Gel plate + ballpoint emboss experiments/tips
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2021
- A follow up video in which I look at how different weights and finishes of paper work with the ballpoint emboss transfer technqiue idea I had.
Materials
70gsm copier paper
240gsm smooth cartridge paper
300gsm watercolour paper
Various acrylic paints (Pebeo, Amsterdam, Daler Rowney system 3) - Jak na to + styl
So refreshing to see a real and talented artist work with the gel plate instead of the endless flow of flower and butterfly stencil tutorials. Your work is wonderful and I am binge-watching.
Such a lovely comment, cheers E.S. : )
I agree! So many fantastic ideas.
I agree 100%. Took me a long time to find someone who makes inspirational work with it, so glad that I did 😊
@e.s. Believe it or not people love the damn butterfly flower stuff. Post anything else in my GP Facebook group and the majority just don’t know what to make of it. Want 150 likes? You guessed it. They occasionally also accept bunny rabbits and dragonflies. But definitely no abstracts or surrealism.
Agree 👍
Just discovered you. I’ve never used a gelli plate and been swithering whether buy one but you’ve convinced to get one.
I often put a couple of layers of paper, or a pad of paper underneath the one I am drawing on to help get a good emboss.
Your techniques transcend anything I have seen on 'gelli prints'. Like many have said before, this is an artistic (huge) step beyond the use of commercial masks. This is what 'gelli' printers should aspire to, go beyond and really explore your creative potential.
That''s a lovely comment Fred, thanks
Brilliant! what great insights, I cant wait to try this. thank you so much.
Votre travail est remarquable,merci de partager votre savoir.J’apprends tellement.
Absolutely love the 2nd pull!,
I love how this turned out- it’s got real character and grittiness.
Cheers Cath : )
As an artist this is just what I needed to be able to use my geliplate to make unique art thanks bunches. Love the masking tape ideas too. Love watching your videos!
: ) A pleasure
Agree, l'm an artist myself and just need an artists approach rather than granny crafts approach. This is genius 👍👍
Love, love, love!
Love your techniques so inspirational. Glad I found your channel. Great job!
❤️you are such a great teacher and inspiration....you are so individual and expressive on another level....you should be e paid thousands by the gelliplate manufacturers...thanks for sharing so generously x
Lol! Not sure I'd want to work for them and have to bang on about their products and carefully place their packaging!!! Such a lovely comment though and delighted you enjoy the videos!
So glad I found your channel. After watching your videos I got my gel plate out again. I'm always happy when I see you have a new video to share with us. Thank you!
That's just great news, made my day that you were motivated to get your art stuff out!!!! : )
I am in love with your techniques! Great how you celebrate the crispy bits left from other prints.
I SO love this! @ running to my gelplate. Grtz from the Netherlands.
Greetings to you Barbara : )
Your cutting board is like a great work of art in itself - I love it!
lol! it has a life of its own : )
I haven't done any embossing in decades...or any drafting or printmaking. This video reminded me I should get back to that and quick! Happy to be a new subscriber!
Hi Terri, definitely get back to it!!!! like riding a bike, you might have a few wobbles but you'll soon be flying!
You are amazing 😀 thank you so much for your inspiration and excellent work!
Always impressed how intricate your drawings are and happy to share… you have a very unique style different to the usual gelli printing… thx
I agree
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Thanks - glad the channel is offering something different. i know its not everyone's taste!
Wonderful results!
I've tried it with printing-paper for intaglio (Hahnenmühle 300 g) and - yes it works 😃 similar to your watercolour-paper.
Further I combined it with magazine-transfer - oh, it's so much fun!
I will recommend your technic and video in my printing-class.
That's fantastic news - I love getting feedback where people try stuff and it works and they make it their own! I'm justing editing together films of my experiments with using pics from magazines as a drawing guide, mixing in collage and some other bits too. Stay in touch!! : )
please keep the videos coming!
Happy to! Busy hands, busy mind!
Your work is amazing! I am interested in your experiments with printing on the gelli plate . Keep sharing and I'll keep watching!
Will do Cheryl, plenty of miles in my gel plates yet!!
I need to try this 🥰 love this idea xx
It's fun, will take a bit of trial and error and results will doubtless be a surprise, but that's the fun, right?
Thank you! Great information and fun to watch. I like your experiments and the results are interesting to see.
Love your work and your experimentation.
Cheers D, kind words : )
Excellent just excellent. Thank you!
