Charcoal drawing transfer fun on Gel Plate

A few of my first experiments transferring charcoal drawings and pulling as mono prints.
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[@candace1497]

Mark, I’ll try to make this short. I’m 72 and my first experience with printmaking was is high school when I was 16. Life intervened, as it so always does, and I haven’t done any printmaking since. However, I stumbled upon your videos a few days ago and my outlook on life has literally changed overnight! You are so very talented and explain your processes in such a clear manner with such enthusiasm! I can’t thank you enough for your wonderful videos. I’ve watched every one of the gel printing ones and have made quite a wish list to get myself started on my new adventures into printmaking. Again, Thank You!

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Candace, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts and feelings. Your comment made my day and I’m delighted my videos have in some way inspired you to try new things. I’m sure you’re an inspiration to many in that, however long the hiatus, it’s a great part of life to rekindle passions and interests and try new things. Much love to you and I hope you have fun. Be sure to let us know how you go with the goodies you’ve purchased x 😀

[@sislertx]

Me too except I'm pushing 80...and STILL CANT FIND THE TIME...I did make my plate...it was easy...lots of great videos on how too..watch many of them tho..everyone has a hint on how too.. Temu has small cheap ones..under 25 usd.. And charcoal cheap oil pastels. And other stuff he shows...ive gathered all my supplies and look forward to doing dog prints

[@karenb9517]

Wow! This is exciting! I can’t wait to try it! Thanks for your demo!

[@Vovvilina]

Amazing as always, worth the wait. You are unique among YT art tutorials, hope you continue to share your creativity, skill, and spontaneity with us.

[@yeatesmakes]

Lovely comment, thank you. Yep, I'll keep sharing. Encourages me to keep going and discovering... I get a lot out of it!!!

[@sonyaj66]

This is so cool! I immediately went and tried this using both charcoal and soft pastel (I'm a pastelist, so I have hundreds of them) and applied to two small (5x7 paper with 4x6" image) partial monoprints I did yesterday on the gel press. I was impressed with the degree of the transfer of the charcoal and pastel! Thanks for all your videos, and your willingness to experiment with different techniques and materials in your printmaking. The gelli plates definitely make it so easy to do monoprints and mixed media monotypes.

[@sherrydee]

Oh man, your chunky charcoal and blind contour portrait prints are to die for. So AWESOME!

[@sonofhibbs4425]

SERIOUSLY.. I’m just in awe at 9:26 mark. Really superb!

[@judilynn9569]

I truly appreciate your demonstrations. I enjoy gel printing, but was disheartened that most demos are for crafting. I appreciate coming across demos like yours that show the use of the gel plate for fine art. It also inspired me to replenish my supply of willow charcoal. :)

[@yeatesmakes]

Glad you enjoyed it. There's something about willow charcoal...

[@rozwallace1143]

This is so exciting. Can't wait to experiment with charcoal and pastel.

[@alisn.7998]

Always so excellent and interesting. I wish I had a fraction of your experimental imagination. I really like your drawing style.

[@rachellane2836]

I look forward to seeing if the paint or gel medium really seals in the charcoal because that could be a huge game changer! 🤞

[@YooperGranny]

Your drawing is amazing and the charcoal transfers are wonderful. Loved your lesson in the summit.

[@yeatesmakes]

Very kind, thank you. Hope you give the technique a go 😀

[@john_ace]

That 'blind drawing' is amazing. The local awareness and ability to translate from one hand to the other had me gasping for air. I have never seen or heard from that technique, thank you for showing. Adding color to your acrylic layer might be worth to experiment with.

[@The_Encaustic_Mudlarker]

Thank you for inspiring us mere mortals! ❤ You are a gel print God!

[@corginut123]

Great work.

