So, still experimenting with the Gelli Arts plate, this time trying out Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint. It gives excellent coverage and takes textures really well. Almost all the ink comes off onto the paper – Daler Rowney cartridge 90gsm – with gentle rubbing, leaving very little for a ‘ghost’ print. The only problem I think is that the colours are very intense, it’s high quality paint, and I either need to experiment with more subtle methods of removing and blending the paint on the plate or find some sort of medium to thin out the intensity of the colour without making the paint more watery.
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- Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paint
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- Bubblewrap pressed into the Liquitex to give texture
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- The first layer of the print
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- After cleaning the plate with a babywipe, more Liquitex is rolled onto the plate
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- Texture is added with a scrunched up piece of stiff tissue paper……
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- ……giving an ethereal effect
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- Ripped paper stencils are placed over the ink and the original print placed on top and rubbed by hand
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- There is very little ink left on the plate and virtually no secondary (ghost) image
