String gel will bubble and is best used on pieces smaller than 16xx20 but I have used it on big pieces,24x30 and it took 2 full large jars at $10 a pop.
Thanks for the snap tip Ginger!! That painting is wonderful and look even better with the string gel and frame!! wow! Also a big thank you for the birthday greeting on my FaceBook page! :)
You can use any of the liquitex gels and it will do the same thing. I'm not sure which is less expensive but it's interesting. I need to find something that domes like dimensional magic but that dries clear and doesn't yellow.
Ginger, great video as always! I love the way it turned out. I saw someone take their water bottle and mist over bubbles and it broke them up...you can try that that.
+Witzel Asper I got the nail gun on amazon. If you watch the video on youtube on how to frame a picture you will see my entire experience with the gun and putting it together. LOL
+Medina Elsayed Maybe a sponge brush. Imagine brushing on Honey. the knife does not pick up the gel, but even a sponge might I leave it on fairly thick. If I want a thinner coat of something I use pouring medium.
I love it! The picture and the technique is amazing, Ginger. Never occurred to me that the snap gun is so easy to use. I've been wanting to find those frames too. Do you know any other place that carries them?
I love string gel! It can be addicting. Question for you? what is the difference between using the string gel opposed to a soft or gloss medium - as far as the finished result? Guess I could make one...lol. I used the gloss medium on my abstract guitar & love the look. I most recently decided to do it to the flower box painting...love it too. Thanks for the video on how to apply. ;-)
Ginger, I typically grab Golden everything and looks like Golden's stringy medium version is called Tar Gel. Have you tried the Tar Gel to see if it would do this similar top coat?
not the same but Golden is my go to favorite for heavy gloss gel mediums and texture medium. I use Liquitex for stucco and string gel but there is a pouring medium that works too and of course you can buy that two part epoxy art stuff that does not smell...
Wow...I have never heard of it, well I might have but just dismissed it amongst all the available mysteries in the jars! Love what it does, it really looks like it's under glass. I wonder, can it be used over watercolor paintings ? Thanks for all the information you share, I really am learning so much.
+Anita Holmes do not have a brand name off the top of my head, but there are specific spay varnishes for acrylics that work on water color paper, the other thin is just do a test. You do not want your paper to curl so it would have to be glued to foam core or a board.
You can buy a two part epoxy stuff that works well too. You have to be careful to brace the canvas with a board behind stretcher bars as the weight will cause the painting to sag in the middle. Not sure if it is more or less expensive.
I have seen that done on paper prints with brush marks showing to make it look like a painting. I think that Liquitex glsss medium and varnish is better.
Hi Ginger! I'm not sure, but looks like these little paintings are on canvas paper? If so, is it the string gel that gives an overall hardness to the painting so that it can be framed directly? Otherwise seems that it would still be floppy? It just so happens I am trying to frame a canvas paper piece but I didn't want to put glass over it. Thanks for your tips!
+Karri Robison You have to double stick it with tape to a piece of harder cardboard or foam core the same size. then you can pour it. these small pictures on on real small sheets of canvas made by Paramount tablets (6x8 and 10 to a tablet).. $5 at Jerrys. If you use a stretched canvas put a piece of cardboard behind the canvas under the stretcher bars to prevent sagging.
+Ginger Cook Wonderful! I can do that! Thanks so much for your quick reply, Ginger! Now I can send my palette knife "doodle" (that turned out cute) to my dad :)
+Coralie Edwards The paper will buckle if not glued down to something. You should try it on a scrap paper to see how it works. I think it would depend on the type and weight of the paper.
Carol Reid when you look on Amazon you will see it right away. I bought one there and it's the better price too. Odd to figure out loading and getting right angle but worth it!
Just arrived from your Hibiscus live painting where you referenced string gel..what fun! Thank you for your "full service" art share!
String gel will bubble and is best used on pieces smaller than 16xx20 but I have used it on big pieces,24x30 and it took 2 full large jars at $10 a pop.
Ginger, I happened to stumble across this! And, WOW, is that so impressive?!!! You are an AMAZING teacher. And, I thank you! love, m
thank you very much.
Thanks for the snap tip Ginger!! That painting is wonderful and look even better with the string gel and frame!! wow!
Also a big thank you for the birthday greeting on my FaceBook page! :)
+Mona L It is a really nice look and the frame really shows it off too.
Great ,another lesson on a subject I wanted to learn about ! Thank you for teaching me so much ! There is so much to learn !
Thank you . Thank you many times for clearing it up of how to use String Gel.
Beautiful painting and some great string gel. I think that it looks like resin but a lot neater. Thank you
Thanks Ginger,looking forward to using it !😀
that was lovely! Thanks Ginger
You can use any of the liquitex gels and it will do the same thing. I'm not sure which is less expensive but it's interesting. I need to find something that domes like dimensional magic but that dries clear and doesn't yellow.
write to Golden paint company or call then and ask. they have amazing customer help
Ginger, great video as always! I love the way it turned out. I saw someone take their water bottle and mist over bubbles and it broke them up...you can try that that.