[@tinasart5720]

I took a still at 8:50, and the residue on the plate and the colors you can three through it made it a real nice color image 😀. Love your charcoal drawings. Thanks for the link to Budget Movies, the kid is really good…cheers from Berlin! 🙋🏻‍♀

[@mariacheung647]

Your GPS class was totally awesome! Love everything you do. Now I just need a laser printer for Christmas 😅

[@yeatesmakes]

That's really kind. Had fun making both the videos. All of the videos on the Gel Printers Summit have been excellent - given me loads of ideas. A couple of them were really up my alley!!!

[@pippipants]

Always good to see one of your videos. Fabulous way to seal charcoal and also an opportunity to add more layers without a smudgy mess.

[@8433alice]

Once again, just an outstanding little (big!) lesson. I haven't drawn portraits in 40 or so years and you have inspired me to so excitedly begin again!!! Your way of art making is infinitely inspiring to me. so alive. So alive. Thanks! And again, many, many thanks!

[@superfly2449]

I always visit the single van Gogh painting our local museum owns whenever I go there. His line work is endlessly exciting. Yours too.

[@callmebev]

This reminds me of a lithograph like I did in high school years ago. Much easier with simple medium! Thanks much.

[@beverlymarch7916]

Fantastic!Always look forward to your videos!Would love to see more like these using charcoal and pastels…gives me so much inspiration to try myself!Thanks so much sharing..you’re an incredible natural artist!!!👌🏻

[@JAP2theP]

Waiting, waiting, waiting for your 2 videos in the Gelli Plate Summit lineup, was worth the wait. Your talent and skill in experimenting is reliable! It makes sense to me that you teach young teens - you roll with the process and present in such an approachable, genuine and cool way. Please keep it up! Cheers.

[@Sjaoxbwoudbwk]

Hi sir, I’m in your art class!

[@sandieburrows4167]

Wonderful as usual Mark 😊 Many thanks again for sharing your brilliant work 😊

[@mjrewerts]

Very cool 😎. It would be interesting to see if you could transfer the charcoal drawing to fabric and/or canvas 🤔

[@yeatesmakes]

I'll investigate

[@janethartmannjones4781]

your Gell Printer's Summit lesson was tops, thanks so much. Loved the charcoal transfer too

[@yeatesmakes]

That's really kind, glad you enjoyed both : )

[@samiaafra7330]

That blind drawing trick is so cool and with great results, I might give it a try.

[@mary-smz]

This was great. I've hoped you would do experiments using willow charcoal. As with all of your videos, it's so innovative and exploratory. Thanks so much. I thought the print from the gel press of the self-portrait (before the blind draw) improved in interesting ways (the contrasts?) Anyway, thanks for doing this!

[@fatoomgierdien110]

What a wonderful video👌‼️ Your "drawing and seeing skills", are on another level. 👌. .....A PAINTER‼️ I Love the first lot of drawings and prints as it reminds me of Rembrandt. The high contrast of the last lot( van Gogh), also Brilliant!!. Two of the greatest masters. I am only starting now, with gelli printing, creating and playing with what i have. I am so Blessed to find you, as i love Innovation, Trial and Error. Thank You So MUCH🤲🙏🌿 Toom@CapeTown

[@johndaarteest]

That was incredible, you have a new subscriber 🙂👍

[@yeatesmakes]

Fantastic, thanks for the support : )

[@beautifulabstractions755]

Another amazingly informative video. Thank you! Please post info on the 2024 Gel Printing Summit as soon as available. Thanks again.

[@mvswaaij]

What a treat ! Yesterday the LONG video on the Gel printers summit, and today another great one, Thank you Mark. Inspiring as always .All the best to you.

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi there. Hope the video for the summit wasn't too long!!! I'm used to keeping things a bit snappier for KZbin. Thanks, as ever, for all the support and encouragement you bring. M x

[@mvswaaij]

Never too long !!! So many techniques and ideas. Very kind of you to stick to foto's in the GPS. Showing how to make it totally personal on the gelplate. ( You know, for those among us who are not such acomplished drawers). 😜

[@robkoch6548]

Well done ! If I could draw like that, I’d simply spray the charcoal with a fixative, and be happy - but I get the desire to create a print also.

