Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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: youtu.be/LlFLrP2JKq8?si=mW64OztXEyN0oU5F
Elizabeth St. Hlaire: youtube.com/@ElizabethStHilaire?si=N-nLvj67KB38hgp9
━━━━━━━━━━━━
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
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnHN2RmTK_y1uVWlwGgvCXMT&si=8KYRP2wcSkSWdvhn
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnGK-kqJnfwU-mwe4G0li_n9&si=SJwKGfmO-BUEoJ4b
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: youtu.be/LlFLrP2JKq8?si=mW64OztXEyN0oU5F
Elizabeth St. Hlaire: youtube.com/@ElizabethStHilaire?si=N-nLvj67KB38hgp9
━━━━━━━━━━━━
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
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnHN2RmTK_y1uVWlwGgvCXMT&si=8KYRP2wcSkSWdvhn
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMq4JAQqzXnGK-kqJnfwU-mwe4G0li_n9&si=SJwKGfmO-BUEoJ4b
