Today I invite you to join me as I take two different kinds of gel printed papers and merge them into a stunning mixed media work. I’ll share the steps that I use starting with selecting a colour scheme. Take a look at my video on Harnessing Colour https://youtu.be/-avyJv7csRM!
Supplies and Videos:
For the Botanical Tissues:
Gel Plate
Brayer
Spectra Art Tissue
Golden Open Acrylic Paint in Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Dioxazine Purple and Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Weeds
https://youtu.be/qhFYAsNUpoM
For the Secondary Papers:
Gel Plate
Brayer
Yasutomo Sketch Paper
Golden Open Acrylic Paint in the same colours
Home made stamps and stencils
https://youtu.be/t0gDs4XYAI4
https://youtu.be/62D1YplFvKg
For the Mixed Media Work:
14” x 18” Canvas
Matte Medium
Heavy Bodied Acrylic Paint in the same colours
https://youtu.be/F2h7KjTLdpg
https://youtu.be/hSg-tSTaTUE
Chapters:
00:43 Inspirational Botanical Prints
00:56 Considering Colour Options
02:07 Creating Secondary Prints
04:53 Creating an Underpainting
08:50 Building Up Some Layers
26:26 Adhering the Inspiration Tissue
31:17 Adhering the Foreground Tissue
41:33 The Reveal!