fall gelli printing

Sorted and filed my gelli prints by color, I have just a few.  And check out all that paper and card stock waiting for color!

Fall's last blast of color inspired an entire day of gelli printing with the last few leaves from the yard.  The weather was so perfect 60 degrees, windy, too dry.  Roses blooming, lavender confused along with the california poppies, sprouting new growth.

Had so much fun and then spent the evening using my favorite print for a page in my 1924 yearbook journal.  I obviously didn't plan the page, it was more about purging some bad feeling with all the text.  Art heals.

1924 yearbook journal

I buried some of my girlish dreams under the decay of the citrasolve paper.  Maybe a few traumas also.

Gelli jester

This creepy jester has been hanging around for years so I finally gave him a home in my 1924 yearbook journal.  Background made using inktense and gesso over a gelli print.

just a kiss away

Not sure if this is done, I love the Gulf of Mexico here.

1924 art journal

Feeling a little lost without my Ganesha project so I've been playing in my 1924 yearbook journal.  Top page was made with a sheet of circle labels printed with a photo of a t shirt I painted a while back.  I practiced with my Stabilo pencil and ruined my background! Used way too much so when I painted over with water everything was gray.  Bottom page I glued my World Market bag to the page with mat medium then practiced drawing dandelions with a silver uniball gel pen on black gesso.  That was fun.  So many you tube videos online that artists offer for free.  So much inspiration and knowledge.  Thanks to all who share.

Projects with the little gelli plate

 

I got my little gelli plate out and worked this page really quickly.  So easy to create layers by laying the stencil directly in the journal and stamping with gelli.  I really want to do a t shirt with this technique so I might copy my bird page on my next shirt.  That is what I love about art journaling, no pressure, just play and it might turn out cool.  

journal page

I enjoyed using some gelli prints for this journal page.