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Expression through art

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@sandy8043

I've been learning gel plate printing. You can search it on Pinterest and YouTube. You use a gel plate, available commercially or make your own from gelatin and glycerine. Anyway, you apply acrylic paint with a brayer and use stencils, stamps, and all kinds of random objects to make designs in the paint and print on paper. Then you use those prints to make collage. Also look up art journal. Art journals use art and some words rather than just a text journal. I'm just beginning so I started with cheap dollar store paints and home made stencils and stamps. I print on cheap copy paper. In the past I've done a variety of arts, clay, stained glass mosaic, weaving, crocheting, sewing, and I still do some of that. But this printing is really pleasing. And the collage and journal really satisfies my creative need.
Art really feeds the soul....and heals the body.
Take care ,
Sandy

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I looked at a video and gel plate printing would be interesting to try. Since original printing uses ink, have you heard of acrylic inks being used with gel plates? They would be more vivid.