Gesso Transfers

I've had over 3 months to complete half page tip ins that I'm swapping with others - I am NOT very knowledgeable about transfer, just have never tried it but a few times.  I was chatting with someone and she mentioned the gesso technique as part of teaching a class.  Since it was her class, I did not ask anything about it but a bell went off.  For almost two years now I've used a lot of gesso in my art.  Lots of times I paint my surface with white gesso and add book pages to it.  As it begins to dry I pull the book page away leaving some of the page behind.  I realized with a bit more work I could create a decent transfer.  Here are my first 3 efforts - when rubbing the paper (as luck would have it) it seems to rub away at the very spot you don't want that to happen.  But I do plan to work on this technique some more.

 

 

 

Comments

[Robin]

Your transfers look wonderful! I just tried this in January and found this tutorial was quite helpful:

http://herminesplace.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/tutorial-transfer-in-gesso/

Happy 4th of July to you and your family!

[sandy mctier]

Hi Jeri,
I've always wondered how to do that!! Thanks for the tips - gonna try it. Have a fabulous weekend.
Blessings,
Sandy

[Tina]

inviting you over to my 500th post give away
~Tina

[p]

gesso is aweosme. i also use it alot. please do come over my blog on monday, theres a giveaway on the saturday post, as regards MMM

[Amy Wing / Gauche Alchemy]

Very very cool! And much cheaper thank gel medium (which I still have not mastered - far from it). I am going to give this a try - it looks great - and imperfection is part of the charm, if you ask me!

[~*~ Patty Szymkowicz]

Your gesso transfers look great Jeri!!! Happy Summer to ya!!!

[Gina]

I am just surfing my links and hoping to reestablish contacts with my blogging friends! What a welcome comeback :)