Gel plate ideas - laser copy transfer on wood
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2022
- First try on wood, laser copy transfer, sanding, masking, layers FUN! Sorry about image quality on this one, issues with auto focus and lighting! Thought I'd post it anyway!
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I have been watching quite a few of your videos. This is the one I have liked the most. Thanks for taking the time to teach us newbees how it all works. Michael for Australia
As always, love your relaxed style and Pop Art images. I have been transferring images on plywood for some time using Mod Podge but think my new found interest in Gel Plate printing combined with your generous informative techniques on plywood will allow for larger scale 50' 60's atomic retro style prints to emerge. Thanks again Mark, much appreciated, Grahame
Very generous teachings, thanks so much‼
I just recently discovered your channel. I started doing gelli printing last year, & have watched lots of UA-cam videos & have been kind of obsessed with the art form & its possibilities since I accidentally came upon it while searching UA-cam for something entirely different! I have got to say, I am totally fascinated by what you do. I don't think anyone else is taking gelli printing to the level that you are. It takes a lot for me to wrap my mind around the thinking process required for your work, but I love the results & hope I can bring some of your techniques into my work!
Thanks for a lovely message Karen : ) glad the channel is helping
More cheese, a fancy cheese or two like your mac n cheese ❤🎉 hello from British Columbia Canada
INCREDIBLY incredible!!!
I am loving your channel! This turned out so well, it's very cool!
My favorite so far. I can't wait to try it
WAW‼️ amazing. Describing each stage to get a magnificent result… thank u. Like the typography of the 42. 🤩
Cheers Reni, was a fun one to make : )
❤ I got some sand from my brother who had a sand blaster in his shoo..extra fine
My favorite lesson thus far! I love working on wood panels. My brain is swimming with ideas. Thank you!!!❤
: ) glad you enjoyed it
I like your art and I like Django Reinhardt 🌞
Cheers, not a big jazz fan but i love the guitar and django could really play the guitar!!!!
Wonderful, love watching you building layer after layer till the final result is done.
Cheers, loads of fun building the layers, like a little jigsaw!
Thank you Mark, I love to Watch your videos
: ) thanks
Exactly my taste! I want to do it, thanks for this great video and sharing! Greetings from the middel of Germany!
Greetings to you too, from the east of England!!! Hope you give it a go - let me know how you get on : )
Just discovered your channel. The way you are working with the gel plate is stunning! thanks a lot for so much inspiring 🙂
Only recently I started to discovered wooden panels (they are not very common in Germany, I think). Now you opened up a new way to me of working with it. Great! Thanks!
Next time I work on wood, I am going to seal it first with a clear primer. Also going to try and build a lot more layers and do a lot more sanding!
Thanks Mark. Great stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely fantastic piece! Love watching your process! Gonna go grab a scrap of wood and play! 😁❤️
great! Let me know how it goes!
Amazing piece Yeates! 🎉
This adds a completely new dimension to gell plate artwork. Fabulous. Can't wait to try it.
Great news, best of luck making the techniques your own : )
Oil pastel resist? Brilliant!
Seriously, oil pastel is so fun to use with gel plate : )
Lazy day to binge and get new ideas with you. Thanks for all you share👏👏👏
No binging!!!!! Watch one and make stuff!!!!
Awesome result!
Thank you for doing this!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Pleasure
absolutely fantastic result!
: ) cheers brygia
“that’s quite cool, I’ll keep that”, elicited a big grin. Always enjoy your posts mate!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it : )
Such an awesome video, your techniques are always so incredible! But I thought the image was of Tennessee Ernie Ford, he was a 50's country star in the States......lol. Looks just like Django : ))
I love it !!! Brillant !!!
: ) Cheers
So gorgeous 🥰
Cheers Riitta! :)
Would be a fantastic record sleeve ! Love it. Leaving the transfer to dry overnight seems to me also an advantage of working on wood or canvas board . Thinking that paper would not survive it when you peel it off after such a long drying time (?)