Cheers Lynn, you're welcome!
This is SO COOL! Your artwork is amazing!
Cheers : )
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial
A pleasure Patti : )
This is AMAZING! Thank you so much for all those ideas. SOOOO REFRESHING !
A pleasure to share, glad you enjoyed : )
Fascinating, just discovered your channel, great videos!
Cheers patti
Man I love the pin and your grunge sides I love
Embracing the manky edges!!!
You are inspirational!
Cheers Peter, glad vids are helpful : )
Many thanks for the tips. Will definitely leave my prints longer on the plate.
It works : )
Love it!!!
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Thank you , has Inspired me to try out your techniques and watch more of your videos 🌻
Music to my ears, so glad your inspired 🌻
I absolutely LOVE everything you have demonstrated in the Gelli plate tutorials. If I was still teaching art (retired now) you would definitely have been an artist my students would be exposed to! Do you have a website where we can see examples of your finished work? You appear to be very diverse with your art making, and I would love to see more of your finished pieces. You mentioned that your father was an artist. What is his name? I intend to introduce your amazing videos to a former colleague of mine with the hope that she will be inspired to create projects for her students using some of your incredible and insightful techniques! Thank you so much!!!
Hi Paula, what a lovely message, thanks. My website is nearly done - been dragging my heels with it as I have lot on! I'll let you know via a video when it's ready. My dad was a commercial printer but used to do a lot of pen drawing and illustration for some of his customers too. He was really encouraging when I was a kid and drew with me a lot. He passed a long time ago now so every time i pick up his old scalpel, do a pen drawing, basically make anything, he's not far from my thoughts. Thanks again for your message Paula : ) x
New subscribers here. This technique is exactly what I was looking for to add drawing details to my gelli prints. Thanks for sharing.
Great news, glad it helped : )
Nice. Thanks for the inspiration, as usual. I made a couple of gell plates but I needed ideas as to how to incorporate them into my art. Good one.
: ) glad it was useful
Absolutely loved this. As a beginner, to art in general i am really enjoying the results i get even though i’ve just started with things like botanicals. I am now going to start with my ballpoint pen and even trace a few simple images first before making them my own. Honestly, i’m so thrilled with this technique because it is so inclusive for anyone to have a go. 👍
Lovely message and I am delighted, even if you are new to printing, that the techniques seem accessible. That has been my main aim in starting the channel, to give people some confidence and techniques to have a go : ) your comments made my day
Love your video's. Hope these will lead to a book deal. Thanks for your work.😀
LOL!!!! Really flattering, I have trouble enough getting videos done, let alone books! In all seriousness though, don't you feel video is a better medium for getting process across, especially with something like gel printing where drying times, thickness of paint application etc are so key?
c,est toujours un vrais bonheur de voir vos vidéo; elle aiguise toujours ma curiositée
Cheers Helene!
Many thanks…lots of good tips and clear….10 mins eh? I’ll try that!
Cheers Anne, fun to share, I get so much enthisiasm to keep going from all the comments : )
This is so flipping cool
!!!! Glad you liked
Your videos are brilliant! Thank you .
I wonder if mount board would work for your biro embossing - stronger and you can cut out without weakening the plate .
I am looking forward to your next video using this process with a photograph. This is what I had planned on doing originally when I saw the previous video.
Just editing it all together now! Works a treat!
Inspiring!
: ) cheers Sue, glad you're inspired
Great, thank you!
Cheers : )
Another good one ! :)
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Awesome
Yes Amsterdam is great and lots of colours , and I have had good results on magazine pages from vogue , I was lucky to win a 5 volume download book from a girl that does photography and gelli art photo transfers. B but your style is very different. Love the pen work
Cheers Joyce. Will ask Santa for some Amsterdam!!!
@@yeatesmakes After watching your video I tried a piece of ordinary normal printing paper and I put a very thin layer of titanium buff on it and then drew lines on top of the paint and it worked does this Defeat the object that you’re trying to achieve , Because like you said no matter how hard you press down on the paper which ever paper it is, it and it’s unusable as I said before I know nothing about the making of art , I found out what it was some people glue paper on to their work leave it there and paint over it and it never comes off Happy Christmas hope you get your paint 🙏
I love experiments on camera, thanks for that. Great graphic drawings and beautiful prints. Have you thought of using Tyvek? It's thin, untearable, smooth surface, and you can probably print several times. I have some Tyvek envelopes, I just tried to emboss with a pen and I think it could work. I use Tyvek for cutting masks and stencils for monoprinting, they last forever. Great video, thank you!
