How to Make a Nest Monotype Print on a Gel Plate - Fun with Gelli's

[@lindawills9011]

Tried this and it turned out great! Best gelli print yet.

[@starlustudio1498]

I'm so happy that you had a great result!

[@colleenmckeeman1342]

What an amazing print. I believe this is the most realistic and beautiful print I’ve ever seen off of a Gelli plate. You are very talented! Your video is very clear with good instruction thank you so much. Not that I think I could ever accomplish that level of print. I look forward to seeing more tutorials from you. Thank you so much for sharing your work.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you for the kind words! I'm so glad you like it!

[@lindadunstall1790]

I 👍. Best Gel print & video of how & why that I have ever watched! My recent purchase of a gel press was done by bus to the City & I will have a try soon. Still collecting ideas. TFS!🥰🙏🦘🦘🦘

[@robinmurphy2563]

I really did not expect that result.. love it.

[@starlustudio1498]

So glad you liked it!

[@RamoArt]

That is genius! Makes me want to try printing braided grass. Or those chains of daisies that we used to make as kids!

[@starlustudio1498]

That's a great idea! Go for it!

[@Keaton-Casablanca]

Thank you so much for sharing this information. I am 80 years old and you have inspired me to give Gel printing a try. I am presently trying to make a nest. So far I haven't had much luck, but I am not giving up,,,lol.

[@starlustudio1498]

Wonderful! You can do it!!!

[@pdelgado4547]

Love it 😍 Thanks for sharing your talent. ❤️

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you. My pleasure 😊

[@rebeccakahrs7290]

This is absolutely breath taking!

[@starlustudio1498]

So glad you liked it!!

[@marideelebrun5811]

EXCELLENT!! SO BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFULLY COMPLETED! THANK YOU!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jennifermechling1272]

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Thank you so much for sharing your technique.

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@gracingurtler5236]

What a great idea. What a fantastic result!! Thank you so much for sharing!~

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@robinbrady3030]

Excellent. Just had a freeze so I'll be making this when I have more grass in the Spring. I have been wanting to make Robin's nest. lol

[@starlustudio1498]

😊

[@lynchdavid8104]

Absolutely marvellous.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@chrisurisu]

Wow, that was amazing ❤

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you so much!!

[@juliebooton1360]

I love this print! I will try and do my version in the future. Thank you for sharing your techniques.

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@jalh3]

Thank you, I had no idea that you could capture that much detail with such thick items. Bravo!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@christyhartman]

Beautiful print.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@allisoncriswell5001]

This is amazing! I will have to try gelli printing!

[@starlustudio1498]

Awesome! Give it a go, it's so much fun!

[@lynchdavid8104]

It’s fantastic indeed.

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!

[@georginaledlie7444]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@heartfeltlife8803]

I would love a video tutorial on how to make a grass nest!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks for the idea!

[@starlustudio1498]

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[@marionwigzell7334]

Fabulous! (-: Marion 🥚

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you

[@angelakuban1242]

So beautiful!!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!!

[@Cuttlebuglover]

Wow! Stunning print

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks 😊

[@gillianconnellyMayTreeArt]

Fabulous😍

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!😊

[@ursuladorn2101]

It is just wonderful! Thank you! 😊Greetings of Germany

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you liked it! Greetings from Florida!

[@shellybroughton4386]

very impressive!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks!

[@UnderstandBlue]

This is absolutely FANTASTIC.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@daylematthews]

Just beautiful. Thanks for the wonderful idea.

[@starlustudio1498]

I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@cinziagirelli7939]

this was gorgeous. I was so happy to see someone do a monotype usually everyone has colors. ! I love black and white photos ! so your gelli print really appealed to me. well done ! new sub.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :-)

[@sparksofthecreativefirelea4248]

I love me a good nest! Just moved and call it my art nest! I'm going to have to make nest art now!!!!

[@catbraunwell6450]

Fabulous. Thanks. I’ve just subscribed! 😊

[@starlustudio1498]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@outoftheforest7652]

WOW, very very nice. I have various Gelli Plates and I want to start using them again.. this is inspirotional.. thanks

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@yvonneevans5815]

This was the most informative video I have seen. Thank you so much

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad it was helpful! You are so welcome.

[@mages6881]

It is so beutifull❤❤❤🐾

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@LadyJaneG]

Looking forward to trying this .

[@starlustudio1498]

Yea! Send photos when you do! :-)

[@AliceDel]

amazing. your monoprint has the quality of a fine art etching or lithograph. absolutely beautiful. thank you.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you too!

