I really enjoyed your five day program and just watched this video and boy am I impressed. It is like I am sitting beside a good friend. Love your voice and love how you explain your process. Excellent video!

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

I am so very touched by your kind words. I already feel like we're friends!!

I've begun using one of my gel plates as a palette. When I've built up several layers of paint, I will apply a thin lift layer of acrylic medium and pull a print. I've had very mixed results peeling dried skins off of palette paper... If I use the plastic document sleeves instead of palette paper, I can set them aside to dry and peel off the skins. Sometimes I will use the document sleeve as a palette several times to build up layers before peeling off the skins.

@catrains.artist

Күн бұрын

Using a plastic document sleeve is a great way to create the skins.

Try using a brayer to level out your paint before you run the rolling pin through it. You would be able to eliminate those blobs of paint on the intricately patterned rolling pins.

@catrains.artist

Күн бұрын

Great suggestion, thank you!

Oh what a great idea!

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

Glad you think so! Thank you for watching!

These papers are gorgeous! Thanks for giving me some more ideas for experimenting!

@catrains.artist

3 күн бұрын

Wonderful! I'm happy that these videos provide that for you. Happy creating!

Definitely something I want to try!!!

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

It's a blast! I bet you'll love it!

Great ideas. How about adding a little gold metalic veining or bubble wrap texturing?

@catrains.artist

Күн бұрын

Fabulous idea! In my next video on using bubbles, I'm doing something every similar. Catch that one on Tuesday evening!

This is a wonderful, thought-provoking, video. I expect those rollers would work better on the plate, but of course you'll already know that. As a learner, I too have many papers that are ho-hum and I now have another way to improve them. Thanks for another great video

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video. I try to create papers that don't require a plate because not everyone has one. Although this would be fabulous on a plate too!

They turned out beautiful😁 I love using my old pastry/cookie pattern rollers too. I keep forgetting about the wonderfoam to make stamps, thanks for the reminder and another great video ❤️

@catrains.artist

3 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊 Yes! The wonderfoam is so versatile!

I think that the rolle4s would have printed better if you had cushioning under your papers. Either working on top of a gel plate or fun foam.

@catrains.artist

Күн бұрын

Great suggestion, thank you!

Great demo. Thank you 😊

@catrains.artist

6 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

@gretehouwing2165

6 күн бұрын

I would like so much to see one of your collages🙂or you MAKING a collage?? Grete🥰

@catrains.artist

6 күн бұрын

@@gretehouwing2165 I actually have 4 of those types of videos using the 5 more recent papers I've demoed. Go back a couple videos and you'll see my last one which was actually using 7 types of paper instead of just 5.

Miss Catherine, these were wonderful! Thank you for sharing! I have a question - when you decant your Nova Color Paints, do you use them straight or add something/s to them in the squeeze bottles?

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it. I usually use the paint full strength, just pour them into a condiment bottle.

Could you tell/show us how you fill the condiment bottles?

@catrains.artist

Күн бұрын

I'm using Nova paint which easily pout into the bottle. Sometimes I use a small funnel, but usually not necessary.

So fun

@catrains.artist

6 күн бұрын

It is! Hope you will try it.

Always wondered about these rolling pins, thanks for showing us! Wondering now about foam designs on a toilet roll...? Think ill go and experiment lol!

@catrains.artist

6 күн бұрын

A toilet roll is a brilliant idea! Or a paper towel roll! Now you got ME thinking about pushing this further. Hope you enjoy making these.

@blackpoppymagazine

6 күн бұрын

​@@catrains.artistTha KS for the reply! Well, I did experiment with the toilet roll and sticky foam sheets, and it works! Altho not wonderful as it's a bit tricky to press firmly so I'm thinking a fat dowel stick mite work better lol. Like the paper towel roll suggestion, I think maybe stuffing the centre with newspaper mite be just the thing to beef the roll out and make it sturdier to roll over the paper/gell plate. But great! Love new ideas! Thanks!!

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

@@blackpoppymagazine Thanks for letting me know about your experience with the paper rolls. Yes stuffing it could really help!

Love your tutorials, and where did you get that top?

@catrains.artist

6 күн бұрын

So glad you like them. No idea where I bought that, probably from TJMaxx, like most of my wardrobe!

@chantalblanchette1080

6 күн бұрын

Very interesting! How do you clean your wood pin after?

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

@@chantalblanchette1080 I rinse it with water as soon as I'm finished. Paint still remains on the wood, but that doesn't bother me. If I wanted it all off, I could soak it in Murphy's Oil Soap over night.

What do you do with the skins?

@catrains.artist

5 күн бұрын

I use them in collages.

@SilverPennyArtisans

3 күн бұрын

Oh cool!