Paper does peel off after a long dry time quite well. The problem I ran into was my cheap thin copy paper buckled in a wavy pattern from the wet paint and physically impressed that pattern into my gel plate! It took a bit of conditioning with mineral oil and time to release that texture so I could get clean prints again.
Totally agree. Fine overnight as long as you use heavy paper. I use 200-300gsm.
Love this!!!!!
So happy I found this. I'm just starting my gell plate journey and I'm looking at transferring some interesting techniques on to upcycled materials... this gives me a bit more confidence in regards to those things working... Thank you so much.. also thank you for putting out all your great content,.. As a newbie, I'm learning a he'll of a lot from you mate... much appreciated 🙂🙌
Brilliant ! Thank you !!!
A pleasure : )
Absolutely stunning!
:) Cheers Jodi
Love this!!!
Gorgeous!!!
beautiful!
Another excellent tutorial, Mark!
Cheers, always good to know you're watching : )
Beautiful!
: ) thanks again Mary
That was marvelous! I'm a huge Jango fan myself...thanks for that. So glad you had fun,..I certainly did.
Cheers Susan, was a fun one to put together : )
Absolutely love it. Thanks for sharing.
A pleasure : )
Totally love your work, you inspire me!
Glad you're inspired Debbie : )
Really really cool!! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity.
Your work is amazing. ❤. So appreciate the quality of your videos. 🎉😊
Glad vids are helpful : )
Really gorgeous result. Once again enjoying your assembled mark-making from the various tools. You combine them with a such a sure hand and a great eye. Nothing looks patchy, somehow. It all fits and works together seamlessly. I'm envious!
One technical note about paint going directly onto wood: What I've always been told is that, if you don't seal the wood first, the dry surface can leach the binder out of the paint, leaving the pigment weakly adhered. Over time, it can flake or dust off. Some kind of clear sealer, as a first coat, is strongly recommended.
Great point on priming wood, absent mind!!!!
@xenopticon @yeates makes - Totally agree! Sealing & priming wood substrates is important for many reasons:
(1) helps the next medium properly adhere to substrate, (2) helps prevent moisture absorption/release that can warp/degrade wood over time, and (3) helps prevent wood acids/tannins/etc. from discoloring & degrading the paint, paper, and other artistic elements.
Some artists buy Ampersand artist panels. Others cut, support, seal, and prime their own to exacting standards. To support my own “experimental art technique” inclination, I buy a large sheet of semi-rigid wood at a local hardware store, have it cut into 20-40 panels, and then prep them all over a weekend: a coat of hardware store sealer on one side only, a coat of clear/white/tinted artist acrylic gesso (AKA primer), and optional sanding and/or more gesso coats depending on desired surface (rough grain vs. smooth; natural wood appearance vs. opaque background). This approach shouldn’t be used for artwork that will be sold or is intended to stand the test of time, but it’s an economical way to stock up on material that's easier for me to use & reuse more freely.
Thank you for this unique & inspiring channel. Your aesthetic, techniques, and art pieces are amazing!
Wonderfully creative ways to use gel plate. A dear friend loves Django and I am inspired to create a gift for them 🤩
TY for your continued inspiration ❤️
Cheers Becky, a pleasure to share and I hope you manage a Django too!
No hay palabras! Una clase magistral!
Thank you for your tutorials. Really informative. And I love your art .
A pleasure Cat and thanks for the comment : )
Great video thank you
Thanks I am really enjoying your clips. I love how you are making your own stencils. Would love to see an entirely original piece of art made by you without any magazines images but using only your pen drawings and photography by you. You are so talented. Thank you for these videos.
