Collage Layers: working with collected papers @Daves-Acrylic-Creations

Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Stop staring at your stash of interesting papers and start creating!
In Collage Layers: working with collected papers, we'll show you how to turn ephemera—old tickets, magazines, maps, and forgotten prints—into captivating, multi-layered collages.
Learn key tips for composition, adhesion, and texturing that will instantly elevate your artwork. It's time to glue, tear, and layer your way to a beautiful finished piece!

$I used water on my Gel Plate and THIS Happened Ever wondered what unfolds when you simply drip WATER onto a gel plate? In this step-by-step tutorial I grab my 16”x20” GelElf® plate and prove that H2O is the cheapest, most dramatic texture tool in your studio. Watch the paint fracture, bloom and feather into dreamy, tidal-pool patterns—then learn how to lock those textures onto paper in crisp, repeatable pulls. I also share the exact paint list (including viscosity & opacity notes) so you can replicate every single effect. Grab your brayer and let’s make a splash! Source video: https://youtu.be/LlFLrP2JKq8?si=mW64OztXEyN0oU5F Elizabeth St. Hlaire: https://youtube.com/@ElizabethStHilaire?si=N-nLvj67KB38hgp9 ━━━━━━━━━━━━ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnGq1Xn7y2snp9eWUAGpBpII&si=Zx59qPOMuQmmEjsp ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:15 Using water to create water spots 02:35 Colors for today 03:05 Pull #1 – Primary Blue and Prussian Blue 04:48 Pull #2 – Cobalt Teal and White 08:40 Pull #3 – Tea bag paper secondary pull 09:20 Pull #4 – primary yellow base 13:25 Pull #5 – Yellow ghost print with Prussian blue pull color 16:20 Recap of the pulls from today 20:00 Outro & next-level ideas ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Exact paints used (artist-grade light-fast pigments) Cobalt Turquoise – Golden Teal – Tri Art Violet Red Shade – Amsterdam Primary Yellow – Golden Primary Blue – Golden Prussian Blue – Golden Titanium White – Amsterdam ━━━━━━━━━━━━ Helpful links (Amazon / Blick affiliates) • Gelli Arts 5”x7” plate: https://amzn.to/3… • Soft rubber brayer set: https://amzn.to/3… • 90 lb mixed-media paper I used: https://amzn.to/3… ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👍 If you learned something, smash LIKE, COMMENT your favorite water-bloom moment, and SUBSCRIBE for weekly gel-plate experiments. 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new texture hack! ━━━━━━━━━━━━ #GelPlate #GelliPlate #GelPrinting #AcrylicPainting #WaterTechnique #TextureArt #FluidArt #MixedMedia #ArtTutorial #Printmaking #DIYArt #ArtHacks #BloomEffect #CobaltTurquoise #PrussianBlue #PrimaryYellow #Teal #VioletRed #TitaniumWhite #GoldenPaints #TriArt #AmsterdamPaints #BeginnerFriendly #ArtTherapy #CraftRoom #ArtSupplies #CreativeProcess #AbstractArt #ArtEducation #StudioVlog Keywords (comma delineated) gel plate printing, water on gel plate, acrylic bloom technique, gelli arts tutorial, cobalt turquoise golden, teal tri art, violet red amsterdam, primary yellow golden, primary blue golden, prussian blue golden, titanium white amsterdam, texture art diy, mixed media printing, abstract acrylic prints, beginner gel printing, water reactive paint, art tutorial 2024 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnHN2RmTK_y1uVWlwGgvCXMT&si=8KYRP2wcSkSWdvhn https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnGK-kqJnfwU-mwe4G0li_n9&si=SJwKGfmO-BUEoJ4b$

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Collage Layers: working with collected papers