It's very very very nearly done, I only need to clean up the bottom and send it off to Jack!
Uh yeah, it's a Jack in the Box :)
I used my drawings and doodles, photocopied, then gel transfered them onto the block which I painted with gesso and gel medium. Then I layed down a wet layer of gel medium, stuck my photocopies onto, let them dry, and gently rubbed away the paper (with a bit of water). What's left are the images. Cool, eh? I think so. I love the process and seeing the images emerge.
The garden! Yes the garden! What is sleep?!
2 comments:
cool. i'm wishing you did a 'step-by-step' idiot guide for the process -- photocopy, gel, gesso on wood then photocopy into gel again then rub away paper?
thankful you have time to do this and we get to see the results.
oh hey hi! I meant to respond to this earlier. I did a blog post some time ago, August last year? I'll rummage around later, maybe that was for another tutorial in printing.
But yah, I photocopy whatever I wanna transfer - in this case, my doodles.
Prep your surface (or 'canvas'). Gesso is good for a base, or especially if you're using something porous (like cardboard, or wood even).
Sometimes I will apply acrylics after that. If you do, for sure paint over THAT with gel medium. Let it DRY.
Then, apply a wet layer of gel medium to your image (photocopied image on paper). I use my finger. Not too much, not too little.
Then, put it on your canvas. I use a brayer to roll out all the air bubbles.
Let it dry!
Then, bit by bit with a little water at a time, gently rub off the paper with your fingers.
Here is a great tutorial online:
http://www.calsk8.com/zeitgeist/acrylicgeltransfers.htm
It was indispensible for my own learning process. Then, just experiment!
thanks for the thumbs up :)
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