Mono-printing & Collage Exercise I

Mono-printing & Collage  Exercise I


Well, I welcome getting back to the shigra, routine. With September challenge over now, I can give full attention to my online course of Gelli printing and collage by Jane Davies. I have skipped around some so I have to go back a few lessons. However, I did 4 starts of collage then gel prints so I will post them first. These are definitely learning experiences. I need to control the amount of paint on the plate, I need more transparent paints, and I need a larger Gelli plate, which I have ordered! YAY!

23 x 33 cm 240grm

Layer Collage

Layer Gelli-print

I really could kick myself for not taking images before printing process. It would have been a great learning tool for me that I lost.

End of Summer

9" x 5.4"

Top Cut

Layer collage + crayons

Although I still have lots to learn with the combination of these techniques I rather like this piece.Thc contrasts of the lights and darks, The muted colors and the brights, The small collage piece work together.

WIP

9" x 5.4"

Bottom Cut

Layer collage + crayons

This piece seems to be at war. Each side fighting for my attention. I may remove that white piece that divides the image or maybe just separate the two!

September Thirty in Thirty Collage 2017

 September Thirty in Thirty Collage 2017

Here it is October 1 time to post our collage! Whether it was 30-days or less it's always a win-win!
A big thank you to Leslie Saeta our host!

When entering a challenge I am pretty obsessive about posting every day, so I spend time beforehand thinking what I am going to do, size, medium etc so that I can fulfill my own expectations. September is always a busy month because of the High Holidays (Jewish) and all the family gatherings and preparations.  This month I decided to cut a larger start and work from there to make 4 smaller entries. This helped a great deal and it was a very good learning experience. All these gems will go to make greeting cards. I love this opportunity to experiment. Some work out well, others not.

I would also like to point out some frustrations. When I look through all the entries and find one that I would really like to comment on many times there is no LINK. I realize that having a blog to post is a lot of work but there are lots of places to upload images that don't require that amount of workm after all it has photographed and is on your computer.  To name a few: Flickr, Instagram, and Google photos. Each allows commenting. Also, many times when clicking on a thumb I get to an online shop, sometimes the image there has no relationship to the one on the blog, and there is no place to comment. So stand by your work and let us give you a pat on the back!

Day 30 September 30 x 30 2017

Day 30  September 30 x 30 2017

Start 8 Cut 2 Bottom

Exercise 

23 x 33 cm 240grm

Collage + Gelli 

This is the second cut. Here I added some more collage pieces to hide some of the places where the paper was torn in the lifting process. That happens when the paint dries. Still not totally experienced with the properties of acrylic paint. 

Memories of Moosilauki

Collage + Gelli Print

Acrylic and Crayons