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Sunday, September 22, 2013

29 Faces - Face #8

Saturday night was spent at The Art House Studio taking a Watercolor Whimsy class with Donna Downey!  I really wanted to take all of her classes...but decided on this one because she was showing us how to do a gel medium transfer as well as using Gelatos...two things I really wanted to try.

I chose to use the copy of one of Donna's stamps.  After spreading a thin layer of gel medium (Golden Gel Matte) onto the canvas, I laid the ink jet printed copy face down onto the gel medium and burnished it for a few minutes.  Carefully lifted the paper to reveal the print...easy peasy!  If I'd known it was that easy I would have tried it ages ago!

We then added gelatos to the face...then the hair.  Donna used my canvas to demonstrate the hair and the drippage...love drippage!  We then did the background, finished the face, added texture to the hair, and added stamps to the background.  I love it!  Will definitely try more with both techniques. 

Thanks Donna! Great class!!!




Posted by Julie Gillespie at 11:19 a.m.
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  1. SunnySeptember 25, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.

    A very interesting transfer technique. I love the result of the transfer and gelatos. Did you use clear medium or white?

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    1. Julie GillespieSeptember 25, 2013 at 9:22 a.m.

      Hi Ila. It was Golden Gel (Matte) that was used. Donna also mentioned that images printed on an ink jet printer rather than a laser printer work much better.

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  2. DebbieSeptember 29, 2013 at 12:07 p.m.

    Gorgeous! I love the drippage, too. It works great for the hair!

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