[@yeatesmakes]

I get to reuse the original drawing and make more prints this way ; )

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Your experiments are very interesting, thank you for all the ideas! BTW, those are "pollarded" trees; coppiced trees are cut all the way down to the ground. No harm, no foul...

[@marjannes.7963]

Love your work, so creative and inspiring 🧡🤎🤍

[@atho1374]

So inspiring. Thx a lot

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure😀

[@annajavier5712]

One day there will be a gel printing class in college. I totly love what you have been able to doin the gel printing plate so much for me to experiment with when I can play again

[@mariacheung647]

Great experiments, especially love the blind drawing ❤

[@brennakohlhase4194]

Wow! Loved the last couple of your faces-the gel plate almost enhances the pressure of the different ways you applied the charcoal. Really cool

[@yeatesmakes]

Thanks. Funny how the paint or medium seems to activate and intensify the pigment in charcoal / chalks. Added bonus!!!

[@MsToxicavenger]

I follow a lot of artists - and you’re my all around favorite now. Such great tips, plus you’re an amazing artist and creator. Thank you.

[@yeatesmakes]

Very kind, thanks

[@jekalambert9412]

Loved watching you explore charcoal on the Gel plate. To avoid smudging the charcoal, I wondered if it would work to spread gel medium on the plate, then place the drawing on the wet medium, rub quickly to transfer the image, remove the paper, then let the image dry. After the image dries, you could transfer it as usual using another layer of paint or gel medium. I know this is more complicated, but it might give you more control in preventing the charcoal from moving when you brayer on your paint or medium. I'm always happy to see another video from you. So much inspiration and creativity!!! Loved all the results - even the smudged image was very appealing to me.

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Jeka. As always, thanks for commenting and ongoing support. You're idea is really interesting, I will try it. The only drawback I can see with it, though, is that in transferring the drawing 'dry' as it were, you can then go back over the drawing and kind of 'top it up' to make further prints. Laying the drawing onto a ready prepared wet surface of paint or medium would mean you couldn't do this, at least not in the same way as the original drawing was made. The best thing about sharing on this channel has always been the conversations and further experimentation that the comments provide. Thanks for always being so active in that aspect. You're a star : )

[@jekalambert9412]

@@yeatesmakesAgreed. I wasn't thinking in terms of preserving your drawing, I was thinking of it as a one off. I'm looking forward to your further experiments.

[@apple369]

Thank you for sharing your experiments with us; your creativity never fails to amaze and delight. I also like how you support other artists and promote their work. With that said, I'm off to check out Budget Movies.

[@margueritemitchell1829]

❤🎉 hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦 🌻❤🎪🖌🎨🦖🌲🚐🌳🎠😎🏞🌍🐾

[@sonofhibbs4425]

Just LOVE this! Love all these videos of yours! Thank you so much for the inspiration and ideas!

[@yeatesmakes]

A pleasure to share, glad you enjoyed and thanks for the comment : )

[@chrissiebury5339]

Thank you for all your inspirational videos! I have learned much from you. 😊

[@ulrikemartens400]

This video is gorgeous! I‘m going to try charcoal-Gelli-printing right now. Thank you for your amazing videos and the inspiration.

[@yeatesmakes]

Hope it went well : )

[@mayetmahulilileilani2501]

Terrific video. I’m going to go try charcoal on my gel plate now. Many thanks!

[@Mari-vh2tu]

You might try putting the paint on a different surface and apply the roller off surface then & apply to ur gel plate. It allows an easier lighter roll as not to disturb ur drawing. Love your posts..thank you🌿

[@wendywinget7968]

So inspiring. Thank you! Love your channel, love your excellent teaching!

[@bernicefoster2122]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching your experiments. Lovely

[@yeatesmakes]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DCarey]

I love your work! The gelli printers summit was great and I’m looking forward to the next one. Btw have you seen the work of Dag Rottereng? He uses the gelli plate in a unique way too. Different than your drawings but interesting. Check him out!

