Gelli Printed Fields of Color – Card

Here in the USA its the 4th of July so I thought it would be fun to do a super colorful project! I love fireworks and seeing the joy and excitement of families coming together and staring into the sky as explosions of color and magic happen! We are going to create a little color explosion ourselves using a gelli plate, a bunch of stencils and some acrylic paint! Lets get started!

Supplies paint brayer stencil paper

Supplies: paint, brayer, stencils, paper all ready to go!

Supplies:
Blank Strathmore Printmaking card or (make your own!)
Gelli Plate (5×7 or whatever you have)
Acrylic paint
Stencils TCW593TCW600TCW595, TCW603, TCW619
Faber Castel pens with a few tip sizes (brush, fine, medium)
White gel pen
glue stick

Printed sets of paper in my selected colors with stencil texture

Printed sets of paper in my selected colors with stencil texture

Step one:
Select 4 acrylic paint colors to work with and spend 45 minutes ( approximately 11 minutes on each color) printing with your gelli plate, create a set of sheets using each of your colors.
– Your goal is to end up with a lot of color, texture & mark variations in each of your 4 color sets
– Aim for completing as many sheets as you can get done in 11 minutes. (Set a timer to keep you on track)
– Use various versions of your colors or mix versions of your colors by using other colors plus black and white to lighten and darken them.

Color pieces cut and ready to go

Color pieces cut and ready to go you can see the pits of stenciled color add great variety!

Step two:
Review your finished color sheets and spend about 10 – 15 minutes cutting shapes out of the colored sheets, give yourself lots of options!

Things to think about as you cut shapes:
size
color variation
texture variation
contrast (lights and darks)
basic shapes (square, circle triangle), organic blob shapes, weird or unusual shapes
cutting similar shapes create harmony

Plan your cut pieces for your card before you glue them down

Plan your cut pieces for your card before you glue them down

Step three:
Create your composition by arranging your shapes on your card and then moving your pieces around until you see good color combinations, (warm and cool colors next to each other really pop and create visual interest) good size variation, and harmony. Once you have something you like start gluing down your shapes into your finished composition.

Add doodles and illustration to your card with marker and gel pen. Bonus points for a little hand lettering!

Add doodles and illustration to your card with marker and gel pen. Bonus points for a little hand lettering!

Step four:
Use markers and the white gel pen to embellish, connect shapes, do some hand lettering create patterns etc. Stop and evaluate your piece as you go. You can always add more colored paper pieces!

Finished Card by Tori Weyers

Finished Card by Tori Weyers

Happy 4th of July to those who celebrate!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Be sure to share your creations on The Crafter’s Workshop Facebook page or by tagging The Crafter’s Workshop on InstagramTwitter or Pinterest! Until next time, keep creating! 😉

The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. This post also contains affiliate links. The opinions I share are solely my own.

Tori Weyers
The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member

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