Hi Carole, such a lovely comment, thank you. I've made a few videos from my own photos / drawings. i guess you'd have to trawl back through the library, but off the top of my head, you could look at the masking tape collagraph of a door, phototransfer of a derelict house, drawings of seed heads, pen emboss, variois masking tape relief print vids... there will be more, I'm sure. Your comment has given me a great idea though, to do a video focusing on using your own photos in more depth, choosing subject matter and a few editing options. Thanks again : )
Thanks so much for sharing. Very interesting and I love the finished piece. The image transferred so well too! Look forward to giving this a try.
A pleasure to share, remember, print those laser copies on the colour setting to get a nice clean transfer.
@@yeatesmakes Thanks for that tip. Sounds better than the one I currently do. I have printed the same page twice to build up the toner on it but the image can get slightly misaligned when I put the paper back in the paper tray for the 2nd print 😀 I have found changing my image into a halftone image works well. Also it's fun to set to the bigger cell size sometimes to see the dots more prominently in the print.
Wonderful
Cheers Lillie : ) was a fun one to make
Hi Mark, I have been watching almost all of your videos, because I am so impressed by your skills, your ability of drawing, your style and creativity. What you get out of the gelplate is awesome. I like your sometimes vintage style of your pieces. And very much your relaxed way of teaching your tips and trick. Beeing an artist all my life I know what I am talking about. You give me so much inspiration. Thanks a lot Claudia
Cheers Claudia, very pleased you're enjoying the videos : )
hi! i am organizing my studio getting ready to work/play. you might get me to try my gel plates again never got into them but wow! the stuff you did NICE! Thanks tons Yeates ~ Toni
try em, i reckon those gel plates are crying out to be pushed and adapted...
Awesome
Loving the videos. Thanks for sharing. Hope you don't mind but I've shared your video to a couple of different fb groups that I'm a member of as I thought other people would like the inspirational content. Hopefully you'll get a few new subscribers! 😃
That's really kind Mark, thanks. Glad you're enjoying the videos : )
This is fantastic. You should have thousands of subscribers
That's sweet Vik, thanks. TBH, I feel surprised with the numbers that already subscribed!!!! my kids and mates think its hilarious that I am a UA-camr!!! If you'd have asked me a year ago, I would have thought the idea hilarious too!!!!
What I mean is that you have something important to teach. It’s meaningful. I’m referring to the fact that you fill a void I didn’t realize was there. People like me who love experimenting but have traditional art backgrounds turn up their noses at a lot of this. I like that your approach is democratic and ‘real’ art, I hope you don’t talk yourself out of it. If I could figure it out I’d do my own channel too. Well done all around.
When you finished the background, did you notice the head with face that emerged in the black portion on the left?
No, I didn't see it. When I have some time, I'll have a look. Cheers :)
I noticed it!
😯👏👏👏👏 wow!!!
An incredibly beautiful result! I love to see what fun you have and that everyone can learn from you. With a piece of art like this, the colours you choose are the same ones I use. Wonderful! The fact that you can still see the wood grain also has a nice effect. Do you put the picture in a frame? I haven't seen any problems with auto focus an lighting. I am so fascinated that I don't even notice it:)) Thanks
Thanks so much lovely comment, I wouldn’t frame this, just stand it on a shelf or hang it as is : )
Thanks for the idea of using Procreate for these images
Procreate is wondewrful, kudos to the developers who actually continue to refine it but based on feedback rather than just chucking unnecessary development : )
Django Reinhardt🎸🎼👌
Another Bobby Dazzler ❤️wow! You work such magic...wish I had access to a laser printer ..might try and finagle this with an inkjet transfer..thankyou !!
Hi Tricia, I've had a lot of fun working over inkjet printouts with oil pastel and wax crayons which act as a great resist... there's a video in the back catalogue about layering oil pastel transfer layers...
@@yeatesmakes thankyou...I will check that one out..❤️You and US collage artist Holly Suzanne Rader are filling my days with inspiration.What joy to be able to enjoy your work .Feel so privileged..
I love it! You've given me a lot of ideas. How long do you let the transferred image dry on your gel plate before you put gel medium and print?
