More Gelli Print Backgrounds

I've been wanting to create some backgrounds on cardboard so I can create some mixed media pieces to sell.  I wasn't sure how the gelliprinting would go on the cardboard - but I'm happy with the results.  For the first and last background shown I simply brushed the paint onto the Gelli plate and took the print right onto the cardboard.

 

There are a number of layers on this one - using stencils and found objects to create the shapes.

The paper I use to cover things while I burnish the prints comes out just as awesome as some of the prints.  I keep these papers too - either to add to collages or I may start using them as book covers too.

Try having fun with paint - create something everyday.

Joan

Arting in Banff

My husband has meetings in Banff every August and I usually tag along as a groupie and enjoy the time arting at a resort surrounded by nature.  I always over pack…..my arting supplies.  There are 5 bags shown in the above photo and only two are clothing.

Upon arriving, I found a spot in the sun to sit and doodle in my new "I am" Book.

I'm always taking selfies - a bad habit.

We stay in a self contained unit with this wonderful long counter so I can lay all my stuff out.  The following are some of the gelli prints I made along with their ghost prints - no paint wasted - ever!

I do need practice with my plates - and with colour.  I suck at colour!

Anyway - it's always fun - and that's what counts.

Create something everyday!

Joan

Scotland Travel Journal

I made a hand bound found paper book to take to Scotland with me to act as a journal.  Next time I will think more about the types of papers I put in!  But I had fun adding memorabilia and doodling around things - or on whole pages.  I also did a pretty good job writing about the trip - although, truth be told, I haven't finished yet.

The above is the first page in the journal - I took my neocolor watercolour crayons and a aqua painter so I could paint if I wanted to rather than using marker.

While in Edinburgh, we had gone to a pub one night that was called Tiles.  They walls were decorated with all sorts of ceramic tiles, so that was the inspiration for this page - which also had as a ticket to Edinburgh Castle.

I ripped up the pamphlet for the Wallace Monument - which we climbed up!  Two hundred forty-six steps - only one winding staircase - with people going in both directions.  I sketched in some bricks around the torn paper and did a bit of shading.

I had this gelliprint page included in the book and didn't want to cover it up with paper, so I just doodled on it.

I used washi tape to attach the ticket for Stirling Castle but glued in the other two papers.  The tower is the Wallace Monument - you can see where the winding staircase is.  Lots of doodled circles to fill in the page.  I like to add colour around the torn edges of my papers and then spread it out a bit to add distressing to the paper and to highlight the tears.

This is inspired by the same Jacobite ticket to secret meetings that I did on an index card.  This piece of paper in my book is very fibrous and so I thought it fit the memory of that stamp.

We went to two distilleries while in Scotland.  I tore up the pamphlet again, which had a bit of information on it.  I then sketched in some barrels and labeled them with dates that we saw on some of the barrels in storage.

Hope you have a great day.

Create something everyday.

Week Three - Icad 2015

This week theme was collage with varying prompts each day - I didn't always stay on prompt, but I did collage all week.

This first card started with a watercolour rainbow layer and I added layers of magazine colour, tissue and kleenex.

The prompt for today was Greeting card - so I took my "teeny tiny Greetings" stamp set from Stampin'Up and stamped all the greetings and punched them out with the word window.  I lined them up on the index card and covered them with a dark piece of printed tissue.  Afterwards, I circled each of the greeting with white Sharpie.

The theme for this day was Wasi Sabi - which I had to research.  I added one of the feathers that I've been picking up along my way to school.  Once I attached it, it was no longer perfect because it was spread apart, but it still presented beauty in it's new form.

This theme was treehouse - I took a whole different take on it and found a bird cage charm that I added to the limbs of the tree.  The wonderful birch paper is leftover from a Stampin'Up Thanksgiving kit.

When I read snow globe for the theme I saw blues, so I created a blue ombre effect on the index card, spread on some glue and sprinkled some flakes on it.  Once they were dry I spritzed it a bit with spray ink.

