100 Days Project - 64/100

Remember the mono-prints on fabric I made for this week's Gelli Arts® video? I've now quilted 3 of them using free motion stitch and bobbin work. They're bound and mounted onto canvas panels. each is about 8 inches square. Be sure to check out all three videos in the tutorial.

100 Days Project - 62/100

I've been using the book "Mixed Media Portraits" to help me draw some faces.

This book is really helpful and has some great diagrams to help get the proportions right.

100 Days Project - 61/100

3 more layered Gelli® mono-prints on fabric today.

100 Days project 61/100

Another 3 prints today. These are multi-layers of acrylics and Pan Pastel on the Gelli® plate.

100 Days Project - 60/100

I've added lots of hand stitch to my felted and printed fabric piece. It's now been made into a sketchbook cover. Have a look at this post for a tutorial on how to sew your fabric into a cover or come along to Contemporary Quilt Group in July where I will be demonstrating in person.

100 Days Project - 59/100

I couldn't resist doing just a few more Gelli® mono-prints on fabric. The pile of fabric ready to sew is growing enormous!

100 Days Project - 57/100

I'm experimenting with layered Gelli® mono-prints on fabric. These have several layers of acrylic paint and Pan Pastel. They change the hand of the fabric quite a bit but the thicker layers give a crisper print. I'll sew into them soon.

100 Days Project - 56/100

I've been machine stitching into this felt, printed, piece using more variegated, rayon threads. It's almost ready to be made into a book cover; perhaps some hand stitching first?

100 Days Project - 55/100

I had an enforced break from the 100 days project due to back pain. Feeling much better today I started sewing into this print. The print is on fine grease-proof paper so I have mounted it on interfacing so it doesn't tear.  This is just the beginning, I'll add more layers later.

100 Days Project - 54/100

Today I have started sewing onto these block prints which are on a felted background. The felt is multicoloured so I've gone with a brightly coloured variegated thread.

100 Days Project - 53/100

This print started life as a very faint, partial, Gelli® mono-print. I've added acrylics, pastels and collage to make this new composition. Here is the before and after:

100 Days Project - 52/100

Today's print started life as a partial Gelli® mono-print in blues using a stencil. I think it was actually a clean up paper. It was overlain with mono-printing in black to highlight the main shapes. I used white acrylic to block out any sections I didn't like. Pastel and watercolours were added to the background to eliminate the hard edge of the Gelli® plate. Collage was added to the left vase and watercolour to the right one. Here is a before and after picture:

100 Days Project - 51/100

Today I took a Gelli® mono-print which had a lot of white space and improved it with collage and graphite. The vase is a left-over mask that has been used in other prints. Never throw these things away! I think it looks like a wizard's potion brewing room.

100 Days Project - 50/100

I'm late with this post, featuring a Gelli® mono-print on fabric, because it has been so cold here in Perth that the paint has been taking ages to dry!

I'm halfway through the 100 days challenge and it's time to change things up. Because I couldn't make just 1 print a day I now have hundreds of prints! I'm going to spend the next 50 days using the prints and working into them with drawing, stitch and more printing.

Here is a sketch of some vases I found on Google Arts and Culture.

100 Days Project - 49/100

Today I continued to experiment with printing on felt. These prints were made on the Gelli® plate.

My favourite print of the day was actually a clean up paper (below).

For the sketch I drew a few bowls on a shelf. It's surprising how much more difficult it is to draw standing and holding the sketchbook rather than having it on a flat, stable surface.