[@clarecowell7485]

Awesome

[@starlustudio1498]

😊🙏🏼😊

[@angelinamichelle8474]

That's is just Incredible! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Reneesfun]

Fantastic

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks 😊

[@lisamaracle1272]

That is amazing. Thank you.

[@starlustudio1498]

You're very welcome!

[@ulrike1995]

It is very cool. I will try this.😊

[@starlustudio1498]

Yay! Let me know how I goes! :-)

[@cathrinsamuelsson1691]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!💗🙏😊💗 I got my first gel plate today and did this birds nest on my third print ever. It was so easy and turned out great thanks to your guidance! And it was so fun that I even did three more! 😁🤭💗

[@starlustudio1498]

Wonderful!

[@annieinglis2121]

that is so exciting!

[@patanderson6602]

Thank you for showing so clearly how you made this beautiful print. I love it! ❤

[@starlustudio1498]

I'm glad you like it.

[@pasqualebazin7964]

Absolument génial ! Merci infiniment pour ce partage et ce résultat ! Bonne continuation 🤗🤗🤗😇😇😇

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@simonedoherty6195]

Amazing! What a beautiful print and so expertly created. Thanks

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!

[@marlenemarconi6832]

Awesome! Thank you

[@starlustudio1498]

You're welcome!

[@gerirussell7180]

Best I've seen. Bravo!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you liked it!

[@bethjackson8727]

Exceptional

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you.

[@kinafari]

What á beautiful print! Thank you so much for sharing your process ❤️

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome! Glad you liked it.

[@LivingCarefree50]

Thank you for this video. I tried to make my own version.

[@starlustudio1498]

Great! Hope it turned out for you.

[@tracywilson9848]

Brilliant, gorgeous print. TFS 😊

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you 😊

[@psocretes8183]

Very nice.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you.

[@carolvasenko3438]

Beautiful. Very nice tutorial, clear, clear and very well done.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you so much!

[@011silbermond]

Oh my goodness, I didn´t know what this technique is and that it is even possible to reactivate acrylic paint. XD I thought, okay, if it dried somewhere it stucks there more or less forever, and then this. And you ´re using nature materials to press them down into the paint so every fiber would leave its form in it. If we ever talked about this in school I wasn´t there this day, it´s just beautiful.

[@starlustudio1498]

So glad you liked the video! Let me know if you give it a go.

[@yolandarivera5504]

Beautiful ❤. Thank you for sharing.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you! 😊

[@jennywren2395]

Fantastic, I immediately subscribed, thank you. ❤

[@starlustudio1498]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@merxeverazvi2725]

Absolutamente fantástico!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@silviaborgers4105]

Woooow ! This is so beautiful!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you so much!!

[@dianadee23]

Wow. Looks amazing !

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!

[@starvingartistscollective]

What a beautiful result!! Thank you for showing this.

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@2808Girlie]

Thank you for this clear and inspiring demo. Your print is so lovely. I made one, which didn't turn out too well, but will gather more grasses today and try again. The minor problems were from me, not from the process, which is so well demonstrated.

[@starlustudio1498]

Printing on gellis is always an adventure. I made 8 other prints before I got this one. Some better than others. I’m sure you’ll get a couple of beauties once you get the hang of it. 😊

[@jaynebarrett5395]

Lovely work...thanks so much for the demo!

[@starlustudio1498]

My pleasure!

[@callycatus]

This is wonderful ..what a great print !

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks so much 😊

[@callycatus]

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[@judilynn9569]

My goodness, that is amazing!

[@starlustudio1498]

So glad you liked it!

[@julieannsmithart]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@NessaWolfeMuller]

Best ! ❤

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks!

[@WiseSkies144]

Wow! This is such a cool effect. Thank you for sharing, I love it. 🌸 xx

[@starlustudio1498]

So happy you liked it 😊!

[@cindycreateforlife]

Absolutely stunning print, love it! Thank you for sharing!💕🇨🇦

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks so much!

[@reagandobler1461]

Thank you for this fantastic tutorial. The resulting print is beautiful. This is one of the absolute best tutorials I have seen using a Gelli Plate. It has vamped up my ideas on what I will now try using my plate. As I am a lover of birds I am going to try a nest print using my own design now! I too look forward to more tutorials from you. You are inspiring!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you liked it!! Thank you!

[@maryvonnebanta1733]

Awesome!! Thank you for sharing

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you liked it! :-)

[@lifeisart8120]

Well done! Great end product. Thank you for this demonstration.👏

[@starlustudio1498]

You are very welcome!

[@hollymauk8008]

Really great technique!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!

