Gelli Party

I had a fabulous day yesterday hosting a gelli plate printing party at my house.  Many thanks to Debbi, Sarah and Anna who came along. We chatted and laughed and shared ideas and made prints and ate yummy food.

Please do not Pin the above photos to Pinterest, thank you.


And here are some of the prints I made:

PS  Do you love creating gelli prints?  Want a place to discuss gelli printing?  To show off your work?  Share your ideas? Discuss the pros and cons of different paints/paper/plates/tools etc?  Get some great ideas on what to do with the thousands of prints you have created?

Then I would love you to join me at the Gelatin Printing Enthusiasts Facebook Group.

May 2014 Recap

At the beginning of May I was getting ready for the art sale at Myattsfield Vineyard, then spent time rearranging some rooms in my house to create an art space for me to store my paintings and supplies in and to play in my art journal and catch up with the art journal challenges that I am doing this year.

Art sale at Myattsfield Vineyard:

Art Space:

Art Journaling:

Faces in the World Challenge: Top left is the drawing I sent to the first person out of three - top right is how it returned back to me - I could add more to it but love it how it is!
- Middle left (minus the crayon) is how Joyce's drawing arrived to me and the right is how I sent it on to Sandy.
- Bottom left is Sandy's face that came to me after Joyce had drawn on the face - I found the blue background to be a great challenge - the right pic is how I sent it back to Sandy.

Journal 52:

Documented Life Project:

Hope your month went well.

PS  Do you love creating gelli prints?  Want a place to discuss gelli printing?  To show off your work?  Share your ideas? Discuss the pros and cons of different paints/paper/plates/tools etc?  Get some great ideas on what to do with the thousands of prints you have created?

Then I would love you to join me at the Gelatin Printing Enthusiasts Facebook Group.

DLP Wk 22 Houses

Documented Life Project - May 24, 2014 - Week 22 Challenge - Draw, paint or sketch a house.

I used a gelli print for the background, trees and roofs of the houses, the house and the sun I found in my happy mail box.  I gave the background a watercolour wash and I stamped on the pendants and coloured them in with Inktense pencils.

Wish We Were Neighbours

 PS  Do you love creating gelli prints?  Want a place to discuss gelli printing?  To show off your work?  Share your ideas? Be inspired and inspire others? Discuss the pros and cons of different paints/paper/plates/tools etc?  Get some great ideas on what to do with the thousands of prints you have created?

Then I would love you to join me at the Gelatin Printing Enthusiasts Facebook Group.

Featured Artist on Mixed Media May Today

I was very honoured to be part of Cindy Jones Lantier's Mixed Media May once again this year. There were many very talented artists interviewed with some awesome artwork shown too.

Come on over and check it out:  http://www.mixedmediamay.com/mixed-media-may-michelle-reynolds-2

Journal 52 Gelli Print Mandala

Week 21: Making a Mandala

I used a round gelli print for my mandala base then used plates and cups as templates for circles, Sharpie Pen to colour in....

PS  Do you love creating gelli prints?  Want a place to discuss gelli printing?  To show off your work?  Share your ideas? Be inspired and inspire others? Discuss the pros and cons of different paints/paper/plates/tools etc?  Get some great ideas on what to do with the thousands of prints you have created?

Then I would love you to join me at the Gelatin Printing Enthusiasts Facebook Group.

Art Journaling and DLP and J52

I have this sort of love/hate relationship with art journaling.  On the one hand I love the freedom of it, the fact that I can do what I want and really no one can criticize it as it's not for public consumption.  On the other hand the freedom can be paralyzing - where to start, what to do next and how to pull it all together so it's a cohesive piece. I am my own worst critic at times.... I can't seem to get the layering thing like some people can.....

 And then there are the supplies....art journaling is mixed media at it's best
- journals
- paint - acrylic and watercolour,
- papers - lots of different sorts - old books, dictionaries, gelli prints
- glue/gel medium,
- stamps,
- stencils,
- gesso,
- inks,
- ephemera,
- sprays,
- pencils - normal, watercolour, Inktense,
- Gelatos (whatever they are!),
- rub-ons,
- pens - hard to get good ones that will write over all of the above!!!,
- brushes,
- scissors,
- punches,
- craft knife
- craft paper cutter - use mine all the time!

Documented Life Project - Week 21 Challenge - Add embroidery or embroidery floss to your page.

Week 17 Challenge - Photograph or draw your favorite shoes.

Journal 52 - Week 20 Prompt: Book Inspired

 Week 19 Prompt: Photography

So if you need me I'll be upstairs in my art space....