Hi Mieke, thanks for the comment and the tip about Tyvek - I'll look into.
Great idea about using Tyvek for stencils…never thought about that.
Great video, thank you! I tried some embossed paper on the gel plate the other day and got a really cool result so I’d been thinking about playing with that idea more but hadn’t got around to it yet. As I was watching it reminded me of the time I found some air dry clay (crayola brand) for kids in the dollar store and then had an idea to take an imprint with it from a carved wooden salt shaker I acquired from the thrift shop. When I tried it on the gel plate it was really amazing, and now I have that piece of air dried clay permanently so I can make prints with it forever. So it gave me the idea to suggest to you maybe using polymer clay that can Be drawn into with a pen or stylus to make a relief print. I like using found objects in my art, it gives a sense of adventure and the random nature of it keeps things fresh. Also, since I don’t draw much I feel like your videos are encouraging me to branch out and add bits of hand written text and abstract marks I draw by hand in my gel prints. Also, I LOVE the experimentation aspect of your videos, keep it up!!!
Drawing extends WAY beyond recording something that looks realistic. I hate that we're conditioned away from it because we judge drawing on that premise mainly. So much joy to be had in just making marks!!!!
It is fun to experiment with more painterly effects on the gel plate.
I was thinking as well that you can always wipe off the ink from the plate if there is too much 'static' but it is very atmospheric.
Interested to see what you're planning with photographs. I need to be less lazy and draw more ☺️
Hi pippi, photo video is out now, have a look and try! Hope you get to some drawing : )
@@yeatesmakes Ooh thanks for the personal notification ☺lol. Been 'building' 3D Christmas cards tonight so will enjoy a break!
Embossing paper to create a transfer seems like a great path forward.
its working well!
I played around with this technique and had good success with it. However, the delicacy of my printer paper was more so than I liked, so I pulled out a piece of card stock to try. I'm pleased to report that the results were very nice and several prints were possible. I wasn't sure if you'd already tried heavier paper or not and if not, I'd pass along the suggestion. Cheers!
Great news Graham, hopefully the cogs will now be turning!!!
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Have you tried using a foam plate to make the embossing on? Here in the US our grocery stores put pre-cut meat on foam plates that we can wash and use for printing or stamping. It works very well and the plates are re-useable.
Hi Paul, yep, I've tried. Don't like drawing on them feehand much though. i do love more graphic, geometric designs on them them though to then print with relief printing inks - good for colour reduction too if you can keep the polystyrene foam in one piece!! Did a video on this process a while back... Cheers for the comments and engagement paul, much appreciated.
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I so enjoy your creativity and willingness to experiment and just see what happens in all of your videos! Just wondering- have you ever tried to print your old cutting mats? I’ve noticed there’s some great texture and shapes there, ready for the printing!
I have tried, didn't come out too good!!!
@@yeatesmakes At leat you tried! No harm there🙂
Just discovered your videos and absolutely love them! Did you ever try this with simili japon paper? It's very strong, but also soft enough for embossing.
If you wet havy paper woul it hold the shape maybe better? Did not try it jet, but I will for sure. I use poiting tools to emboss the paper and a soft underground (silikon matt) but I have not tryed to print with it neither. I have something to explore I guess 😉
Such a good idea, I'm going to try it and let you know!!!!
You DID say “sugar paper”. Gotta look that up now that I know what cartridge paper is ;o) I’ll be able to translate all the UK videos before long!
Hi Lynn, I think it is called construction paper in the US ; )
What about foil and foil take away cartons. I used to use the inside of tomato puree tubes to draw emboss and print from but just a bit small so foils worked well. You can draw on the plate with the foil too. Bx
Hi Bixxy, that sounds promising... I have tried printing from the foil backed card and seen people make dry points with tetrapack. i'll add to the list of things to try, which is massive!
Hi, thanks for sharing your experiments! I didn't catch what type of ink you use, can you let me know? I assume it's non water soluble and oil based?
(talking about first experiment)
No ink, just acrylic paint
I tried using one of the ball point pens I took from my bank yesterday and used it on printer paper. I did get an emboss but while there was some transfer it wasnt as clear as what you have done.
could it be the ink from the pens? I am about to make a run to the dollar tree store and get several packages of different pens but would like to have your feed back
Try thicker paper Erinne and a thin layer of ink, with very light pressure when transferring. As with all these things, you may need a few attempts to get the feel for it.
