Master Gel Plate Printing: Essential Lesson for Great Results!

[@kerry-lynnmartin8799]

Fun to watch I’d love to see more of how you’ll use them

[@drdini09]

Thank you - as always - for all your ideas and tips! If I could watch only one KZbin channel for the rest of my life I would choose yours!

[@49dragonflies]

OMG thank you ❤️

[@jesseb5112]

Awesome prints! I never realized how important warming up the plate was.

[@patticlark9321]

I would love to see everything that you do in this journal. I am loving it ❣️

[@CanadaFree.6014]

Hi Barbara, I tried this method this week of warming up the plate first and I totally agree with you, it is a game changer! It takes 5 pulls for me, and I could tell when it was ready because the last pull came off so easily and so clean! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@49dragonflies]

Wonderful! 😊❤️👍🏻

[@jenniferwatson7118]

Great results!

[@matildaenlund6679]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing and being so inspiring.❤

[@christinecourtois5334]

You've inspired me to get my Gelly plate out and have a play. Your prints are looking good.

[@jayneelinor]

Great job!

[@flymill84]

Danke fürs zeigen Barbara, LG Rika

[@jenniesebrasky6023]

I learned so much, too! Thank you, Barbara, for making mistakes and for making gorgeous art.

[@donnaarsenoff8399]

The white and gold with the triangles is my favorite, but all are very pretty. No fails! ❤

[@rachelpatten8889]

I admire you for continuing to learn techniques to share with us. Not only does it. Provide new content, but you go out on a limb to try something new. Bravo!

[@grdng8]

Did not know about warming up the gel plate. Will try next time I use it. Thank you Barbara!

[@blaaaaaaarrrrr]

Didn't know either. Great tip!

[@elizabethkeeling-carreau1873]

Beautiful prints! I think I learn more from you with regards to gelliprinting because you emphasize what not to do. I hope you’ll show us what you do with them in your X-LARGE journal. 🤗🇨🇦🤗 Liz

[@uniquelylily1166]

I was laughing with ya girl. Ive had the paper get caught on my brayer too🤣👍 ..try try again. It's such great fun!

[@louloufabrique]

Such great results… when your paint is too dry, just spray a little water to rehydrate your paint. If you put « too much »water, you will get amazing results too. Very different but very interesting… Merci😊

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks for the tip! 😊

[@christineskinner1706]

Thank you for inspiring me to get out my jelli plate. Definitely give it ago tomorrow ❤

[@49dragonflies]

Yay! Have fun! 😃

[@blackcoffeeandwildflowers]

I love watching and learning from your geli print videos. You are definitely getting better and better with every one. It’s so inspiring! Thanks for the hope! hugs ❤️🤗

[@debbie1016]

Beautiful prints, Barbara. Watching gelli plate printing are some of my favorite videos to watch. Thank you for sharing.

[@JoySibley-l4t]

Thank you so much for not editing out the ones that were less successful. Loved this!❤

[@ninkagiraudet5141]

Those book pages on the side with the brayer remnants will be fabulous too!

[@laurabenns]

I just adore your gelli plate videos - the prints with the gold are my favourites!! I have seen a couple of you tubers use gold leaf which is stunning. A challenge for you?? 😊

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! Let me think on it 😅

[@JunkJournalFlavi]

Was für schöne Ergebnisse 🥰, da bekomme ich direkt Lust, meine Gelli Plate mal wieder rauszuholen. Ich hatte auch schon bemerkt, dass es besser läuft, wenn man länger was macht, daher tolle Idee, einfach mit ein paar einfarbigen Hintergründen anzufangen 👍 Liebe Grüße Anke 🤗

[@49dragonflies]

Danke! Ich hoffe bei klappt‘s auch! 😊❤️

[@wrenbayley]

Love the 3D look of the lace placemat prints! Super cool!

[@allisonjames2923]

The media surface mat is a great idea & the replacement one is inexpensive too (I got one easily). And I learned from Tim that it helps inks bead as well as being non-stick, which they don’t do as much on glass & that really helps your ink smooshing!