[@CoraYeboah]

Thank you very much Mark for your great work and for the great videos😊😊😊

[@yeatesmakes]

My pleasure!

[@sarahdermody6665]

Beautiful first drawing and print ❤

[@jcarson7574]

Amazing! So I would think it just goes to show you dont really need a laser print? I just found out about this printing today and so excited to get started. One idea I had you think it'd be possible pull a print onto a glass cylinder? Was thinking like doing say a painted vase? I need to order some gel plates asap! Thanks again for sharing all this, such nice, creative works!

[@Xenopticon]

Brilliant, as usual! i particularly love the deeper dive, extracting so much from a single material and technique. (I'd write a bit more, but broke my dominant hand, recently, and typing is difficult.) anyway, thanks again. Wonderful range of tips here!

[@yeatesmakes]

Sorry to read you've broken your hand : ( Great chance to practice drawing with your non dominant hand though! drawing Thanks, as ever, for the encouragement.

[@ohbleak-ms9qk]

Excellent. I've been meaning to try this for a while, but I have too many half finished pieces to finish.

[@gillsartspot-gillallennzar4904]

This is inspiring thank you so much for sharing!

[@jamessilverthorn2320]

Wow a big difference 😊

[@janinafisher101]

Mark, your amazing experimentation with the gelli plate knows no bounds. I love how the charcoal turns out and would love to try this, as well as the chalk pastels. I think it might be useful to use a good quality fixative (Sennelier Latour fixative for solft pastels might be a good one) to fix the charcoal to the paper permanently, though it looks like the paint and gel medium did a good job! Thanks as always for the beautiful inspiration. Your drawing ability is just amazing!

[@yeatesmakes]

Totally agree about the fixative. What i like about this method is that I can draw back into what is left of the original charcoal drawing and keep making prints. Each successive print changes slightly and the image evolves...

[@janinafisher101]

@@yeatesmakes So true! It's an efficient and creative way to work. And who knows what you could come up with in future iterations! 😊

[@mk5076]

Just one word - WOW!!!

[@yeatesmakes]

: ) Cheers

[@hArtyTruffle]

Thankyou so much ✨🫶🏻🤭

[@wamr-o7r]

you have a great talent for drawing

[@DarnellHorton-ze7yh]

Amazing Artwork 🎉🎉🎉

[@CraigsOverijse]

Hi Mark I have never done blind drawing but may give it a go as always wonderful ideas THANK YOU. Just sent you a small donation towards your materials and time and if you ever do patreon for your channel I would definitely be interested in supporting.

[@yeatesmakes]

Much appreciated, I’ve been messing around with some more blind drawing techniques on the gel plate so watch this space 😀

[@CraigsOverijse]

@@yeatesmakes will do I regularly try and check out if you have uploaded anything new. I occasioanally miss them at the moment you post, but always find them soon after. I am subscribed but do not use notifications as I have too much rubbish in my in box as is.

[@dadsongs]

Brilliant! Thanks.

[@lynnetteyoung6007]

Inspirational.

[@craftbird1]

You are a lovely artist

[@yeatesmakes]

: ) x

[@constancefaddis8037]

Fascinating techniques! How long do you leave the paper face down on the gelli plate?

[@RamoArt]

Genius idea to use the gel plate and matte medium to seal a charcoal drawing. Will absolutely give that a try! I absolutely love doing expressive charcoal portraits like you did here (just not as good lol). I've got a question.. You showed off gelelf plates some time ago and I keep coming across them. I'd really like a 16x20 plate and the gelelf one is a bit cheaper. Do they hold up? Or do you think it's worth paying 40€ more for the gelli one?

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

8:20 - love that guy denning kind of stuff

[@romelmadrayart]

Lovely, I am thinking that the gel plate may have that tackiness because of build up residue from the previous printings that have seeped into the gel plates. did the same technique work when the gel plate was totally new?

