DIY stencils for gel printing + a tip for cleaning your plate

[@juliasmith5646]

Stand them up portrait and the smaller one looks like a man with his hand on his hip! These are SO interesting!! Well done! Cool Absrtact art!!! ❤

[@amandadevuonoart]

Isn’t it fun, the different things we can see in abstract art?! That’s what I love about it, different stories to different eyes.

[@whiteherondesigns]

I have made lots of doodle type glue stencils, but never thought to do faces, they're really fab! As a way of avoiding waste, you can use one length of tape and use it to pull up all the crusty bits on the edges and if you keep moving the tape, you end up with some awesome patterns on your tape, which you can use as a type of washi in journals etc. I love the fun style of your videos, thank you!

[@amandadevuonoart]

aww, thanks so much, Nicola!! Super great idea to use the crusty & colourful tape in journals, love it! Always love utilizing scraps in another creative way 😊

[@tinahanks7145]

I haven't done it yet, but I am planning to make my tape strips into bookmarks 😃

[@hanah2306]

The faces are great. Thanks for the lovely tutorial. That was really fun.

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks so much, hope you have fun playing with it!

[@lindacook3962]

Love your energy…and your Gel printing! Thanks for the demo.

[@amandadevuonoart]

Aw, thank you so much, Linda. I really appreciate that 😊

[@francynroy2231]

Hi I’m from Quebec. I love your style, thanks for your natural!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Aw, thanks so much Francyn! 😊

[@BassPotter46]

Really great techniques Amanda! Thank you so much!😀

[@amandadevuonoart]

Aw, thank YOU for watching! I hope you have fun playing with it…playing in general!! 😁

[@patsykillingsworth9549]

Enjoyed both. Loved watching you and seeing snow. July in Florida! It his in the 90s.

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks so much, Patsy 😊 Phew, I know that Florida heat 🥵 I spent every summer there as a kid, visiting my grandparents. Great thunderstorms though, the best!

[@annemurphy484]

That was fab…..definitely going to try face stencils! 😀, thank you!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Ooo, yay!! Hope you have fun with it, Anne 😁

[@amandadevuonoart]

(My daughter JUST made a jellyfish with the glue gun & we’re gonna try it out!)

[@KathyBrooksArt]

So much fun! omg, I enjoyed every moment!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks, beautiful! Are you gonna try it out? 😊

[@katjathefranknfurter2374]

I tried this befor but never thought of faces. And yours are wonderful. Will definately try it!

[@amandadevuonoart]

It’s so much fun! Really takes you out of the thinking state since the glue has a mind if it’s own 😂

[@karenfell5441]

You can take one piece of tape and clean all the edges. Save it on a piece of parchment and keep using it until you like it. You can then use it in an art journal as washi tape or collage as texture.

[@amandadevuonoart]

Love it!! Great way to save on waste. Thanks!

[@katanyajason3316]

Here's way to clean your plate and not waste anything, but you also end up with a cool new print! : Roll a layer of paint (one or several colours) onto the surface of your plate, making sure you get all of the corners and that all of those crusts are well covered so that the paint can soak into them. Place your paper onto your plate, rub well and then flip your plate face down (paper side onto the table). Place one or 2 books to weigh it down and leave like that for at least a half hour (you can skip the flipping over part but I feel it allows the paint to soak into the paper better and I get a cleaner plate) .Then flip it over again and let it dry several hours, you can even leave it overnight. When it's fully dry pull your new print.

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks, sweetness! I’ll give that a try cos I do love a nice weathered looking print. Do you find when you pull the crusty paint bits up it looks like an old, rustic wall? I love that look!

[@katanyajason3316]

@@amandadevuonoart It does look like an old wall, and I love that!! Often these clean up prints are my favourites. I forgot to say, when you roll paint over and over the crusty bits (they tend to repel the paint somehow so you gotta insist a bit) , paint tends to run down the side of your gel plate. So try to wipe these off because they may prevent the print from coming off well.

[@aboutmygirls]

Oh...and I LOVE the faces!

[@amandadevuonoart]

And I love the cutie patootie face in your profile pic. I’m a sucker for animals 😊

[@trishwarnes4035]

You are so making me laugh with your style! Thank you so much. I'm going to keep watching you just to brighten my day. And to get some tips of course. (I tried with waxed paper to start with too!!)

[@amandadevuonoart]

Aw, thanks so much, Trish, I truly appreciate that 😊. Happy you’re here!

[@leestone7663]

Love the faces!! What fun

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks, Lee! Aren’t they a blast?!

[@aboutmygirls]

I am a new fan\subscriber! I absolutely LOVE your vibe!!!! I have decided to give this a try.....I'm gonna try making some kind of alphabet stencils with the glue...wish me luck. Thanks for the idea!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Aww, thank you so much, lovely! I truly appreciate that, thank you for subscribing 💜. So glad it helped inspire an idea…which is a FAB one!! Didn’t even think of doing letters so thank YOU! Have a ton of fun with it.

[@leestone7663]

I prefer the ghost

[@amandadevuonoart]

I’m a ghost fan too!

[@rebeccabailey8748]

Love your face stencils

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks very much, Rebecca! 😊 They were fun to do & you can get creative with them in lots of different ways

[@minnahumble2294]

My favorite: 30:19

[@amandadevuonoart]

I like that one too! Sketchy looking!

