gelli plate Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/gelli-plate/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:14:09 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg gelli plate Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/gelli-plate/ 32 32 Three Design Styles, a Gelli Plate, and a Brush https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/three-design-styles/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/three-design-styles/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:16:22 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=20428 One of my goals for this year is to learn surface pattern design. I want to move back and forth between art and design, and add more design to this blog as well. This week, I picked three of my favorite designers and played with Gelli Plate to imitate their style. These don’t replicate any […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/three-design-styles/feed/ 21 Gelli Plate Meets Fine Art – Monoprinting Ideas for Art Lovers https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/gelli-plate-fine-art/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/gelli-plate-fine-art/#comments Wed, 23 May 2018 16:37:31 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=13322 Old paintings are full of nuances and flow that we often don’t see when focusing on the subject only. This week, I am a rebel and use a Gelli plate for bringing up those elements. The Gelli Plate, like any mono-printing tool, is a bit clumsy for adding details.  But also full of potential because […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/gelli-plate-fine-art/feed/ 9 Coming Up: Fine Art Monoprinting! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/fine-art-monoprinting/ Tue, 22 May 2018 08:16:16 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=13304 I am running a free live broadcast Gelli Plate Meets Fine Art on Wednesday, May 23, 9 AM BST (London), 6 PM AEST (Sydney). This session is for you who loves old paintings from Renaissance to Impressionism but who also likes to play with Gelli plate or other mono-printing tools. Inspiration from Historical Paintings Old art is full of […]

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]]> Intuitive Still Life with Gelli Plates and Golden Open Acrylics https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-still-life/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-still-life/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=9699 Here’s my latest painting, an intuitive still life with tulips. Last week, I had a short visit to an art supply store in Helsinki. I was surprised that they had a collection of Gelli plates for sale. When I got my first one several years ago, it wasn’t as accessible. I had to contact a […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/quick-gelli-christmas-cards/feed/ 18 Self-Expression with Gelli Plate https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/self-expression-with-gelli-plate/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/self-expression-with-gelli-plate/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:23:40 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=3257 Printing with a Gelli plate was one of the things that popped up from the reader’s survey. As I happen to love mono printing techniques, it was quickly selected for the theme of the week! Glass Plate Almost 30 years ago, long before Gelli plates, I used glass plates for mono printing. I usually made a sketch […]

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