I look for your videos every day!

It’s so nice to see someone with so much talent coming up with all those methods and happy to share… 😱🤩

Again, Mark, you have elevated the art of gel printing by simply being daring enough to try something new. And the fact that you so generously share your discoveries with the world is amazing. You are a God-send. May He continue to bless your hands, your home, and your practice.

Hi Mark, your spoiling us, two videos in 1 week.I can’t understand why you are not over 100K viewers, by far the best tutorials on you tube. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your techniques…are you an art teacher by chance 😉. Cheers from NZ

Love your last tree pastel piece. Great colors and love the looseness of it.

Thanks for sharing with us. These techniques are fabulous and great to know for a beginner gel plate user. Thanks you, so much🙏

what guy, you are such a expressive but more then this a great teacher. thank you Mr Yates! What a Guy! rather, holy crapington

Always learn something from your videos. Thank you.

You have expanded so many artists curiosity and desire to experiment. Beautiful drawing as always. I have a box of stick pastels I thought I would never use! Now I can try this out.

Love that you are willing to experiment and share.

Beyond beautiful. Beyond wonderful lesson! So many thanks.

Ahhhhh! Chalk pastel!?! That's awesome. Thank you for sharing

Thanks for showing this technique, I use pastels a lot and can see how I will be able to use the gel plate with my own work..awesome!

I always love how you just rustle up quite complex textured drawings with very few strokes of a pencil or other medium. So talented in numerous ways. And you are definitely the gel plate master!

I've used Panpastels directly on the plate, but due to the tackiness of the plate its more difficult to draw/blend/etc than if I were doing it on paper. I cannot wait to attempt this. I appreciate every video you post. So often I'm thinking, "why had I never thought to try that?". So I am thankful for your curiosity, willingness to experiment, and thoughtfulness to share with the rest of the world.

I have pastel pencils I've never used. Can't wait to try them on the gel plate!

That looks like a ton of fun to play with.

Hi Mark I only recently discovered your channel and have since been binging with abundance every day 😀 I don't normally leave comments on tutorials but had to just to send some gratitude your way for making such excellent, inspirational, authentic, no faff, straight talking all around brilliant videos. Very refreshing to watch a maker who chats so fluently through the techniques with no filler chat in between. Absolutely spot on 👏👏👏

Incredible! I don't think I would think of using chalk in a million years. Wow! Thank you for sharing another amazing technique with us.

I just love how you are pushing the gel plate with the multiple ways you use it. I’ve been subscribed for about a year and no one else does what you are doing, a true artist, experimenting and so inspiring, thank you for all you do, cheers 😊

My dog is so concerned about what your dog is dreaming about! hahaha

Love your tutorials, they are very inspiring. Also love your no-nonsense approach. I have learnt a lot. Thank you ❤

All your videos are just wonderful. Thank you so much!!! 💕

You are like a gel plate master! Wow so happy to find you!

thanks Mark. I've always loved working with chalk pastels but hated that they smudge and also dull down when I spray fix them. This is a fantastic solution to using chalk.

Thank you so much, one of my favorites so far

Oh my goodness, what lush deep colors and the chalk is sealed in. Great technique!!!

Loved this! Thank you. Your work with neutral and subtle tones is lovely to witness. However, your brief foray into color is pretty damned exciting. I can't wait to experiment once the box of soft pastels I ordered last week finally arrives. Thanks again.

wow....I can imagine many applications of this technique....can't wait to try it!

I absolutely LOVE the rich colors of my pastels - but haven't yet found a way to work with them that floats my boat - this could be it! Genius, as always! I look forward to trying these techniques.

Wow . Loved this pastel transfer ,its like magic 😅. Thank you for sharing .My first attempt was A Tawny owl

Thanks, Mark! I really enjoyed your experiments with this technique. I've already tried something similar with just plain graphite, and now you've inspired me to try it using chalk pastels!

Bit late to the plate, love your vids and got really excited to try this out. I had some panda pastels lying around, did a doodle with bright colours, pressed the paper on the plate. No transfer, tried derwent pastel pencils and it worked! So happy with your vids, you greatly inspire me to get playing again

you're the best most creative gel printer I have come across. Keep up the awesomeness!!!

Tried it. Very inexpensive to set up and had fun without a specific goal in mind. Will do it again. Thank you.

I love the techniques that you are doing.

Thanks for a great demo. Much appreciated

You are the best artist for the gel plates experimentation. I've learned so much from your videos! Thank you!

If there is such a thing as an artistic hero, you're it. This is fantastic!

Thank you for sharing these fantastic ideas.

wow! this is such a fantastic video. thank you! i am so inspired to use my gel plate again.

Mark, A top notch tutorial today that I thoroughly enjoyed. Showcasing your graphic stylings, draftman skills and my personal favorite - color! A Fauvre lover here so the color one was so good. Even though not your favorite, it still is a great example of what can be done and thanks for embracing different styles. I needed this. Agree with your other followers that you are the best! Best.

This technique is interesting! I can’t wait to try it.

