Helen O'Hara – Community Artist – Joondalup, Perth, WA

Showing posts with label Gelli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gelli. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 July 2020

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.










Sunday, 14 June 2020

100 Days project 61/100


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



Tuesday, 9 June 2020

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!



Sunday, 7 June 2020

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.



Thursday, 28 May 2020

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:

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

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:


Tuesday, 26 May 2020

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.




Sunday, 24 May 2020

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.


Friday, 22 May 2020

100 Days Project - 47/100


Today I wanted to make some more sketchbooks. I used my Gelli® plate and some foam stamps to print this A2 piece of paper which folds down into an A5 book. I kept the colours neutral until I decide what I'm going to add to this book.


Here's a video flip through. I haven't made a cover for it yet.


Today's sketch was of the kids scooter.



Tuesday, 19 May 2020

100 Days Project - 44/100


These Gelli® mono-prints were made with block ink and hand cut stencils.




Today's sketch was a tricky one - multi-sided dice.


100 Days Project - 43/100


One Gelli® mono-print and one sketch of a cheese container.


Sunday, 17 May 2020

100 day Project - 42/100


Today's prints are made with the Gelli® plate. This one above has circles added with a fine liner bottle. The print below is an image transfer of one of my sketchbook pages.


Today I met some friends for some sketching in Kings Park. Here are some of my sketches of buildings, plants and a sculpture.




Saturday, 16 May 2020

100 Days Project - 41/100


Today I spent a huge amount of time clearing up the art room which left only a little time for art. I decided to do some art journal pages. This one above has a Gelli® mono-print background. The girls were drawn with Jane Davenport stencils and Posca Pens.

These two prints below were made with foam blocks and acrylic paint applied with fine liner bottles.



Today I drew 3 spice grinders.


Thursday, 14 May 2020

100 Days Project - 39/100


Today's prints are multi layered mono prints made with the Gelli® plate. I think I went a bit too crazy with the number of colours today and it's a bit difficult to see my bird stencils.




Today's drawing is a very out of proportion sketch of my daughter.