Yet More Prints: Paper Mask

I'm printing faster than I can scan and make blog posts.  I made a new stencil from Strathmore's 300 Series Printmaking paper. I used the same paper to make the prints.  The 300 series paper is 120 g/m2, which is just slightly heavier than the Pacon drawing paper I have used in previous test prints.  The trick to using relatively lightweight papers to make prints is to use very little paint (or ink) on your printing plate.  

gelli print, printing
My favorite print, which is actually layers of ghost prints.

gelli printing, Gelli Arts printing plate, printing
Plan B print. Plan B prints are made by adding thick white paint to the printing plate. The first pull will be mostly white paint.  The second pull will bring most of the old paint off the Gelli plate. caption

gelli printing, printing, Gelli Arts printing plate
If you look closely, you will see there are three mask shapes.

Combs and masks.

What not to do:  This is what happens when you start with yellow ochre, overprint with quinacridone magenta, and finish with phthalo green.  Any two of those colors layered would have been fine.  All three layered created a funky, muddy, mix.   

Paper stencil, covered with many layers of paint.

A multi-layered print. 

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