AMANDA'S BASKETS: MONOPRINTING FOR THE FIRST TIME

Thursday, May 26, 2016

MONOPRINTING FOR THE FIRST TIME

This week's theme for the art tag challenge is monoprinting. I have never tried it before but since I had all the supplies, why not.

The Gelli Plate come in several sizes. These are the two I have. They're really a piece of rubber like substance about 1/2 inch thick. You can also make your own gelatin print pad at home. Check out this YouTube video for instructions. Or, you can use a piece of plexiglass.

I had two brayers. I used the small one to spread the paint and the larger one to actually print. In other words, I used it over the piece of paper to print.

I used Liquitex Basic acrylic paint mostly. I did try some acrylic craft paint but it didn't work out as well.

So, first you squirt some paint on the gelli pad...

Then spread it evenly with a brayer...

I used several things to make a design like a comb, a stylus, and paper heart cut out and placed on the gelli pad directly on the paint to block. Check out all these designs...

Here are some close-ups...

I also cleaned off the brayer on clean sheets...

This is the first time I have tried monoprinting and it was a lot of fun. I know I will be continuing to experiment with this technique.

It was a nice warm day today and very sunny. I moved my car once again to the other side. Why do I change my parking space so frequently? So I have a place to park on alternate days of the week days which around here are Thursdays and Fridays.

Can you believe that the end of May is at hand? Wow, if summer goes this fast, I had better get busy on my holiday gifts!!!

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Talk to you later...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.