Tissue Prints: The Key to Creating Depth in Collage

🎨 Sign up for my newsletter Get more gel printing tips, behind-the-scenes updates, and creative inspiration delivered straight to your inbox: 👉 https://www.kitbell.ca/newsletter.html This video is a follow-up to my popular Tissue Prints: Why They’re a Game Changer video. In that one, I showed you how to create delicate botanical prints on tissue paper. Today, we’re taking the next step: using those tissue prints in a collage on canvas, paired with accent papers for depth and structure. You’ll see: • How I select and prepare accent papers to complement tissue prints • Tips for cutting, tearing, and shaping papers (including my go-to circles!) • Why I always do a “dry run” design before reaching for the glue • My overnight test — a simple trick to know if your composition is working • How to glue down those big tissue prints with minimal wrinkling • Tips for adding the final touches to your collage 🌿 Tissue prints bring transparency and organic detail. Accent papers add bold color and structure. Together, they create layered collages full of depth and movement. 👉 If you missed the first video (Tissue Prints: Why They’re a Game Changer), watch it here:    • Tissue Prints: Why They Are a Game Changer   📌 Videos about creating Accent Papers for collage:    • Mastering Layered Gel Prints: New Colours ...      • Creating Softer Accent Papers on the Gel P...      • Creating Unique Accent Papers on the Gel P...   📌 3 Tips Video with Circles Template:    • My 3 Favorite Collage Tips: A Year End Tha...   Supplies used in today's video: Canvas (14x18) Acrylic paint (Anthraquinone Blue, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Dioxazine Purple and Titanium White) Brushes Botanical prints on tissue (Spectra Art Tissue in White) Accent prints on Yasutomo Sketch Paper Matte medium (adhesive) Cutting mat Kraft knife Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Selecting Tissue Prints 01:41 Choosing a Canvas Size 02:11 Choosing a Colour Scheme 02:42 Choosing Accent Papers 05:20 Adding Background Paint 08:47 Adding Accent Papers 10:15 Adding the First Tissue Print 19:24 Adding Contrast with Paint 23:01 Adding the Second Tissue Print 25:04 Adding Finishing Touches 30:37 Review of Finished Piece 🎨 And if you’d like to go even deeper into gel printing and collage, my online course starts in January 2026 — six weeks of step-by-step modules with live Q&As, followed by four weeks of mentoring and feedback. Details here: kitbell.ca/online-course If you found this helpful, please like, subscribe, and share it with a friend who loves mixed media!