Be Comfortable with Uncomfortable

Lesson 6

"this lesson is getting comfortable with being uncomfortable." Jane Davies

There is a bit of blindness when working with Gelli printing. How the layers of colors react. Where to mask or stencil.  In this lesson, we take a substrate and print one part, then another and so forth using one composition format. Sometimes with a stencil and sometimes a mask and then just color in one area. I was not comfortable with this uncomfortable situation. Did one series of six.  What am I going to do with a mud pile os start?  Not knowing what will come out. With painting, at least with oils, you put down a mark, not what you want, wipe it off. This printing is a whole new ball game.

Tried again the next day after doing some homework painting colors over one another. Did another 12 starts. Don't worry I will be sharing slowly as I bring a few to the next painting stage. 

Don’t try to finish each piece in the
process. Let each thing you do just be
the next step. Stay with it, and don’t
get ahead of yourself. 

Feel free to cover up beautiful printed
patterns and textures. 

Let some of the pieces be open-ended,
or not finished.

Have fun.  Jane Davies

Wip 01-pt

8" x 13"

Gelli-print + Paint

Acrylic

Gelli-print 01

3 layers

Wip 05 pt

8" x 10"

Gelli-print + Paint

Acrylic

Gelli-print 05

4 layers

After printing the last layer it covered too much so rubbed it off quickly with a wet rag! This one will be a real challenge.

Wip 14 Pt

8" x 8"

Gelli-print + Paint

Acrylic

Gelli-print 05

3 layers

More Surprises

Print
Collage
Mask Print
Paint

Number 4  

Left 3 layers of Print 

Added Collage

                         

Cycle of Circles

Masks and Print

Paint

7" x 5"

240 gm paper

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Number 5

Left 3 layers of Print 

Added Collage

Let Down Your Golden Hair

Masks and Print

Paint

5" x 7"

240 gm paper

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Sold

Number 6 

Three Print Layers

Added Collage

Stand by Me

5" x 7"

Masks and Print

Paint

5" x 7"

240 gm paper

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Playing for Change

                     

                                                    

 

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