[@carolynking5418]

Hi, Mark...can't wait to watch your GPS video. I have really loved every single one so far BUT.... you, Good Sir, are my ultimate fave Gel Print teacher soooooo.......super excited to tune in. I trained in traditionsl stone lithography yesrs ago and o e of the things that really thriiled me was to see how much some of these charcol prints feel/look like LITHOS!!❤❤😂❤❤

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi Carolyn, thanks for a lovely message. They really do have a lithe quality. I reckon wax crayon transfers do too.

[@carolynking5418]

@@yeatesmakes I watched your submit video today, Maestro. How I wish we lived down the lane from you! I loved that you shared Impressionist Masters, Mark. You are such an amazing draftsman and now I get where some of your sensibilities come from. Thank you for your endless generosity, inventive Spirit and totally inspiring content!

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi again, lovely to get feedback, thanks. We might not live down the lane but how lucky we are we live in an age where digital media break down some frontiers and allow people to connect. Warmest wishes, M : ) @@carolynking5418

[@adripekalski8148]

Brilliant as always! BIG THANKS. I am wondering - what if one paint the paper with acrylic or gel medium (sort of reverse engineer) - one could even use some chine colle. I want to try it but probably will not post my result.

[@CyndiDuncanArts]

The waiting is the hardest part.

[@yeatesmakes]

: )

[@carmellebandibas]

this is incredible!! I'm about to give up on gel press then I saw this video. I'll try this today! Could I use any paper for this to work? thank you so much!

[@yeatesmakes]

I wouldn't use paper that';s too thin for the actual print pull. As for the charcoal drawing, whatever you normally work on : )

[@phyllisjeanfulton]

🤩♥️

[@angela14962002]

Wow!❤‍🔥❣

[@callmebev]

Have you ever used graphite sticks? Wondering if that works. Guess I could try it myself lol

[@thepitmantribe2876]

Amazing can’t wait to try so glad I found you ! Just a question what print paper do you use ?

[@yeatesmakes]

If I am just messing around, I use old sketchbook or drawing paper, whatever is laying about. For prints I think might be keepers I use Snowdon paper or Ho-Sho paper : )

[@Beliw5c]

👏👏👏👏👍👍💖💖

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

so mad how the paint fixes the charcky - and also, just as weirdly, how the paint rollering doesn't knacker the details of e.g. the hatching and stuff - if you'd explained this method to me before doing it i'd have said yeah that's never gonna work

[@yeatesmakes]

had the same feeling, but it works a treat : )

[@jondoh587]

Love this video! For your original charcoal drawings, what kind of paper did you use? I'm wondering if the amount of tooth impacts how much of the charcoal transfers to the plate vs remains on the paper. (I love smudging charcoal and building layers.)

[@yeatesmakes]

For the first 4 I used different cartridge papers, mainly heavy stuff with one side fairly smooth and the other with a bit of tooth. The last one I did on cheap as chips roll of craft paper

[@ianlivesey6869]

Hi Mark I’m a professional photographer who photographed some really interesting people including celebs and I’m going start my on art store. I just start using gelli plate, I’ve got gelfe from China and had no success transferring my images so bought a gelli plate from Amazon . I love the idea give my images abract art feel. So can tell the best process to transfer from photo what do copy your photo onto , I feel the paper must be important and also can you give me some timing on put paint onto plate and how long do you leave it before the lift? Thanks 😊 ian

[@secondlife5704]

This is really great! If I were to give this a try, what is the name of the round tool you use to flaten the image..looks like it would help to make the pressure even. Regards, Steve

[@yeatesmakes]

It's called a baren : )

[@Karlena_Lewin_Studio]

I can not get my plate and char coal out fast enough me running to the studio now lol

[@lynnetteyoung6007]

Just a quick query relating to other demonstrations - what if you only have an inkjet printer? (Admire your work and THANK YOU for explaining all the differing techniques 😊)

[@yeatesmakes]

I'm just uploading a video now which covers how to use an inkjet print out to work over in charcoal to make a transfer. You can also use them to draw over with oil pastel to make a resist transfer : ) I've only covered that in my gel printers summit video, so I'll cover it for YT as well soon : )

[@lynnetteyoung6007]

@@yeatesmakes Thank you 😊

[@Darriebp]

Thanks for sharing . Can you tel me is this a gel plate for fabric is there a difference . thanks

[@yeatesmakes]

Just a standard gel plate : )

[@judgeworks3687]

This is wonderful. Thankyou for sharing your experiments. This is a basic question. I’m having issue where after I roll acrylic out I need to clean roller almost immediately to keep it from ruining my roller. Is there a trick to not having to wash it after every color is applied…or a way to not have to rush so paint doesn’t dry on roller?