Hi there, i gave this a try with a birthday card, came out good, but my paper has torn and stuck to the plate, does this happen to you, not enough paint to pull maybe? printer paper? what do you think?
Leave it to dry a little longer if it's tearing : )
You’d be a good person to experiment with glue limes that once dried would become an embossed line.
which glue would you suggest using?
@@yeatesmakes try anything from Elmer’s PV to wood glue
i get a bit confused about when to let the paint dry versus pulling wet and how long the image used to be pressed onto the plate. It would be nice to know what the concepts are that drives these practices so I won't forget them. I watched some videos of the same transfers on Jelly plates some people let it dry for 30 minutes or an hour some people pull it up right away they don't want it to dry at all and I'm just confused ; can you clarify?
OK, this might get confusing!
You can use gel plate in many ways. The simplest would be roll the paint out, add some marks, impressions or lay a stencil over and then apply a piece of paper while the paint is wet. You should only need to leave this a minute or two as the paint will dry on the raw paper pretty quickly. Obviously, if the paint is thick, leave it longer.
In this video I transferred my image using embossed paper technique. I let the transferred image dry on the gel plate fully - about 5 or 10 minutes. I then applied a further layer of paint onto the plate and paper on to that while still wet. This layer of paint sticks to both the paper and also the transferred image that already dried on the plate. When you pull the paper up - again giving a 5 minutes min drying time - it will have pulled both layers of paint. You just have to think in reverse when building your image up on the plate.
Can one combine printing water base ink for base drawing and then pull print with acrylic paint?
Haven't tried but I reckon drying time for the initial drawing transfer would be longer. I'll give it a go and report back : )
Please also could you tell me the exact name of the clear acrylic lift gel that i need? 🙏
Hi there, it's Liquitex Gel Medium. : ) hope that helps
It's interesting (possibly a little uncanny) how much your aesthetic and mine overlap. I have a number of years' of photographs of stuff like the cranes and girders you're using here, along with electrical poles, cables, and associated technical greebles. I do, however, disagree with you about one thing you said in this episode (around 05:25), "you might as well just do a drawing". While I very much appreciate much of the grunge effect and plate tone achieved on gel plates, as well as in other printmaking techniques, I think that even the most-pristine printmaking confers a character of surface and mark that cannot be achieved in any other way. In that vein -- and, once again, with full appreciation of much of the grunge, as I've communicated in other posts -- I'd really like to see you just try out getting the cleanest print of line work that you can. You can always add grunge or overall plate tone with later layers. But I think actually comparing a pristine print side-by-side with a similar drawing, would immediately reveal the rich distinctions between the two--and the individual strengths of each.
None of which says anything to diminish my appreciation of this video. I really enjoy the source and resulting imagery, the technical achievements, and the immediacy of the experimentation. From what I'm gathering from the last few productions, the biro/ballpoint ink makes little contribution to the final result, resist-wise. It seems to be the emboss, itself, that produces most of the effect. Is that your assessment of what's going on, here? If so, it might be interesting to get a set of embossing tools (aka embossing needles), to experiment with the different thicknesses of line you could produce.
On most surfaces, embossing tools would provide (or inflict, depending on your POV) the additional challenge of making your line somewhat less visible, as you draw. But they provide the advantage of being purpose-made for creating indentations in paper. This might help, some, with the issue of tearing the paper--at least, in the larger sizes of the tools. It also occurs to me, just now, that you might be able to make your lines visible if you drew on or scratched through a layer of dark, matte paint (like gouache, perhaps?). You might need to experiment with the surface you paint on; you could also end up depositing that layer of paint onto your gel plate, rather than removing the paint already on the plate. Either way could be interesting, I suppose.
In any case, thanks again for your great videos. They are always inspiring and creatively stimulating! (How is the Web site coming? I'm sure I'm not alone in wishing for a more concrete way to show appreciation!)
Hi there, definitely a great suggestion to inflict some grooves with embossing tools - i'll investigate. My word of the week is greebles - had to look that one up! Totally agree about aesthetic of printing, but a definite bonus is the ability to do multiples and make amendments. Lovely suggestion about scratching into a surface to then transfer - going to give that one some thought... cheers, as ever, for such incredible feedback and contribution to discussion and possibilities : )
website is a couple of weeks away - the christmas holiday will give me the bit of time I need!
Are you using printer's ink, or acrylic paint?
acrylic