+Skye McDonald I will try that, was that string gel? awesome.
great tips and I really like that little nail gun
+Witzel Asper I got the nail gun on amazon. If you watch the video on youtube on how to frame a picture you will see my entire experience with the gun and putting it together. LOL
***** I will watch that ha-ha!
nice very nice effect, i do have a probably dumb question tho, why not using a brush to spread it? I mean that seems economic to?
+Medina Elsayed Maybe a sponge brush. Imagine brushing on Honey. the knife does not pick up the gel, but even a sponge might I leave it on fairly thick. If I want a thinner coat of something I use pouring medium.
Tar gel is similar but yeah, I prefer this. Mine got think tho... Can I use water to thin it down?
you would have to ask liquitex...
I love it! The picture and the technique is amazing, Ginger. Never occurred to me that the snap gun is so easy to use. I've been wanting to find those frames too. Do you know any other place that carries them?
Ginger that looks really nice... where did you get the nail gun? what other ways can u use string gel?
+Belinda Roca I bought it on Amazon. I have a video on CZcams on how to use it If you buy one be sure to order extra nails as it came with very few.
+Ginger Cook String gel is normally used in abstract art and poured or dripped on with color added.
I love string gel! It can be addicting. Question for you? what is the difference between using the string gel opposed to a soft or gloss medium - as far as the finished result? Guess I could make one...lol. I used the gloss medium on my abstract guitar & love the look. I most recently decided to do it to the flower box painting...love it too. Thanks for the video on how to apply. ;-)
+Sue Clark You just have to see it. hard to explain. Pouring medium works too but thinner.
Ginger, I typically grab Golden everything and looks like Golden's stringy medium version is called Tar Gel. Have you tried the Tar Gel to see if it would do this similar top coat?
not the same but Golden is my go to favorite for heavy gloss gel mediums and texture medium. I use Liquitex for stucco and string gel but there is a pouring medium that works too and of course you can buy that two part epoxy art stuff that does not smell...
Wow...I have never heard of it, well I might have but just dismissed it amongst all the available mysteries in the jars! Love what it does, it really looks like it's under glass. I wonder, can it be used over watercolor paintings ? Thanks for all the information you share, I really am learning so much.
+Anita Holmes I would spray them with spray acrylic varnish first. then yes you can.
Do you mean like Kryolic for example?
+Anita Holmes do not have a brand name off the top of my head, but there are specific spay varnishes for acrylics that work on water color paper, the other thin is just do a test. You do not want your paper to curl so it would have to be glued to foam core or a board.
Thanks, that's helpful.
Hi. love love love this! Which video shows us how to paint the actual mardi gras mask? I'd love to try it. thanks a bunch.
+Gemini Neils k Its called the mardi gras masks and is a collection of the 4 videos and is on my website on the front page: www.gingercooklive.gallery
Thanks! I'll take a look!
I love it but, wouldn’t epoxy resin be easier & cheaper?
You can buy a two part epoxy stuff that works well too. You have to be careful to brace the canvas with a board behind stretcher bars as the weight will cause the painting to sag in the middle. Not sure if it is more or less expensive.
I'd be interested in knowing some more about the nailing gun. Can you please tell use where to buy it?
I bought it on Amazon. i buy all things there I can so as a prime member I can return it if I don't like it.
Love it Ginger,and I assume it protects the painting too.Am I right?
+Cathy Serafinowicz Yes it does. I have put it on a painting as large as 30x40. it takes 2 of the largest jars.
Can I use acrylic gel medium as a top coat too???
I have seen that done on paper prints with brush marks showing to make it look like a painting. I think that Liquitex glsss medium and varnish is better.
Hi Ginger! I'm not sure, but looks like these little paintings are on canvas paper? If so, is it the string gel that gives an overall hardness to the painting so that it can be framed directly? Otherwise seems that it would still be floppy? It just so happens I am trying to frame a canvas paper piece but I didn't want to put glass over it. Thanks for your tips!
+Karri Robison You have to double stick it with tape to a piece of harder cardboard or foam core the same size. then you can pour it. these small pictures on on real small sheets of canvas made by Paramount tablets (6x8 and 10 to a tablet).. $5 at Jerrys. If you use a stretched canvas put a piece of cardboard behind the canvas under the stretcher bars to prevent sagging.
+Ginger Cook Wonderful! I can do that! Thanks so much for your quick reply, Ginger! Now I can send my palette knife "doodle" (that turned out cute) to my dad :)
Hi. Could you use this over soft pastels or oil pastels or watercolour instead of framing them with glass?
+Coralie Edwards The paper will buckle if not glued down to something. You should try it on a scrap paper to see how it works. I think it would depend on the type and weight of the paper.
+Ginger_Cook What kind of nail gun & nails are you using?
Have to get back to you on that. I show you on my video how to frame a picture though. I bought it on Amazon.
Carol Reid when you look on Amazon you will see it right away. I bought one there and it's the better price too. Odd to figure out loading and getting right angle but worth it!