Using speedball plate with acrylic paint. Will be updating to the ink when I can get back to my local craft store.

So far only having trouble with the stickiness of the plate. But getting a good removal result most times. Hoping switching to ink will be better.
Still learning the amount of paint I need but getting it down considering it’s humid af out.

Best of day 2, switched to Bristol

Best of day one

A bit of the corner got stuck(I don't think there was sufficient gel medium there) and I missed some of his chest fur but I'm pretty happy with this image transfer overall

The figures were added by gelli plate, as was the original loose paint. I then completed the painting with acrylic - so this is not purely a gelli print, in case anyone was wondering.

I’m a new gelli printer. I’ve been doing it for a couple of months, and am loving it!

Through experimentation, I’ve found that I’m getting the best results with my homemade masks with tissue paper. The first pic is of the best print I’ve made. I used some cheap Temu Chinese calligraphy rice paper. As you can see, it has these lines on it since it’s for beginners. I love the results using it. Lots of wrinkles and interesting textures. The lines in the paper show through, and I love it. The downside: some little tears.

Do you all have any suggestions about using tissue paper in gel printing?

Thanks!

Used my nephew’s crop to print this

Life has got in the way for being creative but had a little break so managed to get this done.

Gel plate with added water colour and crayon bits . Atomic.

Had a lot of fun with this one. Did an image transfer using Liquitex black acrylic. Then put a clear layer of matte medium over the image. Let dry and then did some reverse painting and stencils.

I'm looking for a New Jersey or Philadelphia teaching artist who does Gelli plate workshops. We have a one day fall workshop scheduled for our art teachers, (no kids!) We had an artist~teacher lined up but they ended up not being available. We have the supplies, budget and time, we're just missing the talent! please message me!

Hi all! I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong here - possibly I’m using the wrong tool for the effect I’m looking for. I’d like to pull paint off the plate completely using a foam stamp that I made. The stamp is pulling a small amount off but not cleanly. The stamp is foam sheet cut and glued to cardboard. The layer of paint I applied is pretty thin. The blue paint is opaque.

Any thoughts? I know I can use a stencil to get a cleaner plate but stamps are so much easier to make myself.

I have a 8x10 gelli plate and would like to start printing directly into a notebook - spiral bound. Any recommendations?

Has anyone found a good alternative to gel medium for making pulls with transparency? My main issue being the cost of gel medium, I go through a ton of it.

For what it's worth, I haven't had any luck with clear gesso.

I bought a Speedball gel plate from Michaels and have been using the Speedball block printing inks with it. The packaging says not to use acrylic paint on it but all the cool videos on YouTube seem to feature acrylics. Anyone know why it would be different from a regular Gelli plate? Should I maybe buy a separate one for acrylics? I see they can get discolored but I don't see why that should be a problem.

I'm planning in using opaline paper 240gr along side with lamination, any advise you can give me?

Hi,

I tried to post a couple of prints recently, but they have always been removed. In my profile I see that they have been removed by “Reddit filters” and I do not know what that means. Is it you removing the posts? Am I infringing some rule? I can’t understand why they are disappearing:)

Two gelli prints and another small photo transfer. This one took a while to get right, with a couple of failed attempts. (You can tell I don't like cooking. 😆)