I haven't posted much this week. I had so much fun last weekend that it took me a few days to rest up. I visited my artsy friend, Ann, at her Art House. The Art House is nestled in a cozy neighborhood in Nashville. Every room in the house except the bathroom has art goodies in it. It's a dream house. Rooms full of paper, ink, paint, ephemera, stencils, die cutting machines, stamps, gelli plates AND Scooter, my dog, was welcome. It is the perfect dream house for an artist and her 12 pound dog.
Our friend, Lori, stopped by on Saturday evening and we had the best time. This page is in my Things That Fly Altered Book. The background is made of gelli prints and a stencil cut from a Tim Holtz die and a few background papers from Ann's stash. I used a Claudine Hellmuth stamp for the birds. As I worked on this page I kept hearing that old song, Bird's The Word, in my head. I guess I was singing the refrain because Lori finally said, you have to put those words on your page. So I did!
I started this page last weekend and finished it this evening. It's the first of my Art Everyday for a Month posts. November is Art Everyday Month. I hope you'll play along with us. Read more about by clicking the link in the line above
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November Colorful Gelli Print Party
The Gelli Plate is a never ending journey of fun. Yesterday I posted my homemade stamps and when I started playing with them I thought about how cool they would look if a slid them across the ink. This is so darn easy with the Gelli Plate. I think the picture to the left will end up being on the cover of one of my art journals. I love how it looks with the letter stretched. The color is a mixture of blue and hot pink paint. I love how they mix to make a purple color in some places.
Below is a print I made while trying to clean off the other ink on the plate. The head is a Julie Fei-Fan Balzer stencil. You can see bits of the purple from a previous peeking through in places.
Link to: September Colorful Gelli Party
I've joined the Gelli tape parade. I've seen so many people do this so I just had to try it. I can tell you all the things wrong with it but instead I will tell you that each one I make will be better than the last. This technique has endless possibilities.
I think those who doodle well, will be experts at gelli tape. In a nut shell, you paint the gelli plate a solid color and then let it dry. Doodle on top of the dry paint and let that dry. When all is really dry cover the plate with clear packing tape. I used Scotch/3M tape. Burnish, burnish and then burnish some more. Pull up the tape and you have this cool art work.
Click the link below to see a youtube video on how this is done. The only thing I did different is over lap my tape so I'd have a whole sheet instead of strips.
http://gelliarts.blogspot.com/2013/05/gelli-transfer-prints-and-giveaway.html
Link to: Paint Party Friday, July Gelli Party
I haven't posted much this week. I had so much fun last weekend that it took me a few days to rest up. I visited my artsy friend, Ann, at her Art House. The Art House is nestled in a cozy neighborhood in Nashville. Every room in the house except the bathroom has art goodies in it. It's a dream house. Rooms full of paper, ink, paint, ephemera, stencils, die cutting machines, stamps, gelli plates AND Scooter, my dog, was welcome. It is the perfect dream house for an artist and her 12 pound dog.
