Gelli printing with oil pastel and Letraset
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Here is my first experiment using Letraset and oil pastel as a resist for Gelli plate transfers. I liked magazine photo and text transfer but really want to transfer my own drawings, so these techniques are what I worked out by playing around. If you know of any, please suggest some other drawing transfer techniques in comments section. I'm going to try a Chinograph pencil next.
It's really refreshing to see someone making art with their Gelli Plate! Thank you for your inspiration!
A pleasure, Jeka - glad you're inspired!
This is very very cool, the best that I have watched so far. I am a street portrait photographer, so now I am going to print, trace and play with oil pastel/letraset even ball point pen. Thank you, you have given me lot's of inspiration.
Great to hear Tanya, let me know how it goes : )
Great idea for using up all the leftover Qs and colons from a lettraset sheet😂❤
Fantastic print, thanks for sharing your process. I’ve done wax crayon resist prints before, but it looks like you can get a more solid and defined look with oil pastels. Excellent use of Lettraset, too. I used to work in the design industry, so I’m sure I’ve got some of that somewhere. You share so many great ideas - I don’t know where I want to start first! 😊
Great, so pleased you're inspired!
Your videos are so inspirational. True Art !! This is exactly how I need to create my Art. So Many Awesome Tips And Ideas !!!!
Must try this method of image transfer as it is a stunning effect especially since it can be used many times perhaps with various colours. I have had good results with waterproof tissue (bought online) with glossy mag transfer which gives a ghost like effect. It is much stronger than tissue. If it is of interest there are recipes for making your own gelli plate with gelatine and glycerine (much cheaper). These give really good effects too and when they get too loaded with paint or indentations just cut up with scissors and melt down in a saucepan on low heat, strain into a baking sheet approximately 1 inch deep. The gelatin and glycerin are cheaper online than in supermarkets fyi. I have one approx 15 x11 inches. I love your youtubes. More please.
Hi Judy, I'm just starting to look into printing on to tissue paper. Am a bit worried my tissue isn't up to it so I'll order some better quality stuff. I'll look into making my own plate too. Up to now, I've found working on a 6 inch square forces my thinking and problem solving. However, I've got a handle on some techniques now and a bigger plate would spring more possibilities...
Love this! As you started I found myself thinking “that’s a lot of work for one print” and then you answered my question and did it over and over! I’m so surprise that it worked again. Would be great to do maybe a progression of 4 with different colour backgrounds and put them all together in a frame ☺️
Hi Jayne - I know, even getting four prints it still feels a bit of a risk. BUT, well worth it if you put the prep in. Final prints have a really lovely quality and aesthetic...
Omg love the final result. I enjoy your videos so much. Thank you
You are totally brilliant!! Very cool indeed!
: ) This was fun to make so I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant! I teach ‘beyond the basics’ gel printing techniques and you have given me so many ideas! I have added you to my Inspirational Artists and Teachers list that I give to my students.
Hi Jennifer, honoured to be on your list, nice one :)
So beautiful. I really love this. ❤
Wow, absolutely love this. Thanks! You're the best.
: ) cheers Kathy, very kind
So loved watching your work fabulous
This is one of my most favorite ones youve done
I enjoyed making it... felt a bit risky, quite a lot of work for an experiment!!!!!
this is a really great technique and a stunning portrait!!
: ) glad you enjoyed
Love your work.
great work and ideas
Awesome 👌 The fact that you've done such a hard work and made a great video just for us to know how much we can use the same transfer image to make some pulls, is enough for saying thank you so much, and also the useful points and techniques that you've mentioned during the process are fantastic too. So I wanna say thanks again for all the work you've done for letting us know about this. I've shared the video as all of the other awesome tutorials on your UA-cam channel
Cheers TT , and thanks for sharing videos around. So glad they are helping you with some tips and techniques : )
This is one of my favorites of yours.
It was a fun one to make!
Holy crap, man - YOU HAVE THE GIFT 😱
Cheers Beth, very kind
Love your ge lli transfer videos. I have been trying a variety of methods myself to make some of my sketches into a reality as prints. And I did not know I could build layers on my gelplate like this until I saw it in one of your videos. It solves my struggle of reversing shapes accidentally
Hi Sean, glad the video was useful. And, yes, this is one of the few printing techniques you don't have to worry about reversing!!!
This is seriously so amazing!! I am dreaming up all kinds of ideas for that gelli plate that I really felt like I failed at. lol
Lol! Success, failure, take it all and have some fun : )
wow, now you have taught me so much, oh going to have to wait till the end of your videos to comment, I totally love this work, this is wonderful. Cheers, and again, you are wonderful for having brought this sort of technique to life for me!
ps, OPM Kat (old print maker_ Kat)
Glad you're picking up some tips and techniques Kate - anything I can do to encourage people to make things is mission accomplished!!!
