Botanical Gel Plate Printing Workshop

Botanical Gel Plate Printing Workshop

Instructor – Sarah Mullins

Adults & Older Teens

Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Time: 4:30pm-7:30pm

Explore the art of printmaking as you create one-of-kind botanical prints using a gel plate. Students will learn how to make monotype prints focusing on color, texture, and various layering techniques using masks, stencils, as well as natural botanicals. We’ll learn how to set up a simple registration system and how to work with different color combinations and paint transparencies.

This is an intermediate level class.  Students should have a basic understanding of how to use a gel plate with acrylic paint and a brayer.  At the end of the class, you will have created and printed your own unique finished prints which can be framed, used for cards or collage.

Supply List  

• Gel plate (8”x10” or 5”x7” recommended).   Speedball plates found at Michael’s are not recommended for this class. Contact instructor for recommendations or questions regarding size and brands 
• Acrylic paint. A limited palette of 3 colors + white, black and gold is recommended. Feel free to bring Golden Open paints or a paint extender medium as well if you have them as they allow more time to arrange your botanicals.  These are not required items. Fluid acrylics are not generally recommended as they can dry too quickly for botanical printing in some environments
• Painters tape or masking tape 
• Brayers are available, but bring your own if you have one
• Paper towels and hand sanitizer or baby wipes for cleaning your plate and brayer
• Optional
  • Strong copy paper as well as deli paper will be supplied. Tissue paper (preferably wet strength) or medical exam paper is recommended for their transparent properties.  Rice paper and tea bag paper are also good options 
  • Natural botanicals will also be supplied. Feel free to bring some leaves such as maple or oak or any with strong patterns to them such as hydrangea   I recommend picking them the day before and pressing them in a book beforehand if you can 
• • Items to make texture such as cardboard, embossed paper, saran wrap, foil, onion bag, regular tissue paper, rubber or acrylic stamps, medicine bottle caps
  • Stencils - any size or design
• $5 supply fee to be paid to instructor at workshop

Contact Sarah for any questions at sarah.mullins8@gmail.com or text/call 973-714-9561.

8 students

Class #TSMGEL2

$75/$70 non-member/member