Colour wheel is pretty easy - and I entangled in each of the sections.

I didn't keep to any particular prompt for this final card of the week.  The background had been done previously with a gelli plate.  I just added some doodles and some writing I overapped to make it hard to readl.

Create something everyday,

Joan

Fun with Gelli Plates

One day a week or so ago I worked on the covers of the little journals I'm in the process of making.  My plan was to use up the brown paper that comes as packing in boxes. I don't have to cut them much for the size of book I'm working on; and I didn't want the paper to go to waste.  I just had to take a picture of my brayer though - the paint spatters are so pretty!

I've also save the two sheets of brown paper that I used when I was burnishing the print - since the papers were small, there was a fair bit of left over paint to create wonderful fodder for later projects.

Here are the covers I've made - they will be mounted on pieces of cardboard and decorated up a bit.  I like some pieces more than others, but it was a productive day!

Create something everyday,

Joan

Zentangles, Diamonds and Ogee

Hmmm - now that I look at this photo,  don't think I'm quite finished with this zentangle - but it was one I was working on while watching tv one night.  I like the idea of wonky circles.

This evolved on a night I didn't want to do too much thinking while I doodled.  The bag underneath is from the Stampin'Up! convention in 2012.  I didn't want to cover up the writing on the bag totally, so used the page to pick up some excess paint from another gelli plate print.  All I did was some outlining and added dots.  That way I can still remember this convention and the awesome  "I Am" theme.

One of the assignments for the watercolour "class" I'm taking online from DaisyYellow was to paint an Ogee pattern.  I love to work with this pattern with my zentangles too.  There is a second Ogee assignment that I must get to soon.

Have a great day -

Create something everyday

Joan

Book covers

I've been working on book covers again for "found paper" books.  I want to have a bunch ready to sell at the upcoming Teacher's Convention.  The above is a bit of a mode podgy - but it looks better than when it started!

A couple of nights ago I thought I'd experiment with my new round gelli plate on book covers.  I will be adding some extra colours to some, and some tissue paper and such - but I'm pleased with how they turned out.  

Hope your new year is off to a creative start - it doesn't have to be big and elaborate, just try to

create something everyday.

Joan.

New Gelli Plate

I got a new round Gelli Plate for Christmas from my daughter.  I experimented with it a couple of days ago.  Want to play some more - but there are so many things I'm trying to catch up on right now that I just flit from thing to thing in my art room……I'll get to more prints soon - it's just so much fun!

Have a fantastic day,

Create something everyday.

Joan

October Mandalas

I haven't posted for a while, but I have been busy doing things - mostly.  These three pieces were for a Daily Paper Prompt "Random Acts of Art".  The backgrounds are from gelli prints I did quite a while ago.  I cut them into 6x6 squares, drew mandalas and then cut them in half again.  I will be leaving little notes on them and then leaving them around my community.

Create something and then share it with a stranger….

Have fun,

Joan

Playing with Paint

 I've had my Gelli Plate out on my table for a couple of days so thought I'd share the prints that I've created.  I still need some practice - but I do love how you're never sure what you are going to end up with.

This first photo is actually a page in an altered book that I used to get rid of excess paint before moving onto a new design - so it really is a miss-mash of designs and colours - but I like how it turned out.

My plan for these gelli print pages (because I'm getting quite a stash of them now)  is to turn them into pages of a 6x6 book to doodle on.  

Layers of Paint & Coasters

I played with some paint yesterday with my Gelli Plate…..I'm not exactly sure how much I like how this one turned out.  I'm not a fan of red….so I will probably put black doodles in the red sections just to tone it down a bit.  Otherwise I had fun, which is all that counts and I'll be trying another one this afternoon.

Sat in front of the tv a bit yesterday, and since I couldn't play with paint or paper, I doodled some more coasters.  

I'm not sure how much art I'll get done today since we're babysitting, but there is always nap time!

Hope you have a great day.

Joan