Wau😮😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!!!!!
What a great print I wish I could get a more reliable print off my laser printer that would transfer any tips would be much appreciated. I never get as good as you well done love it xx
Hi there - I've found that 3 things are most important
- quality, heavy body paint (Amsterdam and Daler Rowney graduate are best I've used)
- Print on laser printer using the colour settings, even if image is black and white
- work quick, don't let paint sit on plate too long
@@yeatesmakes thanks the problem I have is getting the print good off the laser printer I will try that thank you for your generosity with tips xx
Well done - great work. Just curious, is this a work you could sell or would there be a copyright issue for the photo?
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Thank you so much for your helpful and inspiring videos!! Could I just ask whether it is advisable to seal wooden surfaces before working on them because of acid leakage, or doesn't plywood need that?
Thank you again! Now I'm off to watch the canvas board video 😊
definitely seal wood if you want your paint to last : ) you can buy really good transparent wood sealers nowadays : )
There's so much in this video, thankyou. Quick question: I noticed you use the acetate square on top of the gel plate when you pull it off. What's the reason for that? Or do you have it there all the time? thanks JG
Hi Jen, I keep the acetate on as it gives me something to grab hold of!!!
Really nice work indeed... I don't understand when the gel medium is supposed to be used. I may have missed the information on that, but is it when ink is involved instead of paint?
Hi Robert. I should be clearer!!! The gel medium is nothing to do with ink - I'm only using acrylic paint here. I use gel medium to transfer an image when working onto a background that is already dry / prepared. In this case, I transferred the image of Django but wanted to keep some of the background peeping through the image. The transparency of the gel medium allows this. : )
Do you have any recommendations for a brand of gel medium? I’ve tried pulling up transfers with liquitex matte medium and it seems to rehydrate everything on the plate and it just becomes a mess while rolling even if I let the transfer dry first. I’m guessing each brand has a different formula and some work better than others.
One of my dogs can’t tolerate my heat gun, I have to mask the sound with audio or give her a bone out on the lawn!
Loving all your tutorials, I’ve been out taking rubbings from around our small town and getting some odd looks 😂
With the laser print what type of paper do you print on?
Oops should have listened!
LOL : )
Thx much. Question: What medium did you put over Django before you let it sit overnight? You started to mention it but got interrupted with the amount you put on the plate
Liquitex matt medium
Is the wood sealed with a clear isolation coat?
Do you need to paint on another final layer of matte medium to protect the image?
I used a spray acrylic varnish : )
What is this magic plate made of? Polyurethane, silicone or something else?
Hi Yeates, this is wonderful and looks like so much fun. I’m just wondering about your image, is it a drawing of yours? I’m always hesitant to use pictures from magasines and such. Do we need permissions or something?
Thanks.
This one I made using a scan from a photo in a music mag. I then edited it fairly heavily in a drawing app (increasing contrast, removing background etc) to make it more gel plate friendly. I think when you use found images and edit them loads you're not going to run into any trouble. Usually I work from my own photos or drawings, in part because of copywright but also just becuase its more rewarding
Quick question, what are you applying on the gel plate in minute 17:03? Is it medium mat? Thank you!
Yep, liquitex mat medium ; )
@@yeatesmakes thank you!
Is that the big Greek musician...ehm.....?
Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης?
Can you tell me the name of the gel medium you’re using? Many thanks!
Liquitex matte gel medium : )
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Hi Laila, hope you're at that kitchen table and hands feel free. fred og kjærlighet
🥰 awww…My oldest son bring me some bobble wrap with BIG bobbles and I never use that one my gelli … only small ones…it’s crazy how a small scrap of junk can make me happy 😆…so I have a plan to play this weekend …your Norwegian are perfect thank you 🤩… 💟&☮️ back at you my friend …
do not ever use heat on acrylic....
Beautiful!
Cheers Amanda, very kind