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

Thank you!😊

[@sandrineboutineau1115]

Good job Barbara! 😂 I love your giggles as much as I love your work, such fun! 😘😘

[@elzanneshepperson6729]

Hi Barbara..... definitely a good stroke of business with these gorgeous prints. Success.

[@petralenk]

Das sind ganz wunderbare Ergebnisse! Danke für die Tipps!

[@MichelleOlsonWhitneyES]

Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for letting us see your mistakes as well as your genius!

[@pambotter355]

Loved watching you make these beautiful papers. Great job on them. Glad you found the book to help you. TFS! ❤

[@malinh911]

Thanks for sharing your playtime and your new knowledge! I also wish to improve my skills of gelli printing with acrylics, so I appreciate all the tips!

[@49dragonflies]

We are on this journey together 😊❤️

[@doreethorpe4800]

Nice play with the gelli plate. The prints turned out great!❤

[@VickieAllen1109]

Love watching you create and sharing with us. 💜💜💜

[@pennydouphinett4545]

I like the clean up pull you did last. It has a lot of potential.

[@fernanton8370]

Happy Saturday Barbara, I enjoyed your video . I liked the gold on the last paper . All of the papers were awesome. Blessings to you my dear & your family . From Canada 🇨🇦 💞💕💞

[@hejlina6549]

Hey Barbara, it's great to see you working in your art journal. I'm curious what you make next time ❤

[@annina_pure_creativity]

Oh the placematt once is awwsome and very cool the gold.

[@susanmorales8675]

Beautiful prints. I learned a lot from your video. Thanks Barbara. I look forward to seeing how you use more of these prints.

[@susisjournaladventure]

I love love love every single video you make, dear Barbara! Deine Gelliprint-Ergebnisse sind toll geworden! Liebe Grüße, Susanne🤍

[@49dragonflies]

Herzlichen Dank! ♥️

[@shabbykat273]

Good tutorial! Currently learning how to do this and appreciate your helpful video. ❤

[@kristinluvsdogs]

Love watching you play. Awesome prints!

[@lenawarelius4195]

I actually have a geli plate on my shopping list 😊 but i dont know what i need, more than the plate. And the breyer and paint of course 😅 great video 😍👏 lots of love from Arctic Norway at 26 sunny degrees 🥰🌸🌼🍀

[@allisonjames2923]

Lol. That’s it 🤷‍♀️ A gel plate, brayer, paper & acrylic paint - just pay attention to what is transparent & opaque as well as colour, as that will help you get successful prints & I would get light or medium body not heavy body paint as it’s harder to roll it out (but not impossible). As long as you use the same weight paint at the same time on the plate, you can use anything. Even watercolours, alcohol ink, pigment or dye ink (not archival), Distress inks, monoprinting inks for linocuts, acrylic ink… the world is your limit & different mediums will just give different textures & effects. You can even use gilding foil & pigment powders like Pearl Ex & just use a layer of paint or matte medium to pull the print. You can use Acrylic & marker pens too. I would also buy a cheap barron too but it’s not essential (you can get them from AliEx or anywhere you buy monoprinting supplies - i have a round felt-covered one that helps you burnish your paper on with even pressure without warming it up too much). And get some plain mineral/baby oil & some wet wipes for cleaning & conditioning your plate. Then you can use absolutely anything to make textures, from stamps, stencils, embossing folders, masks, leaves, grass, flowers, vegetables, play dough, cornflour, place mats, fabric, Tyvek & fun foam make awesome masks that you can reuse over & over, you can use vases, bowls, carved objects - absolutely anything that has a texture/pattern you can feel with your fingers & you don’t mind getting paint on/can easily wash off. Oh & paper! You can use copy paper, cardstock, rice paper, tissue paper (wet strength if you can get it affordably), handmade papers, watercolour paper, drawing paper, even matte photo paper (but never use glossy photo paper on your plate - it will stick & be a massive pain in the rear to get off. I found the same problem with some Japanese calligraphy paper which was shiny on one side & rice paper feeling on the other), textured papers, embossed papers, deli paper, parchment paper - another place the list is endless. I found the same problem with some calligraphy Golden rules are - when you do a layer of paint, you want it thick enough to cover the plate, but slightly transparent. If it’s too thick you’ll just pull a layer of paint & won’t get what’s actually in contact with the plate. But as Barbara does, you can either brayer it off or just pull an extra layer or two. And either pull your print quite quickly (after about 20-30 seconds of burnishing depending on the type of paper) or leave it until it doesn’t feel cold & damp to the touch (will vary heaps depending on how warm in your house, paint & paper type as well as how thick the layers). Never use a heat gun to dry - if you have a fan or hairdryer with cool setting that’s ok, but best to air dry. To do a quick clean just use a wet wipe (but the leftovers & ghost prints create the coolest textures). If something sticks or you want to get off a build up of dried paint, use baby/mineral oil & a wet wipe. If you find your paper is sticking a lot, pour a puddle of baby oil on, spread it across the plate & leave to soak in overnight to condition it. And have fun. It’s hugely unpredictable which is the best & worst part about it. If you don’t like the print, you just need another layer. Some great Gelli plate artists are Froyle Art, Robyn McClendon, Yeates Makes & Crafting with Trina. And the Gelli Plate brand has beginner tutorials & tips too. Enjoy 😁 💕 from Australia 🐨 🦘