[@simaabedini5908]

so fun to watch you

[@amandadevuonoart]

So fun to be watched…wait, that sounds concerning 😂. Thanks so much, lovely, so nice to have you here. xo

[@jbugmd]

I like the original picasso-ish face print. Fun video. :)

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thank you so much! It’s a pretty fun one eh? Killer on the hands but worth every callus 😂

[@suzijorgensen6545]

Great faces 😂 but I tried it on parchment paper and it STUCK!? Any suggestions? By the way,...the organic looking ones are awesome

[@amandadevuonoart]

Hmm, not sure why it stuck to the parchment, @suzijorgensen6545 🤔 You could try a silicon mat (nothing seems to stick to that stuff!). At my dollar store, here in Canada, they sell silicon mats for resting your glue gun on (to catch those dastardly, lava hot, drips). The dried glue comes off like a dream! Here’s a link to some on Amazon (it’s the Canadian Amazon but I’m sure you can find them in other currencies too) a.co/d/ht8eUBY I hope that helps! Xo

[@suzijorgensen6545]

@@amandadevuonoart thanks for your feedback! I'm in Australia and we don't have the famous Dollar Store 🤣. We DO have some cheap stores that I imagine are similar. I might try our local cheap shop 🙏

[@amandadevuonoart]

@@suzijorgensen6545 you're so welcome, Suzi! I hope you can find something in the cheap shop. There's so many silicon products out there now so maybe even a kitchen shop, a silicon baking sheet/mat would work too. Also, hooray to Australia (super gorgeous there)!! My dad, step-mom, & brother live there... maybe you know them 🤣

[@suzijorgensen6545]

@@amandadevuonoart it's a very BIG country and most of us live on the coast or not too far from water. But I'm sure that yr relatives have told you all about it. Thanks again for your help. God bless you in all your creative endeavours ❤️🙏😊

[@Katmcb-r5u]

Great video. New to gel and just a ? What type of paper are you using please. Also at the price of Amsterdam paint I wouldn’t be wasting A DROP❤. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO-a new subscriber. Kat

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks Kat! Was just using regular copy paper. So happy to have you here! 😊

[@Katmcb-r5u]

Thank you Amanda ❤ love your artwork and techniques 🙏

[@amandadevuonoart]

@@Katmcb-r5uthank you so much, I really appreciate it 🤗

[@hartmanartsource]

Do you use high or low-temp glue?

[@amandadevuonoart]

High, nice & hotsie totsie! Would probably work with low too though I imagine. As long as you can make a design that’ll stick together

[@hartmanartsource]

Great! That’s what I use for my other projects!

[@amandadevuonoart]

@@hartmanartsourcefantastic, you’re set to play!!

[@nazmachowdhury4660]

Cool faces and scribbles

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks so much! A lot of fun to just let scribbles out to play 😊

[@elsy_love]

I realy like this , thanks for the idea elsy

[@amandadevuonoart]

You’re so welcome, hope you give it a try & let your imagination run wild!

[@susanmarcoux7005]

Try using baby oil to clean your plate ❤

[@amandadevuonoart]

Ooo, thanks Susan! (smells nice too!)

[@vel0811]

Stumbled upon this video and I'm so glad I did! I've been meaning to do the glue gun thing and keep forgetting. Lol Subscribing so I don't miss any of your work. Thanks for the inspiration! ~Velvet

[@vel0811]

Oh, meant to compliment the glue faces you did. Love them!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Oh I’m so glad it inspired & reminded you!! Thanks so much for subscribing, I hope you enjoy the videos 😊. Xo

[@leeojascastro711]

Ghost!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Me too, love those ghost prints!

[@anapaulaotero-illustration875]

gohst

[@amandadevuonoart]

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[@Whatsamattau2]

Thx for this…You need a better glue gun…less of a finger workout

[@amandadevuonoart]

You are not wrong my friend, this glue gun is a cruel beast! 😂

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

Nice…………did you make your own gel plate ?

[@amandadevuonoart]

No, mine are store bought but I’m very intrigued by homemade & can see myself attempting it one day. Have you made one?

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

@@amandadevuonoart Just looking into it now……..so not yet.

[@amandadevuonoart]

@@LockStoppageSandwichooo, fun!! I’d love to know how it goes when you give it a go 😊

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

@@amandadevuonoart I will do Amanda……………also which recipe I use. I kind of got it pretty much sussed. I am just researching which preservative to use. Also if I can swap out the gelatine (animal product) for something plant based……………..like Agar Agar or Guar gum which are both plant based thickeners. I have the glycerine, distilled water and moulds already to hand. So I will sort out those other two elements and give it a go 👍 Keep up the great work on your channel. You have a very infectious (in a good way), pleasing style of presenting. Allied with a really good sense of humour (always a good thing). So if you can stick at it and put out the content. You should do really well 👍

[@amandadevuonoart]

⁠aww, thank you SO much for those lovely words, I truly appreciate it. And yah, I would prefer to use an alternative to gelatine as well. I just got some agar agar to make some Japanese candy my daughter wants to make. I’ve never worked with it before but am glad I’ll be able to eat the candy too 😉

[@Bella-d1v9y]

just found you. great info. and you seem to work a lot like I do. Comfy1

[@amandadevuonoart]

Thanks for finding me!! 😊 do you get nice & messy when you work too? 😂

[@Bella-d1v9y]

Well, yes, I do.😊But more than that you have a lighthearted way of looking at your process and your art. I'll bet you crack yourself up sometimes when what you're working on turns south! Really do enjoy your presentations. Thanks for putting smiles on my face!

[@amandadevuonoart]

Aw, thanks for pointing that out, Bella. I do like to take things lightheartedly, all things art AND life, & I’m happy that comes through. 😊