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Art Supply Junkie – Tip for Using Soft Pastels

This little tip has saved me invaluable time with clean up. Tools needed: Two sheets of newspaper Masking tape Keeping the chalk dust...

Gelli Plate Print Making with test results

Well this has been an interesting experiment. I plopped the Gellies on to a piece of printer paper so that I could use the edges of the...

Gelli Making Day 2

When I got up this morning I could hardly wait to check how my Gelli making has turned out. They seemed to be set last night but I...

Gelli Plate Making Day 1

A fellow artist talked excitedly about trying monoprinting using Gelli plates. Being the consummate explorer and “art supply junkie” I...

How to Make a Value Scale

Problems with chiaroscuro? And don’t we all. However I recognize that it is that dark to light range that makes for strength in a...