I love your playful experiments :)))
Cheers Andrea, I enjoyed this one!
That's awesome 👌👏😎
Cheers Bruce, was a fun one to do!
Brilliant work! I’m amazed you can get so many prints off the one, I could cry to think of all the cool ones I’ve done & chucked away after one pull. I love gelli plates & gelli printing! You have inspired me with your pastel & lettraset, fab work!
Thankyou! Letraset works so well - although mine is old (like 40 years old!!!!) and may be made with oil based inks that modern letraset might not be! Let me know if you try and how you get on!
@@yeatesmakes I picked up my letraset from the op shop years ago. I’ve never used it, I’m picking its old school as well. I’ll let u know how it goes.
'Op Shop' you must be in Australia, right?
@@yeatesmakes close, ….New Zealand!
Very nice! Popping over from the Gelatin Printing Enthusiast group on Facebook. TFS!
Cool! I am definitely an enthusiast! I discovered it and then didn't really research much so just started playing using existing printing experiences - the vids on my channel are a result of that. I'm now finding lots of ways to incorporate it into my art and techniques - it's very versatile!
I really want to thank you I started to do some gel prints using the oil pastel crayon and the China marker it gives the images such a distressed look I love it thank you so much.
I love the oil pastel, been using it a lot for written / textual elements : )
Wow! I’m going to do that!
It's fun!!
Thank you very much for this awesome lesson! I never knew there would be a way to use my drawings with the gel plate. And the Letraset too!!
Total pleasure Alice - this experiment lead on to loads of experiments with oil pastel as a resist - works so well! Hope you have fun with it!
Brilliant stuff you do! I've had my gelli plates for over a year, and just started messing with them last night. I cannot wait to try something with oil pastel. Thanks for sharing your wonderful creativity ❤️
It's so useful for all sorts - I'm surprised I seem to be alone on YT in using it more for mixed media and so on!
This is amazing. I loved printmaking way back in college and have been messing with plates... but would prefer to use gelli plates with fine art skills. Thank you.
Hi Victoria, will take a little trial and error but I'm testament that definitely the gel plate can be used for more 'fine art' type work. : )
I just found your channel....I really like this use of gelli plate. Great idea to make your image with oil pastel.....I've felt limited by not having a laser printer to create my images. Also, I didn't know what letra set was before this....so, thanks again!
Hello Kim, thanks for the message and glad you got something from the video. Oil pastel seems to work pretty well and you can keep topping it up on the transfer image. Letraset works really well but only for about 5 transfers. I am going to try batik wax and a chinagraph pencil next. Got some other things to finish and video first but sure it won't be too long!
@@yeatesmakes I will definately have a look at your experiments. Hope to try some out myself soon. Thanks for the videos and ideas!
A pleasure, thanks for support and comments
Thoroughly enjoying your tutorials. This technique looks to be perfect for transferring drawings. Can't wait to give it a try. Thanks!
It's a bit nervy, especially if you've spent a long time on the drawing. I definitely advise just playing with marks first to get pressures, paper and inking right!!!!!
@@yeatesmakes yes. My plan is to print out an old drawing and just draw over the lines.I want to experiment with graphite
pencils and the china marker, too. So. Much. Fun.
Awesome as usual Mark. Have you thought about trying oil based marker pens? I wonder if they’d resist like crayons but be finer for more detail if needed. So exciting to see all these ideas evolve!
Hi Liz. Not sure, I reckon as the ink in the marker pens dries, it won't work as a resist - it's the oily moisture in oil pastels and wax crayons that works as the resist... I think!!!
Stunning techniques, thanks.
Thanks Steph!
That is so cool!!! I have a love hate relationship with my gel plate...you've Inspired me to get it out of its box again! Turned out really well! Thanks for sharing!
Hello Sue, so glad you're inspired and thanks for the comment. I've just worked out two more techniques I think you'll love - will make videos this weekend so look out!
Wow, beautiful moving print
: ) Thanks
Hi mark congrats your at 900 now YOUR SO CLOSE !!!!!
Cheers Skyla!!!
OMG - do they still make Letraset? The oil pastel worked great! Have you ever tried oil paint to see if it would also resist and if it would last longer?
Hi Karen, I think so.... but mine is very old! No, I've never tried oil paint. I guess you would have to paint on paper so that you have something to pull the acrylic when you get to the gel printing stage. Personally, I don't really like painting oil on paper, let me know if you try and how you get on :)
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Thanks yeates for this Great inspiration. Never worked with letraset, can you tell me weich pendelt you used for téhe letraset? Is it a normal ballen? Thanks!!
