The ultimate guide to gel printing and the basics of gel printing you need to know - what materials you need and how to make gel prints

Are you struggling with contrast when gelli printing? This is a common challenge when monoprinting with a gel plate. There is always experimentation when playing with monoprinting.

What are the dos and don'ts of gel printing? It's all here along with gel printing resources, a downloadable guide and free videos!

Explore creative Gelli Plate Printing Ideas and Techniques with our guide, featuring unique methods and materials for stunning art projects.

Are you struggling with contrast when gelli printing? This is a common challenge when monoprinting with a gel plate. There is always experimentation when playing with monoprinting.

Transfer photos and texts to a Gelli print. Directly on the Gelli plate or indirectly via for instance a photocopy on tissue paper. Have a look at my results.

Explore creative Gelli Plate Printing Ideas and Techniques with our guide, featuring unique methods and materials for stunning art projects.

Here's a great way to repurpose styrofoam plates to use in monoprinting! Watch this video for ideas on how to make your own unique reusable designs for gel printing! It's fun turning styrofoam plates into reusable texture plates with your own designs! They're perfect for creating texture plates — especially for the small Gelli® plate sizes! Here's

Hello and welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog! It's Birgit here today and I am going to show you a fun little twist on image resist printing! Before pulling the print with acrylic paint, you can color your image with PanPastel®. Just wait for the resisted image to dry on the plate and then use

Gelli printing with stencils is an easy way to create beautiful and unique textures for your art journal and creative projects. If you are new to the gel plate, gelli printing with stencils is an easy way to get comfortable with the medium. I discovered gel printing many years ago, but my first experience with

The ultimate guide to gel printing and the basics of gel printing you need to know - what materials you need and how to make gel prints

A round up of how to gelatin print, inspirational images, and tutorials.

Gelli plate printing with leaves is a fun and easy technique that lets us get outside to find beautiful textures. Summer in Canada is short. So, I make a point to get outside and incorporate nature in my art journal and gelli plate printing projects. Today I am sharing my favorite techniques for Gelli plate

10 Gelli plate printing ideas to get you started. You can use a handmade or premade gelli plate and acrylic paints for these printing techniques.

Hi there! It's Marsha here today, answering your most pressing questions about Image Resist Transfer Gel Printing. So let's get started right away with this video: Q: How do I start with image resist transfer gel printing? You'll need a Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate, a brayer, acrylic paint, paper to print on and printed

If you're on twitter and post your work there then you'll know how wide and far your image can travel not just to your followers but to anyone who is on there. I posted a gelli print I had created and it was picked up by a pen company - Pen Heaven based down in London (follow them on facebook). Paul came across the twitter picture and was intrigued by the process and asked if I would create a Christmas card which they could use in their 12 day of Christmas project. So here I am writing this rather long post on a sunny but cold Monday morning. This tutorial show you how I created my gelli prints using the Gelli Arts printing plate. There are endless possibilities and and no two will ever be the same. What I will say is have fun and go with the flow - slap the paint on if you don't like it wipe it off. There really is no right or wrong. This is how I created my print and I know if I do it again I will create something else which will be unique and different. I am by no means an expert in fact I would say I am still a novice at the gelli plate. So why am I doing this tutorial? Well mainly because I was asked and also to show that you don't have to be an expert to do this type of printing. I know when I first bought my plate I was intimidated by the whole process and never thought I would like creating in this way. I'll put my hand up and say I love it and it's not going to be one of those fad buys where you use it for a short time and then it gets left on a shelf somewhere. So lets get started - the first image is the card I created and the 2nd is of the print from which it was made from. Gelli print Christmas Card Gelli print from which I created the above card Some of the supplies I used for the card Gelli plate by GELLI ARTs 1. apply blobs of acrylic paint to the gelli plate 2.using roller spread the paint to create background add paper on top and rub to transfer colour 3. cut triangles to use as a mask 4. apply blobs of colour in lighter tones 5. spread colour over the plate and masks 6. using the corrugated board, sequin left over and bubble wrap create texture on the painted surface 7. apply the background paper over and pull 2nd print - let dry 8. using black pen add the outlines and and 'bubbles' 9. paint the bubbles with the water soluble wax crayons 10. add white swirls over the coloured bubbles and go over the edges with black pen to make the bubbles stand out 11. crop the image to neaten the edges and add other elements using the black and white pens. 12. using some left over pieces from another gelli print cut out the trunks of the trees (or you can draw them in) Apply a thin layer of Golden regular gel - semi gloss - let dry 13. once the gel has dried apply Golden's clear tar gel to create the bubbles as you can see it's cloudy but will dry clear (you can use any glue which will created a dome diamond glaze/glossy accents) 14 the bubbles will dry clear and give another texture to the artwork. Now at this point you can cut it down further and create 2 cards or leave it as it is. I've left mine as it is for now - the above image shows how it would look if it was mounted and framed. I hope the above steps have given you a starting point of pulling a gelli print. There are more detailed and informative videos and tutorials by the lovely people at Gelli Arts. So why not pop on over to their blog website or facebook page. Have a fabulous week and enjoy your gelli printing Anita

A guide to monoprinting using gel plates. Gel plate printing is a fun craft that's good for adults and children, and it easy to do with minimal equipment.

Use these gelli printing ideas to teach your students printmaking. Use natural materials and cheap acrylic paint for beautiful results.

Greetings Gelli Arts® creators! Jo Lawson here with my favorite gel printing technique, with a new twist. As you might know, one of my favorite ways to use the gel plate is with magazines to create image transfers. Now, I have figured out a way to use my own photos! Here is my creative process......

Learn how to make your own gelli plate with these simple ingredients.

Gelli plates are all the rage right now, but they are a little too expensive for my pocketbook. Ole Santa didn't leave me enough after I pai...

I have repeatedly professed my love for monoprinting with a gelli plate. I realized with my post the other day, some of you may not know what this is, or have never used one before. So I thought …

Hi there, Natalie here and today I thought I’d try something new – well new to me anyway! I’m a big fan of my Gelli Plate – I love printmaking and the process of creating my…

Hello and welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog! It’s Birgit here and today I’m going to show you 3 ways of printing with leaves. Because it’s fall and there is plenty of printing material available! I love printing with leaves! It is very simple but also very satisfying as it is almost impossible to go

The ultimate guide to gel printing and the basics of gel printing you need to know - what materials you need and how to make gel prints

I have been having so much fun experimenting with all kinds of things. I started playing around with a technique I had seen years ago, resist on the gel plate using cornstarch or baby powder. Funni…

I gave myself a challenge, an assignment to make a collage daily. Gelli printing made me really enthusiastic. In November, I was committed to make Gelli prints.

Hi there! It’s Marsha here today with a fun little watercolor technique! You may be thinking that watercolor isn’t the most suitable paint for Gelli® printing. The viscosity is thin and that causes

Hi there! It's Marsha here today, sharing how to create image transfer gel prints with a double-exposure effect! Some results can be super spooky, so this is a fabulous technique to try this month! Check out my video: In the video, you can see that I use magazine images, book pages and laser prints interchangeably.

Hi there! It's Marsha here today! One of the most frequently asked questions is what paint is best for Gelli Arts® gel plate printing. Unfortunately (or luckily!), there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question. The best paint is the one you love, and that creates the look you are trying to achieve in your prints.

This video was created for Gelli Arts® + Jane Davenport. Find the accompanying blog post here: Gelli Arts® + Jane Davenport Gel Printing with Watercolours With Marsha Valk