[@fmcgarry9449]

Wow that’s really beautiful

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@artwithtricia]

Fantastic. Really clear demonstration. Thanks...I'm off to give it a try. Totally inspiring!

[@starlustudio1498]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@sharongrace3626]

This came out great! It really feels three dimensional and the colors are perfect! Beautiful!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you so much!

[@marinachristiansen4819]

amazing❤

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks! :-)

[@kathycarlson7947]

This is a gorgeous print, and the process is so clear. Thank you for sharing the beauty!

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@bee-creative.]

Beautiful!!!!!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you 🙏🏼 😊

[@margaretsmith9085]

Really amazing. So simple, too. I love your nest!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!

[@DreamyBohemian]

Amazing!!

[@starlustudio1498]

😊

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks!😊

[@cryseldaventer8567]

What a lovely print!! Thank you!! I was wondering if it would be possible to do something like this on a plexiglass sheet. Will give it a go anyway ❤

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you! Let me know how it goes!

[@maggieb.4591]

Beautiful and so inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janiesjournals3218]

my goodness this is soooooo nice, thanks for sharing, I am working on a nature journal and these kinds of prints will be perfect!

[@starlustudio1498]

Wonderful! What a great idea!

[@bhir1699]

Fantastic!

[@starlustudio1498]

Glad you like it!

[@devonrex4]

Cool print and great video! Thanks for sharing 😄

[@starlustudio1498]

Thanks for watching!

[@christineboone2850]

Beautiful!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@dianam0303]

Wow!

[@starlustudio1498]

😊

[@cheryl7476]

Marvelous print! Thanks for the equally marvelous instruction for creating a similar print. Can’t wait for the spring grass to get tall enough to make a nest, and in the meantime, Imwill try the long dead grass, I have in my stash for,other prints.

[@starlustudio1498]

Great! I'd love to see what you make!

[@everydaypaper]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing♥️very inspiring!

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome!

[@kathleenmccue3394]

Thank you for sharing, I have had great sucess.

[@starlustudio1498]

Great to hear!

[@carlottalicursi8948]

Bellissimo 👏 👏 👏

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you!

[@themessypaletteau]

That was fabulous, thank you for sharing your process x

[@starlustudio1498]

You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@studiopixels4591]

Very nice ❤

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@annieinglis2121]

I absolutely love this! Thank you so much for sharing. I will give it a go I think x

[@starlustudio1498]

Wonderful! Have fun! :-)

[@donnacarraway9182]

Thank you! That’s a really good video!! It’s May 1st so I may have to wait for some grass to grow but I definitely want to try this! (Especially for the fairy journal I am working on but this would make a great framed picture also!)I found fern leaves at my local grocery store and a Boston fern to use as well on the gel plate. I pulled a couple of fantastic prints using three paint layers but now I can’t repeat them! I’m going to look for your other videos as I just now found you! Great work!!

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you! I hear you about sometimes getting fantastic prints and then duds! It's par for the course when gel printing.

[@revCMF]

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@starlustudio1498]

Thank you and you're welcome.

[@artifactartstudio107]

Wow. You really achieved amazing results. Thank you for clearly showing us this process. Would you mind sharing a couple more things? Is the first paper freezer paper? And is the printing paper a certain kind? I am so used to making lithographs on BFK Reeves. Also, the eggs looked like they were cut from felt or foam…? Can you use them repeatedly after paint has dried on them? Thank you for considering sharing these points. You made it look so easy. I know from experience that artists go through lots of trial an error to get to your level. Excellent!

[@starlustudio1498]

Yes, first pull is with freezer paper. I used the paper from a pack I purchased from Sam's Club. You can purchase freezer paper (wax paper) for crafts that come flat from amazon. I made the final print on heavy Bristol paper. The egg cut outs were from scrap all purpose paper and yes I use them over and over. Dried paint on the egg cut-outs are not a problem.

[@artifactartstudio107]

@@starlustudio1498 Thank you so much!

[@msscoventry]

Great

[@starlustudio1498]

😊

[@ultraviolet734]

Fab-u-lous 😍💖

[@starlustudio1498]

😄Thank you!

[@pasqualebazin7964]

Please 🙏🙏🙏 could you tell me what kind of white you use? Transparent or not ? Thanks so much. I’m gonna try some painting a bit like yours today! Thanks so much and have a nice day ! Live what you paint!

[@starlustudio1498]

I use a Titanium White Acrylic paint that is opaque (not transparent). Some brands I've used are Grumbacher Academy Acrylic, Liquitex Basics, and Artist's Loft.