Mug Sketching and Gelli Prints Pt. 1

  Hope everyone is doing well, and for those with children adjusting to a new school year I wish them a great year!  I did get some art in but not as much as I would have liked due to some  issues that took priority lately and got me a bit discombobulated. But, that's life and we all go through it.

  In joining Bleubeard and Elizabeth for T Stands For Tuesday I'm sharing another lesson for the online  Draw Your Awesome Life Class (badge on sidebar).

 I've shown this mug before but I wanted to show you the front and back as this is the one I chose as my subject.

  I started by drawing the mug four ways on one page and then in its entirety on the second page. Just beginning to add color.

 Pages with the water coloring done. It was not easy getting the same effect as the actual mug but I found that by doing wet on wet the colors pooled and flowed much better.

  I've been using up my printed deli papers and was more than ready to make more so last week when I ended up with free hours I got everything set up and out in my art room and the printing began!

 This is only one part of the space I was using-even put newspapers on the floor for putting down drying prints:) Here are some of the papers (the deli paper prints are already glued onto my newest journal book pages and I have some finished art coming up in the next few posts):

  This last photo shows some prints, and some papers where I just wiped off my brayer with. Here I decided to try using Strathmore Rough Newsprint Paper (14" x 17" sheets) . I cut some sheets into 4 equal size papers. I do like this paper because sometimes you really want a thin, easy paper to work with in collage.

  In my next post for Friday (as long as nothing else comes up unexpectedly this week again) I will share a technique I discovered (by experimenting) for using one gelli plate -rather than buying the different ones available. Much as I love this product , the $$$ adds up and you really don't need every shape and size available :)  Hope to see you back then!

   " Practice and repetition are as essential for building creative muscles as they are for physical fitness."
                                                                                                          Marta Davidovich Ockuly