[@yeatesmakes]

I think it's a problem we all have. I tend to work on top of a sheet of craft paper - cheap as chips bought on a 10 metre roll - that I have across my whole work space. After I roll out paint, I soon after roll excess from roller to the craft paper. This gets most of the paint off. I then use the craft paper for collage / decollate projects. I tend to use crappy old rollers for gel print unless rolling out for image transfer where I want the paint really smooth and thin. For this I use Esdee rollers - they are affordable and pretty easy to clean with a bit of elbow grease, hot soap and water. You've inspired me to make a video about my roll of craft paper... cheers!

[@judgeworks3687]

@@yeatesmakes this is very helpful. THankyou! and YES to a video about your use of craft paper 🙂

[@barbarajacobs5549]

How do you clean the gel plate after all?

[@dominicfairley2527]

Do you have a way to share pictures here? I've worked out how to use oil pastel and embossing to get a woodcut effect and I'd love to see what you could do with it.

[@yeatesmakes]

email to me - [e-mail]

[@ethanbarrow5336]

I transferred a pencil drawing and I have done several transfers with it, but the pencil drawing is not coming out of the gelli. What could I do to pull the drawing off the pad? I’ve tried rubbing it away with water but it is still on there.

[@yeatesmakes]

Use baby lotion and a wet wipe 😀

[@chalmer31]

I'm super curious... May I ask, what's your art education?

[@yeatesmakes]

Hi there. I guess it is lifelong. I drew a LOT as a kid, encouraged by my dad. I learnt a bit at school, quite a lot at college, a fair bit on a modular arts degree at uni. Looking back, funnily enough, it was doing 2 year A-Level History of Art course that I learnt most in formal education. That course changed everything for me. By far the most educational part of my 'studies' has been teaching Art for over 20 years and, more recently, Photography. Making art with 11-18 year olds has been so much fun and taught me the need to constantly evolve, find solutions, embrace mistakes, be resilient. I know some people adhere to the old adage, 'Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.' I'm far too thick skinned to be bothered by such pompous nonsense. Teaching is learning. Thanks for the question, have a lovely day.

[@johnpritchard469]

how do you clean the residue charcoal off the geli plate?

[@yeatesmakes]

baby lotion and wipes: )

[@annerussell5154]

hi how many prints can be pulled from one plate drawing

[@yeatesmakes]

if you keep replenishing / modifying the charcoal between each transfer, you can go on forever! It's one of my favourite things about this technique, that I can keep working into a drawing and pushing it in new directions

[@carmendarling295]

What kind of paper do you use?

[@yeatesmakes]

Well, all sorts really. For smaller prints I think might be keepers I use Snowdon paper, HoSho paper. Big prints I use heavy archival drawing paper and when I’m using prints in collage I use Wet strength tissue or rice paper 😀

[@yarrowcentral]

was surprised to see that my charcoal left an image on the gel plate that I can't wash off. It doesn't seem to affect other prints, but it also doesn't seem to be leaving. There is a small chance that it was conte not charcoal cause it's from an old box.

[@yeatesmakes]

Try a wet wipe with baby lotion. Should wipe straight off : )

[@jondoh587]

Gel with Mark youtube channel has a video on cleaning charcoal and pastel from the gel plate. Basically, finger massage in baby oil on the plate and then wipe off.

[@Mystic_Light]

Very cool. No such channel..perhaps the big brother forced a channel name change of your young friend?

[@yeatesmakes]

Link in description on my video : )