Surprise Surprise I

Back to my Gelli printing course. I am still amazed at all the surprises that show up in the printing process. I did the second part of lesson 5 which dealt with first collage and then prints, These exercises start with printing, 3 layers, collage, printing with masks, and finishing with painting. No wonder a number of surprises in these steps. I worked in a series of 6 pieces, used a limited palette.

            

 Stage 1 three printings each with a different color, use of string and paper masks. I changed the order of the colors

           

Stage 2 The addition of collage pieces

Peanut Butter

5" x 7"

240gm paper

Gelli print\

Collage

Gelli print + painting

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One Two get Ready to Play

5" x 7"

240gm paper

Gelli print\

Collage

Gelli print + painting 

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Follow my Star

5" x 7"

240gm paper

Gelli print\

Collage

Gelli print + painting

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$35

That's How the Light Gets In

I recently took time off for a free online course hosted by Laly Mille called Into the Light. She is a very inspirational and creative teacher.and the course was very interesting. I learned many new techniques and processes. 

That's How the Light Comes In

13" x  9" 

240 gm paper

The project was to find our North Star to help guide us in our creative process. I didn't quite see my star in the meditation process, just a background of dark greens and orange light. The inspiration for this piece is from Leonard Cohen's Anthem, one of my favorite songs. The chorus was written with Posca pen.

I started this piece with green cutouts from a newspaper pasted in the form of a mosaic wall. Added piece of orange and yellow tissue paper, crayon work, acrylic paints, and charcoal stick

Gelli-print Masking II

Lesson IV

Masking several similar shapes with various colors and textures
Cleaning up the edges and modifying the colors and shapes.
Painting in a background.
Adding collage optional

Walking Through the Planets

8" x 8"

240-gram white paper 

Found this torn scrape on the floor. Glad I picked it up!

8" x 8"

240-gram white paper 

Off the press  A Mess

Cleaned and modified

8" x 8"

240-gram white paper 

This is an important part of the process, 

 "Paint into your shapes using a brush: clean up edges, alter color or nuance. This is an important part of the process, and it takes time, a lot more time than the original printing of shapes. " Jane Davies