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Apr18

Saving the Last of the Dogwoods

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Saving the Last of the Dogwoods
Saving the Last of the Dogwoods

The dogwoods in front of my house have been glorious!

Easter Sunset
Forgive me, I get carried away!

Now, the dogwoods are past their season. Surviving blossoms are pitiful.

I thought maybe I could use them to print on the gel plate. I used some blossoms to pull paint from the plate.

I used others like stamps, painting the bracts (petals,) and center.

The paint “celled” so badly, i kept adding paint till I produced this.

I’m anxious to pull this, but I can’t decide between light blue or a rich leafy green.

I also spent the better part of today dodging a telephone scam. Maybe that’s a craft, and I can find the energy to share that someday. For today, I’m exhausted.

Mar29

Watching Froyle on the Big Screen!

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Watching Froyle on the Big Screen!
Watching Froyle on the Big Screen!

The big screen is a large tv from my friend, Laura. We love You Tube art and craft videos, and when we’re at my house, in the den/study, we’ve been watching on a very small tv. We might as well set up an iPad.

Froyle is Froyle Davies, the first gel print artist that I ever watched. She turns her gel prints into fantastic collages!

She is a joy to watch! She is animated and full of laughter. Her New Zealand accent is icing on the cake.

I watched this episode first, today.

She compared three weights of Gelelf’s new image transfer papers.

They all worked beautifully.

This was an image of her lovely daughter.

To learn how to transfer images onto the gel plate, be sure to watch this episode. Warning: she makes it look easy. It’s not! I’ve had two successful image transfers. I’ll share them another time.

I’m going to try, again, and send you all good wishes if you decide to give it a go!

Apr29

Yupo is Useful, but Crab Cake Box is Cheaper!

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Yupo is Useful, but Crab Cake Box is Cheaper!
Image licensed from shutterstock.com
Image cut from a clean crab cake box
Black acrylic paint on gel plate

Pulled with ArtSmith acrylic in medium magenta on copy paper

Inspired by Patricia Carmichael of PM Artist Studio’s use of a Marie Calendar pot pie box, I decided to try cutting a stencil from a washed piece of Phillips crab cake box.

I used my ScanNCut, and lengthened the blade a notch (5.) It worked beautifully, both the cutting and the printing.

But then the paint dried on the blank side of the box, and it puckered, making the stencil bowed and pretty useless. Maybe, I could wash the paint off, immediately, or maybe I could put the dried stencil between heavy books.

I’d still call it a success, for stencils you only need to use once!

Apr12

5×7” Gel Plate!

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5×7” Gel Plate!

I found where I had buried my new 5×7”gel plate! I got it out if the package and put it to work!

New gel plates are oily, so I expected bubbles in the paint.

I test drove my newly cut Japanese stencil!
Metallic gold Craft Smart paint pulled with Art Smith acrylic in medium magenta. The gold, “celled,” as expected. The magenta was thick, smooth and opaque.

I let both layers dry before pulling them. I used copy paper to pull, and a new brayer to paint! I am well pleased!

#the100dayproject2024, #fix,finishandfind Day 45