I simply HAD to paint with my gelli plate the other night. I chose a limited palette of 4 paints (black, white, burnt umber, and yellow-gold) and pulled only these 4 prints. My goal was simply to see how different or unified the prints would look.
Which arrangement do you prefer?
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Side-by-side arrangement
Stacked arrangement
(8.5″ x 11″ each print, acrylic on index stock)
Displayed artwork © 2014 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
Hugs to all of you today!
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(4″ x 5″ mixed media on paper)
Displayed artwork © 2014 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
You’ll see this again in a future post — likely with some creature added to the scene. This premature share is because I really like it in this stark state and wanted you to see it before I start tinkering.
This is a good example of how the gelli plate technique can provide a background scene on which to build.
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
I could also title this “Red Tide.” Then what would the blue “button” become in the scene?
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
Are you tired of abstract monotypes yet? Not me!
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
I considered cropping the upper white horizontal rectangle but a friend insisted that it remain. Your thoughts?
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
Your participation in yesterday’s call-for-a-title was stellar! Thank you all for sharing your visions. I think Pevaeva and Nannus rocked the boat with their suggested titles, (respectively) “Battle for the Yellow Sea,” and “Help Me Out!”
Okay, on to today’s…
Another gelli plate abstract — color layers and texture play.
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
I was going to name this “Wave.”
Then I saw things hatching out of eggs
And an upper-left Japanese-looking thingy.
Help me out, a r t i c k l e community.
What do you see in this gelli?
Title me (rotate as necessary for inspiration!).
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
How’s this for a holiday palette? I spontaneously bought bright orange and green paint one day and decided I’d use them together in a gelli print.
The check-out guy asked if I was painting Portuguese flags! Maybe subliminally that’s why I chose rectangular shapes?
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
A couple of weeks ago, I spent two evenings pulling prints from a Gelli plate. It’s a highly addictive tool whereby you really cannot predict or control the outcome. That’s what I find so fascinating. I’ll share several from my stack with you over the next week or so. I’ve named them based on what I see. But, I invite your comments, as you’ll undoubtedly interpret these differently. Thanks, in advance.
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(8″ x 10″ acrylic monotype using Gelli plate)
Displayed artwork © 2013 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
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