5x7 or actually her custom cut plate 6x8. You can always go bigger but smaller is easier to start within our...

Image Transfers – A Gel Plate How-To

Mariah Rushing2023-03-26T07:53:07-05:00

Image Transfer Step One:

Choosing the proper paper is one of the first pieces to a successful laser-printed image transfer. Our go-to paper, one we most often use around the studio, almost exclusively, is the  Hammermill Printer Paper, Premium Color 32 lb Copy Paper, 8.5 x 11 https://amzn.to/3m2iAXg We use...

Top Five Acrylic Paints & Printmaking Papers

Mariah Rushing2023-03-28T00:47:26-05:00

Some of the linked paints and papers below are affiliate links, Our primary goal is to educate and not to make money off of you on products we ourselves wouldn’t even use. The product links we list are for products we have purchased, used, and recommended. As a part of...

Metacognition – Learning How You Learn or Thinking About Thinking

Mariah Rushing2024-02-11T17:23:51-05:00

Here are P's notes from the Metacognition stream and below that is a link to the stream where we along with our Arty Friends in chat discuss these Thursday Thoughts. A link to Gene Mittler's Book "Art In Focus"  https://amzn.to/3cmLgKLHere is our PM Spin on the...

Printmaking Paper for Gel Plate Printing Testing Three Types

Mariah Rushing2023-03-29T00:26:03-05:00

Papers can make or break printmaking and choosing the right one can be a daunting task because there is a wide array of ones that are suitable.  Price can be a factor but a reasonably priced paper that performs well is available if you know where to look. The following...

Metallics Mixing Making Shimmer or Shine

Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T03:19:45-05:00

Experiments and Observations… (Supplies Used Listed at End)

The question is, can a neutral-leaning, opaque metallic is used to create a transparent color that will have luminous properties? That was the guiding force behind this venture—and was fairly successful—as you observed in the live stream on Saturday. Do keep in...

The Products We Commonly Use & Why

Mariah Rushing2023-02-25T07:48:09-05:00

f you’ve watched or read any of our content via our YouTube Channel or even on our website for any period of time, you know that our primary goal is to educate and not to make money off of you on products we ourselves wouldn’t even use. Five minutes into...

Gel Plate Prints | Wallpaper, Old Wall, or “Wall Prints”

Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T01:57:41-05:00

"Old Wall" prints – Sometimes they are so beautiful as is that nothing needs to be done. Other times they are... well, not so interesting and need a little something else done to make them in order to move to the "Keep" pile. The key to any transformation is...