TEXTURE PASTES AND GELS tutorial by Carol

Hi there, Carol here today to share a tutorial about texture pastes and gels.

Like me you may be a novice to Mixed Media work and the vast array of products out there to use with your stencils. Hopefully reading this will enlighten you to a few of them!

Having a tidy up I discovered I had Texture Paste, Crackle Paste, Grunge Paste, Bead Glitter Gel, Sand Texture Gel, Black Lava Texture Gel, Texture Paste Transparent Matt and Multi Medium Gloss!! What to do with them all?

First I made myself a mood board using acrylic paints, my gelli plate and two of the new large stencils - Flutters and Splatters and Leaf Bliss.

This was cut into four pieces and using the Gridlocked stencil I added two mediums to each piece.

At this point I disappeared to make the tea and left them all to dry naturally....see you soon!

Texture Paste - this one has a lovely soft consistency and is great for getting a smooth coverage. It dried to a smooth finish.

Crackle Paste - again this had a soft consistency but was fluffier than the texture paste. It also covered well. I'm not good with "crackle" and at first glance I was a bit disappointed with this but as you can see the finished texture is quite different to the texture paste...more like the natural surface of a brick.

Grunge Paste - this is a much thicker, heavier paste and gave more density than any of the others. The finish was less smooth than texture paste due to the thicker consistency.

Bead Glitter Gel - this is very gluppy...sort of glue with little beads in. As you can see it dries clear with a lovely sparkle and texture.

Sand Texture Gel - a lovely soft gel with added sand. It dries to a clear textured finish....not awfully visible in the photo, sorry!

Black Lava Texture Gel - again a lovely soft gel with added black lava. It dries to leave a lovely textured finish and gave great coverage.

Texture Paste Transparent Matt - this is a very soft paste and gives good coverage. It dries clear and smooth. Great for resist work if you're looking for a matt finish.

Multi Medium Gloss - this is much runnier than any of the others and would be great for highlighting small areas as it dries to a lovely gloss finish.

I hope you've found this little tutorial helpful, have fun playing with your stencils and don't forget to join in our Mixed Media challenge over at STAMPlorations.

Products used ARTplorations: 

Flutters and Splatters

Leaf Bliss

Gridlocked

Others:

Gelli Plate

Acrylic Paint

Daler-Rowney Texture Paste

Golden Gel Mediums Crackle Paste

PaperArtsy Grunge Paste

Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel

Windsor & Newton Sand Texture Gel

Windsor & Newton Black Lava Texture Gel

Ranger Texture Paste Transparent Matt

Ranger Multi Medium Gloss