[@49dragonflies]

I have nothing to add to Carrie’s thorough comment below 😊

[@lenawarelius4195]

@@allisonjames2923 OMG🥰🙏 thank you so very much for this answer ❤️❤️❤️ I’m saving this 😊🤪 And I will buy me a gelli plate 🥳🥳 soo looking forward to the fall now 🤪😂🥳🙏❤️ Thank you so much sweetheart ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@christine0nowell757]

Yes deffo interested in seeing what you do with these jly prints Barbara, well done this time xxx

[@allisonjames2923]

Some great easy textures & masks on the Gelli plate you might like are - tear irregular pieces of paper & plop them on the plate. Put paint down first, then add them & pull a print, but leave them in place while you add the next layer of paint & pull the next print with them where they are (creates cool texture!); cut some pieces of fabric into shapes & pull threads (hessian or calico work great) - I cut some leaf shapes & pulled the vertical threads from the outsides in to leave a full centre, but have fluffy horizontal sides, and did geometric shapes with different threads pulled from different sections. Will send you photos. Get some Tyvek (you can buy a set of coveralls to cut up or buy a sheet) & cut that for awesome textured, reusable & durable masks; and if your mask shapes stick to your brayer, just leave them on & it creates a roll of texture

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks for your advice! ❤️

[@lalagamma4452]

These are gorgeous. Even the ones you didn't like are pretty. Quote: "Treat yourself with care. You are worth more than you know, once you have accomplished this you will find real peace. -Lala Gamma. Huge hugs. Namaste 🐞🐞🐞

[@annespaperspot2747]

I love the prints with the gold paint.

[@bear9427]

Be proud of everything you do sweetie 🥰 everything look beautiful ❤

[@allisonjames2923]

If you put your gel plate on top of a piece of paper the same size & tape that bottom piece down, you can use that to line up your printing page. Or you can buy a corner block of wood/acrylic that you can use to line up all your prints perfectly 😊

[@artofheike]

Schöne Papiere 😊 Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen und Erklären, was zu beachten ist. Und dass ich wieder etwas dazulernen konnte😊

[@cris-amv]

Amazing results. The book sounds very useful! Thank you for the lesson!

[@annettelind8835]

Hi Barbara 😊 Thank you for another inspiring tutorial. 😍You make me want to purchase a gelli plate and start experimenting. And I just feel in such good company watching you 😍

[@BgBw-l5u]

Great to know. I just ordered these paints. I was having problems too! Thank you so much for sharing your ups and downs and your solutions!

[@caroltanzi29]

Barbara: I enjoyed this video. I have stayed away from gelli prints for several reasons. However, watching your video and Ceri’s, I might try it. Thank you. Carol from California

[@49dragonflies]

I hope you do! 😊

[@celieaguayo9000]

The blue and yellow one looks like a either sun or moon in the top middle ❤

[@angelathoma-dogwoodpaperarts]

Beautiful designs.