Normal ballpoint pen to transfer the letraset ; ) glad you enjoyed hte video
Awesome. How did you get such a pale print in the first place?
Hi there, it wasn't a print, it was a pencil sketch to I used as my guide ; )
And it’s me who u went camping with!
Hi Skyla!! Our camping buddy! Did you recognise the seaweed in my other video, the one I was making on the picnic table?? Hope school goes well and say hello to Jonny bad eyes and Sharon from us.
Great stuff!
Thanks purnapratima! I'm sat working on another experiment with letraset and Gelli right now! I'll upload it soon!
Very cool!
Cheers Wendy - was definitely a cool discovery!! Will have to return to it and try some more ideas
Fabulous what is the most you pulled from one initial art?
with this technqiues, 5 good and a couple more a bit faded : )
Thank you its wonderful to see actual art work techniques. It’s just awesome what you think of. Oil pastels go figure?
: ) It's like they were made for this alone!!!
I have oil pastels so I'll have to try
Go for it, I've been really enjoying using them quite loosely and expressively as well as in the graphic manner of this vid. Hope it goes well for you : )
That’s amazing! The original was interesting after you’d printed from it too.
Cheers Jenny - been really enjoying oil pastel resist on gel plate, love the textures
These prints are awesome! One can also use wax crayons as a resist but I don't know if they are as effective as oil pastels.
Hi Katanya - I've been using them a lot for rubbings to then transfer - check out my latest video published a few days back...and one a couple of months ago on taking rubbings from old lino stamps to transfer. I now have a wax crayon and paper in my pocket always just in case!!!
@@yeatesmakes Lots of cool ideas, thank you !
i wonder if you can get more prints from a glossy magazine page if you add resistance with the crayons and if you have ever tried powdered inks such as an eyeshadow palette
great idea, give it a go and let me know, or I'll try and let you know! i reckon just ddrawing in oil pastel or chinagraph would do it!
Looking alright? It's looking amazing! Do you do workshops atall? If you do I would be interested.
Thanks Louise, must get back to this technique. it was tricky, a bit technical, but rewarding when it worked : ) I haven't really got the time and felxibility to do workshops - day job and family etc - UA-cam is cool because I can squeeze it in with no real pressure. You never know though in the future - the way the channel is growing, a few donations are trickling in and my website nearly done..
. I might be able to make some changes to life to enable workshops and stuff, whether in person or online. Are you in the UK? Not sure how an online workshop would work, so hard to give feedback and individual guidance, time zones too!!!
@@yeatesmakes yes I am UK. Hertfordshire. I assumed you were as well but I should know by now never to assume!!
@@louisewelland1 Hi Louise, I,m in Cambridgeshire. We're neighbours, pretty much!
@@yeatesmakes we actually are😂. Ah well, if you decide you can do a workshop please let me know. I actually have a venue at my house but can only comfortably get 6, possibly 8. If you want to consider it please let me know (I am on facebook and messenger etc) and I will send you a photo of the room... once I have tidied it up!
What brand of acrylic pull paint do you use please. I am new. I am trying with Amsterdam. Is yours a heavy body paint
Hi Joyce - I really use a mix. I know Amsterdam is popular because it is heavy. If I am pulling multiple dry layers that I have built up on the plate I always use a heavy body paint - Daler Rowney System 3 works well for me. I am going to order some Amsterdam to give it a go.
@@yeatesmakes I look forward to a video when you try it thank you 💕
I have found that if you put enough acrylic down so you can barely see through it to the images, then, I leave the print paper on for more then ten min or more and everything peals off smooth as a baby's behind! Please try this!
Cheers Kate, this is very useful feedback. We need to do a video collaboration!!!
@@yeatesmakes gosh oh my I am very honored! I just love this technique of yours! Is there somewhere I might send some images so you can see what I do? thank you so much for this image making of yours.
I am still working hard to integrate this technique with my images.
Would love to see them - send to markyeatesart@hotmail.com
I think photo copy will transfer too
Indeed, I just love the textures you get from oil pastel resist
Is the letraset adhesive or dry?
dry : )
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I have sheets of Letraset. 🙀
Can't think of a better use for them!
You read Arabic?!
i can read it very very slowly, and the teshkeel gets me really confused!! i speak egyptian arabic OK though as I lived there for a long time :)
I am so surprised at how many artists speak many languages. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@محمدعبدالسميع-ظ4ف I'm an artist and I speak 4 LOL.