Fixing Your Gel Prints

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When getting started with gel printing, it’s easy to create gel prints that we just don’t like! Sometimes with our first gel prints there is too much white space or the second print, also known as the “ghost print”, hasn’t turned out as we had wanted. But do not despair, we can fix these minor problems with a few more layers.

beginner prints mistakes

Here Michelle introduces us to techniques to solve the three major problems when we  get when starting out with gel printings.

Argh! Due to technical difficulties, only the first part of the video is playing – we are working on fixing it!

This video was originally shot on Periscope, so it’s a bit slow to get started!

When you try these techniques to fix your gel prints, remember the that translucency of your paints makes a big difference with your results. This is where the glazing medium is so important – it makes your paints more see through, which is just what we want when fixing our gel prints, so we can see the lovely layers underneath.

gel print techniques

 

And we’d love to hear from you – what ways and techniques have YOU found to help “fix” your gel prints?

Leave a comment below.

 

And the Winners are…

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Wow! What a great response to our Gelli Prints give-away as part of our Mixed Media Canvases with Plaid FolkArt paints tutorial. Thank you for all of your comments and good wishes!

Plaid Kit MixedMedia by Michelle Brown

It was great to hear which were your favorite color combinations and what you would to with these fun Gelli plate prints on deli paper and text ephemera. The Pinks and Oranges certainly seems to be the most popular!

Acrylic Paints Folk Art with mixed media collage

It was fun creating these bright color combinations and making the mixed media canvases with these paints.

And the winners are:

ConnieND

Plaid FolkArt give away

Wendy P

Plaid FolkArt give away

Dana

Plaid FolkArt give away

Ladies, please email your postal address to Michelle [CreateMixedMediaArt at gmail dot com] and we will get the kits off to you!

Acrylic Paints Folk Art