Gellie Jam: printmaking with gel plates Session ONE, Open to all levels
In this four week class students will learn the fundamentals of printmaking with gel plates and quickly move into more intentional, layered compositions. The process is user-friendly and immensely satisfying. Gel plates and brayers are provided; these are yours to take home at the end of the class.
Week One: gel plate info and care, work station set up, paint and paper choices, simple registration techniques, making backgrounds, subtractive techniques, simple layering, make some prints!
Week Two: color and transparency choices, make stencils and stamps, use different papers, make some prints!
Week Three: Printing with botanicals, designing with placement and layering, loosening up, make some prints!
Week Four: Over-printing existing prints, cross-pollenating techniques, additional mark making ideas, make some prints, pick some to matt and frame! The matts and frames will be provided
No supplies need for the first day of class, a 6x6 gellie plate and 4" brayer will be provided and will be used in all four sessions. These are yours to take home at the end of session four.
Additional supplies will be needed for each of the following class days 2, 3 and 4. We will review these on the first day may with reminders for each following class, these include:
Days 2,3,4
-Acrylic Paint, open acrylics are recommended, but the best acrylic to use is what you already own!
-1" Blue painters tape
-1 roll of Freezer paper
-Variety of papers to print on, get creative here: copy paper, rice paper, printmaking or multimedia paper, brown kraft, deli sheets, sheet music, old book pages etc
Day 3
-Botanicals from your own garden, or other sources. We will be using 6x6 gel plates, so choose plant size accordingly.
Optional:
Apron, nitrile gloves, baby wipes/hand sanitizer to clean equipment, medium/extender
Day 4 also optional -colored pencils, markers, graphite, gel pens, to "enhance" a finished print
