Thursday, June 21, 2018

Peeled Paint Effect with Gelli Arts� Printing Plates from Birgit Koopsen

Hello! Birgit here with a fun technique today that lets you create a peeled paint texture.

All you need is your Gelli Arts� gel printing plate, some clear tape, and your favorite colors of acrylic paint.

Start with applying a thin layer of paint to your Gelli Arts� gel printing plate and let it dry.

Then apply strips of clear tape on top of the dried paint leaving a little bit of space between the strips.

Now apply contrasting colors of paint on top of the clear tape. When pulling the print the colors from the first layer will pull up in the open areas, creating different colored lines.

Place your paper on top of the wet paint, rub firmly and pull the print.

The first print usually is not my favorite one as it is still to clean and doesn�t have much of that peeled paint effect.

But, when you continue pulling prints from the same tape, little bits of left over paint from previous prints will also pull up, plus there will be areas where the multiple layers of paint will dry and not pull up at all. This is what gives that peeled paint look.

So continue printing, varying with colors, and the prints will get only better!

Extra bonus at the end of your printing session is some beautiful colored tape that you can use in your mixed media projects.

Thank you for stopping by! Happy printing!

Birgit

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