[@tootsfour956]

Barbara, this is a good tutorial. I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@blaaaaaaarrrrr]

I have to do some gelliplate printing again. Thank you for the inspiration! ❤

[@risamateo8003]

These came out fantastic!! Can't wait to see how you use them

[@empowers1895]

Gel printing is so fun!

[@patriciamorris1812]

This was invaluable information! I can hardly wait to play with my gelli plate!

[@49dragonflies]

Have fun! 😃❤️

[@nancynorris9822]

Beautiful and fun prints! TFS 🤗

[@terri3779]

Thank you, Barbara!

[@vickihernandez5922]

Wow! This is so helpful. I have 3 sizes and don’t use them because I always have a hard time getting something to turn out the way I want. Thank you so much!

[@49dragonflies]

Glad it was helpful! 😊

[@heathersullivan8494]

Hi Barbara. Love watching your videos when you do the Jelly Printing. Oh No!! lol You’re so cute. Thanks for sharing the tips. I have yet to try my plate, but I really want to. 😊❤

[@robinknutson8765]

Loving this I’m not a big gelli printer. I need more inspiration like this. Thank you

[@fonda5797]

Your Geli prints are fabulous!

[@HandmadeJournalsbyFran2022]

I love Robyn’s book 🩵

[@caroleeon]

Hi Barbara. Love your videos! I just wanted to suggest that you can use your stencils the same way you used the cut circles. Also I prefer to use distress ink and oxide ink pads rather than paint. It's less messy. ❤

[@alisonwonderland4438]

Love it 😍 Thank you ❤ your XL journal is looking so vibrant 🎉

[@mariemargueritebrickner7631]

Thank you for these tips! I have many gel plates or Gelli and I need a little change to liven up my practice. 😊

[@conniebentley9699]

Those turned out beautifully!

[@sheilaironside8099]

Love your prints! Pretty! Thank you!

[@luannfischer747]

Love the gold and white,,,

[@wendyk2557]

Fascinating!

[@BgBw-l5u]

I bought the same paint. Thanks for the tips! They work!

[@tammywilliams5006]

Love you too!💕 Thanks for the inspiration.

[@art-alchemy]

I love this video and perfect timing. I also am struggling with my gel prints. Thanks B.

[@49dragonflies]

Thanks! I hope it helps with your prints too! 🫶🏼

[@jennifermott5651]

I got a gelli plate but have yet to try it. Thanks for the tip about the thinner paints not working well, and warming up the plate.

[@heyjude85]

I love this and have learned something, but I'm not sure I have the patience for jelly plate. I love it when you just paint your papers, as well.

[@yolandakouwenberg-meijer344]

I really like these prints...

[@revCMF]

Love your gel print videos.

[@RobinfromCA]

This is a great tutorial! I have my gel out to play with but then chicken out. You've made me feel like I can do this! I'll let you know how it goes. I finally finished my monster gator mouth journal so it's time for some experimenting.

[@49dragonflies]

You can do this, Robin! 💪🏼🫶🏼🥰

[@lotusflowerpassion]

great prints dear what fun

[@MaureenAstrid]

So glad the book helped with your epiphany sweetie! It is such a joy to hear your excited voice while making gelli plate prints 🩵😘 Did the activation trick also help on your larger gelli plate, the one that is so fickle? I hope so. Sending hugs

[@49dragonflies]

The book is great sweetie, thanks again! ❤️. I have not tried the big one yet 🙈

[@angelaarnold4255]

I’m so glad you posted this video! I’ve owned my Gelli Plate for at least 2 years. I’m terrified to try it. I have a box of 24 Acrylic Paints. I have some paper Froyle suggested. I have my Brayers. I have a glass kitchen thing (cutting glass? …. I seriously have no idea. Kind of like something Ceri the Crafter uses. But it’s to help me since my area is small). But I’ve decided I can warm up my plate with one or two colors per paper. By the time it’s warmed up, maybe I will be too. Lol. Excited to try now. Lol. ♥️♥️♥️

