Exploring Gel Plate Printing

Discover the versatility of gel plate printing through a structured sequence of practical, classroom-ready lessons for Level 2 to Level 10. This workshop explores layered colour printing, botanical impressions, hand-cut stencils, magazine image transfer and collage-based artist books. 

Teachers investigate process-driven approaches that balance experimentation with skill development, while building understanding of layering, transparency, composition and surface reactivation. Grounded in the Australian Curriculum, the course provides adaptable strategies to support diverse learners, sustainable practices and confident printmaking instruction.

Key Course Takeaways:

• Build confidence using gel plates across multiple year levels
• Understand layering, transparency and ghost printing techniques
• Apply troubleshooting strategies for successful magazine transfers
• Integrate sustainability through reuse and ethical material choices
• Strengthen composition using repetition, contrast and balance
• Extend single prints into resolved artworks and artist books
• Adjust techniques to ensure accessibility for diverse learning needs
  
  

Art Skills in Focus:

• Controlled brayer rolling and paint application
• Layering, overprinting and surface reactivation
• Printing with textures, natural materials and stencils
• High-contrast image transfer and troubleshooting
• Composition planning across single prints and double-page spreads
• Collage construction using torn and cut edges

Online Structured Video Courses

Skill-Based, Supported Learning

• Step-by-step video courses to build confidence and capability.
• Includes access to a dedicated online platform for questions and feedback.
• Encourages ongoing professional dialogue and collaboration beyond the videos.

This workshop requires you to provide your own materials.

A Materials Kit, which contains everything you need, is available to purchase below at a 25% discount.
Alternatively you can also purchase individual items as needed as the regular price below.