Gelatos

How to use Gelatos for dry and wet techniques

Dry technique project

Applied techniques:

Blending on a canvas, blending with a stencil, reducing with a baby wipe
and stamping with corrugated cardboard

Step 1 and 2: Stick small pieces of masking tape to the lower third of the canvas board. Apply Cotton Candy, Blueberry and Spearmint colour Gelatos to the masking tape pieces and the background.
Step 3 and 4: Apply Lemon, Mango and Red Cherry to the upper third of the canvas board. Blend the colours with a finger.
Step 5: Apply masking stencil. Reduce the colours in the stencil holes using a cleaning cloth until you are left with a light hue. Carefully remove the stencil.
Step 6 and 7: Cut out a suitable strip of decorative paper, apply glue to the back with a brush and stick it on. Cut out a circle stencil with various sizes of circle from the cardboard. Place the circle stencil onto the board and draw on circles with the Mango Gelato.
Step 8: Blend the colour you just applied inside the circle stencil with a finger.
Step 9: Cut off a small strip of the corrugated cardboard and apply Cotton Candy to the raised parts.
Step 10: Spray the corrugated cardboard strip with water.
Step 11: Place the corrugated cardboard strip onto the canvas board and press down firmly. Remove the strip.
Step 12: Complete the collage with Cotton Candy dots above the decorative paper.

Applied techniques:

Blending and dripping on watercolour paper, blending on structured paper

Step 1: Apply Cotton Candy, Spearmint, Grape, Lime and Lavender Gelatos.
Step 2: Blend the colours together with a finger.
Step 3: Spray the coloured area with plenty of water and lightly mix the colours again with a finger.
Step 4: Place the drawing card on a cloth or separate piece of paper. Allow the colour to run downwards. If you like, spray the coloured area with more water to create a more pronounced effect. Let the colours dry before further work. You can use the works you create in this way for many things, such as greeting cards, bookmarks or collages.
Step 5: Stamp the dripped area with any kind of font stencil using a dark colour.
Step 6: Apply Bubble Gum, Lavender and Grape to an area of the embossed drawing card. Blend the coloured area with a finger.
Step 7: Cut petals out with the scissors.
Step 8: Apply double-sided glue dots to the petals and stick them on.
Step 9: Dot some Grape colour into the centre of the flowers, then place Cotton Candy dots around the flowers to create interest.