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Gelli Printing Series - Week One
Debbie Abshear
Gelli Printing
Cost: $50.00

Workshop
All Skill Levels
Thursday–Thursday
Meets daily 9:00 AM–1:00 PM


Thu, March 06, 2025


14 spaces available.

Come learn how to gelli print papers!
It is highly recommended that students sign up for all 4 classes. If you don’t have any prior experience with gel printing, the first class is a pre-requisite. The classes are designed so that the work that is created each week, will be used to create further explorations and projects.

CLASS ONE
Introduction to gel plate printing, we will be creating background prints to use in Class Two
-What is it? How do I use it?
-Care of your gel plate
-How to set up your printing space
-What kinds of paint work well on the gel plate
-How to apply paint to your gel plate using a brayer
-Blending more than one color on the plate
-Other ways to apply and remove paint
-Kinds of paper you can use on a gel plate
-How to ‘pull’ prints


About Debbie Abshear    
Debbie is an artist who uses watercolor, acrylics, inks and collage in her work. She has painted
Plein air for many years throughout California, Utah and Scotland and has a home studio where
you can find her almost every day if she is not outdoors painting.

Debbie uses various techniques in her work and loves to create textures with a palette knife,
inks, salt, and plastic wrap. She enjoys creating atmospheric, expressive art that captures the
essence and her own interpretation of the subject.

She has studied under many fine artists and taught weekly watercolor classes to adults and
delivered numerous workshops and demonstrations to art societies in Southern California.
Debbie taught multiple watercolor classes on zoom during the pandemic to 70+ students.
Debbie holds Signature Membership in the Watercolor West Art Society. She was a Governing
Board Member of the National Watercolor Society for seven years serving as their Board
Secretary and Building Chair.

Debbie has exhibited her work at the Santa Paula Museum of Art, Oceanside Museum of Art,
U.S. Embassy of India, Fallbrook Art Center-Signature Member Show, National Watercolor
Society and many other local venues in Southern California.


Instructor website: www.debbieabshear.com/
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