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Direct Image Transfers
Applications & Techniques:
http://www.goldenpaints.com/
Direct Image Transfers with Patti Brady,
http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/directransfer.php
Nearly any gel, medium, or acrylic paint will work to lift an image, depending
on the texture, clarity, and colour you want to trap the image within.
1. Apply the gel or paint, and while it is wet, place the image side of a laser
copy directly into the wet gel. Let dry overnight
2. Dampen the paper with a wet sponge. Give it a few minutes to allow the water
to soak the paper. Begin rubbing carefully. Use a scrubbie, or a soft cloth to
remove the paper. You will probably have
to remove the paper a few times, for a clean transfer. When the water
evaporates, you will be able to see the areas that you missed.
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1. Heavy Gel Gloss--This dries to a clear glass like surface completely
transparent. |
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2. The Moulding Paste was tinted with a small amount of Fluid Green Gold.
Moulding Paste dries to a very flat surface retaining good detail with
transfers. |
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3.Matte Fluid dries to a very matte flat surface, retaining detail with
transfers. The low viscosity or "fluidity" of the Fluids allow for a brush
stroke free application. This orange colour was achieved with
mixture of Diarylide Yellow and Pyrrole Red Matte Fluids. |
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4. Light Moulding Paste is a porous with a "frosting" like viscosity. This
sample was mixed with Fluid Quin Red Light, for a luscious pink. |
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5. This image took several steps. A layer of Pumice Gel Coarse was applied
with a palette knife and allowed to dry. The dry Pumice Gel was stained with
Fluids: Green Gold and Vat Orange, thinned with water. When this stain was
dry, a layer of Tar Gel was poured on top, immediately the transfer was
applied. |
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6. The Crackle Paste was applied with a palette knife. If you apply it
thickly, the cracks will be large and highly irregular. Thinner applications
will promote a smaller crackle. Apply the transfer while
the Crackle Paste is wet. The cracks will appear overnight. After the
transfer is removed, stain the surface with Iridescent Bronze Fluid, thinned
with water. The area where the transfer is applied will not crack. The clock
image was trimmed before application. |
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7. The Scotty Dog Clock (was applied to a mix of Acrylic Ground for Pastel,
tinted with a few drops of Fluid Quinacridone Gold/Nickel Azo Yellow. A thin
application of the Acrylic Ground for Pastels allows the base colour to show
through. The dry surface has a slight tooth for drawing with graphite,
colour pencil, or pastel. It also imparts a wonderful surface for
watercolour like washes with thinned Fluids. |
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8. This clock was applied to a mixture of Coarse Granular Gel tinted with a
few drops of Cobalt Teal Fluid. The Granular Gel dries to a irregular
surface, so transfers do not retain all the detail. |
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9. This clock was transferred into one thin coat of Interference Oxide Red
Fluid. |
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