Gelli printing, hook, line and sinker

This is the print that Elaine liked and was laminated on canvas with the matt gel

I made some of my own templates for the printing with puffy paint

this is one of my linoleum carvings that I did years ago

yup I got suckered in with Gelli printing. I went for at least 2 weeks of printing when we had some family issues and I was forced to stop. There are topics all over you tube and so far Carolyn Dube and Jane Davies are my favorite. Jane Davies relaxes me and I could listen to her tutorials without the music forever. She makes everything seem so effortless. I like Carolyn because she has no fear and paints anything. So I bought 2 gelli plates, which are not cheap. The first one I had money left on my December birthday gift card from our local art supply shop, Omer DeSerres. I had to try it, and luckily it was on special and I only had to pay the taxes. It was a 6x6" which is small but I cured my fix for a couple of days when I went on our local Varage Sale and found a 8x10" for $20.00, which was in mint condition, sweet. So now I have 2 and am having a lot of fun printing.
One of my prints, my friend Elaine fell in love with and was going to frame it but I laminated it to a cheap canvas with matt gel medium. It turned out okay but the matt medium coating looked milky and I am not a big fan of matt so the next one will be glossy.

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