[@49dragonflies]

I hope you have a fabulous time with your plate! 🫶🏼

[@angelaarnold4255]

@@49dragonflies I swear, one day I really am gonna pull it out and try it. At least there’s no camera on me. If you can be brave with a camera watching everything you do, I can be brave with just my Granddaughter watching me. Lol

[@jayneterry8701]

​@@angelaarnold4255yes a child will have less fear! Besides you need to use it b4 it Dries out! 💞☺️👍

[@angelaarnold4255]

@@jayneterry8701 I didn’t realize it would do that. Thank you. It’s still in its original packaging. I’ve never opened it. Guess I better get with it.

[@theserendipitouscrafter3532]

@@jayneterry8701oh I didn’t realize either ! I’m in the same boat 😅 need to try it !

[@colours_are_my_garden]

Die geliplate muss ich auch mal wieder rausholen. Das warmup werde ich auch machen. Bisher hatte ich immer etwas Schwierigkeiten schöne Drucke zu bekommen. Danke fürs Zeigen. ❤ Grüße Renate

[@49dragonflies]

Sehr gerne und gutes Gelingen 😊❤️

[@julia_l-c]

I haven't tried the heavy body Golden for gel printing, but the regular liquid kind works well. I usually use Liquitex or Amsterdam - they're both a great balance of quality and affordability. And yes, the cheap really thin craft paint just does not work for gel printing! I've heard you can spritz a little water over everything if your paint is drying quickly on the gel plate but I live where there's plenty of humidity so haven't needed to try it 😁

[@allisonjames2923]

So glad you got the Gelli plate to behave. There’s an awesome Gelli plate artist I discovered recently, who makes super cool paint collage abstracts with her Gelli plate, adding layers to the image (not necessarily layers on top of other layers) by masking off strips of the plate. And she’s just lovely to watch too. Mixed Media Art by Trina is her channel. She has a beautiful voice to listen to too 😊 Oo & I watched some beautiful layering of Distress Inks & water splashes on the Gelli plate recently. Can’t remember who that was though 🤔

[@christinelucas3313]

Thanks for the tips. I love the looks of gelling prints but my own don't turn out as good. Need more practice and will try this out.

[@nedleycat]

I just love your videos and this one really got me because I’m just getting back into my gelli press! When you say Ceruleum blue I always think of the scene in the Devil wears Prada where Andy walks in and scuffs at the difference between two belts and says I’m sorry I’m just getting to know this stuff. And Meryl Streep refers to hercerulean blue sweater that she obviously got out of the bargain bin and was first shown on the catwalk by eve st Lauren

[@lynnbeard2450]

oh nooooo!!! 🤣 LOVE your videos. Hugs from Texas

[@chelliebarron2094]

Gorgeous prints!

[@prof.mommyarty]

Lol my journey has not yet begun 😄. The painty book pages are a good bonus! Oh nice ombre hombre🙊. Ooh yummy results!👏👏👏. So which paper best? You're printing like a pro now, saving this in my techniques playlist for when I'm done procrastinating🙈. LOVING the place mat! Oh no 🙈. Oh the gold on blue and yellow is GORGEOUS😍. Oh I'll check her out. Yes do film it, I'll watch lol. Tfs and have a great day 💖💖💖

[@maudhiemstra]

Such fun papers and how great that the book helped 🥰 I did some Jelli printing just this morning too and also finally managed to make collage fodder that works for me. Hugs 🤗 from tropical Friesland 🥵

[@49dragonflies]

Yay! 😃🥰

[@texasdragonfly4129]

Very inspiring. Great ideas

[@blaaaaaaarrrrr]

7:48 Love how the ocre-blue color combination turned out. Was a bit sceptical first.

[@edie44]

Beautiful pages

[@ritapetty7482]

I haven’t checked this out for myself yet, but the ladies at PM Artist Studios feel that in general blue paints dry quicker than other colors. I love to watch P when she uses the gelli plate.