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Geli good!
On the morning of 23 February nine members of Stanhoe & Barwick WI attended a workshop in the Reading Room: we all knew that it was painting, but I doubt if any of us really knew what ‘geli painting’ was, or what was involved!
photos: Pamela Austin
Members hard at work on their geli paintings
We were treated to hot drinks and biscuits and then introduced to not only our speaker, Lucy Jacklin, but also the gel squares which were already attached to the table covering, and we were shown some examples of the discipline followed by a brief demonstration - and then it was all hands on deck, and we were in up to our wrists!
The natural world inspired many of the finished results
We began by cutting or tearing up strips of brown paper, choosing a colour of acrylic paint, and spreading the paint on the gel to produce a piece of paper with stripes, to which we rapidly added more colours and stripes, and we were away, varying the paint colours, choosing or making shapes, leaves, flowers, doilies and much more. We each ended up with a pile of between around 10 to 20 assorted and totally unique pictures – and before we knew it, 12.30 had arrived, so we quickly packed up and said goodbye, after a couple of fascinating, enjoyable and sociable hours with fellow members.