Today, I'm going to share how I made colored gel medium or paints with the Gelatos! I wanted some spreadable colored medium that would work over papers that I want to see the text through. I also wanted to be able to make my own colors and use them on other mixed media projects that might be harder to use the Gelato sticks on. So, I created a "paint" or glaze that uses gel medium (I used a matte medium) as the binder.
This is very similar to the sprays I showed you! You pick your Gelato colors and shave off a bit of each of the colors you want to mix onto a craft mat or wax paper.
I've mixed colors to create my own colored glaze! Here I mixed the light blue and the green to create a turquoise color. You can also add white to make it lighter and black to make a darker version of a color.
Spritz some water using the handy little spritz bottle that comes with the tool pack that Faber-Castell makes!
Mix into a watery paste using a palette knife or your finger.
Scoop all the paste into a small container of medium. You can also do the same with white gesso or a white acrylic paint. It creates a more pastel version of the paint and is more opaque.
Brush over canvas, thick paper, wood, plaster, or other substrate to create a luminous and sheer glaze or paint. The Faber-Castell Textural Accents sampler contains a sampling of 2oz each of Gesso, Gel and Glaze so it's a great way to give these new techniques a try :)
Here is a finished project that I did with this technique! I hope you enjoyed this alternative way to use your Gelatos!
Wow! What a gorgeous effect it creates!
Posted by: wendyp | 04/19/2011 at 07:57 AM
OMG...these exact colors are on the way to me right now...can't wait to try this!
Posted by: Martha Richardson | 04/19/2011 at 04:25 PM
Very cool! I just love seeing how mixing different mediums works! Thanks for showing us :)
Posted by: Tiffany Johnson | 04/19/2011 at 04:32 PM
AWESOME!...what about mixing them with the, gesso, gel medium & glaze in the Design * Memory * Craft, Textural Accents Sampler!
Happy Creating, Colleen
Posted by: colleen mcginty | 04/19/2011 at 05:56 PM
I love the effect! Am desperate to purchase the gelatos but no-one in the UK stocks them and 2 Peas is still sold out :(
Do you know where I can buy them (who currently has them instock) and will ship to the UK?
Also, please could you tell me is that a stamp or mask (lots of little circles)under the speech bubble and again under the photo, this time in green?
Posted by: chantille | 04/20/2011 at 03:40 PM
I used dotted drywall tape as a mask for the effect under the speech bubble!
Posted by: Jmatott | 04/20/2011 at 08:33 PM
Love seeing all these great techniques with these amazing products!!!!TFS!!!
Posted by: Stephanie Muzzulin | 04/21/2011 at 01:09 PM
Thanks Jmatott for answering my question, never heard of that tape, will have to look out for it.
Posted by: chantille | 04/23/2011 at 03:43 PM
Great idea and great pictures, I got the jist of it just from looking at the pics
Posted by: Graco Sprayers | 05/17/2011 at 01:31 PM