Just amazing, Mark you are the master of gel printing, truly you take it to the next level and then some. These companies should be paying you to promote their products! Seriously, You make me want to go and buy a plate and pastels right now and have a go myself and I’m not even an artist!😆 if you don’t already you’d be an amazing instructor for your own gel printing course on one of the teaching platforms, where you get paid for teaching your skill, as you have an incredible teaching style and ridiculous talent. Your videos are always so inspiring, with your passion and creativity 😁

I love your 'what if' approach. I was totally expecting the chalk to move on the plate but it behaved very well! Very exciting discovery!

Would like to echo many of the reactions to you work recorded here. Have just discovered your work recently, having made a gelli plate and wanting to find lots of different ways to use it. As someone who is moved by the process of making more than the outcome, am really enjoying your experimental approach. Really stoked now, so have to go away and do something!!!! Cannot imagine I will discover anything you are not already doing (and so well!) but will share if I do! Carry on enjoying your skill and great ability, as we do, many thanks for the generous sharing of your ideas.

Just love what you are doing … again 😅😍👍

I love the fauvist print! I am inspired. I usually do mostly line work...but I'm going to try that! Thanks!

Fabulous idea! Thank you so much for sharing! So much potential, and I am excited!!

Excellent tutorial! Can’t wait to give this a try.

I love your down-to-earth, straightforward demonstrations. You are a great teacher as well as an astonishingly talented artist.

One of my favourite things in the world is sleep woofs. I am so greatful I got some of my dog's on Video.

BRILLIANT !!! I am just getting my gel plates out after a couple of years and was looking for inspiration and yes I have found it 😅 thanks so much. 😊

Absolutely beautiful and love the ‘freedom’ you inspire on the geli

You are an great teacher and fabulous artist 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I love pastels and the gelli plate so it's a match made in heaven! Your creativity is off the charts. Thank you so much for sharing this technique!!

Great work..a must tryout technique!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I can’t wait to try this! Thank you

I wish I could give this 20 likes! This is a medium I am wholly happy with and actually have quite a lot of. But I cannot spend long hours with due to the dust and having normally to work vertically which unless you have a decent wall is a pain. I am blown over that it does not shift once you have pulled it and that it stabilises so well. I lived the little beetle drawing, it shows that you got some really good line work with plenty of detail, which for me has been the downside so far, not having had that much success with crayon and oil pastel transfers. The only thing I did have success with was water soluble graphite, though I was not that bowled over by the transfer. So glad you did the very colourful pull! Actually it reminded me a bit of Munch. I have been struggling with collages elements and hated them, but always thought the plates were capable of more. I will be envesting in a big tube of white, but shall also be experimenting with transferring to coloured backgrounds too, either letting them act as a toned background or to create an underlying glow. Shal also have a play around with putting final touches to whatever I am doing directly onto the piece and sealing with gel medium. You are right I think, this really is a game changer!

Great idea, can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing! You are so talented.

I'm in love with your work!

Thank you ! I so glad a found your channel

I love your experiments!!! I dont think I wouldve thought to even try this ;D

I love this! Thank you for sharing!!!

Thank you. Very clear and informative. Inspired for the day😊

This is the best gel transfer technique I've ever seen! Love the loose quality. I've never been totally satisfied with stencils and, for me, unless you make your own, it isn't totally your work. My gel art will be henceforth transformed! Thank you!!

Brilliant discovery. A technique that I never would have even thought to try on my own. 💖👍

Your work is inspiring. Thanks for adding to my bag of tricks to try with my gel plate. 💐🤗

Again another exciting video showing different mediums that can be used to make a print! Thank you!

WOW!!! Love this.❤

Love the idea! You make it look so easy!

You always have such fun, and it's so "catchy". So many of us are greatly inspired, and excited, to try your fabulous ideas. You have such wonderful drawing skills too. Thanks once again 👍🙂

Wow, that was some fine experimenting! I'm surprised and delighted at h ow well this worked for you and I can't wait to see more. Thanks ever so much Mister Mark!

You are so full of great ideas!

Oh my goodness fantastic. It's amazing that the pastels "stick" to the plate and don't smudge. Wonderful discovery.

Keep the great videos coming!

Oh what joy! Thank you Mark! This is so up my alley. A couple of weeks ago I found a 1904 recipe for how to make soft pastels and made a bunch in loads of shades. Three day ago the 100 day project started and I decided on 100 days of geltransfers. Now here comes your video and inspires to combine the two in even more interesting ways....

Thanks for these new ideas and for such a good explanation

Neat technique! I have tons of chalk pastels that i wound up not liking. They looked great, but what a mess - esp having to "fix" them took tons of (probably) toxic spray. Thanks for finding a way for me to actually use them again!

Thanks for that, can't wait to try it out.

I thought your dog dreaming was my dog and I jumped up to check on her! Haha! 😅 Your channel is top tier, full of new techniques to try, and I love your more contemporary art approach to the gel plate! I love trying your techniques and incorporating new media into my own work. I have some chalk pastels and pan pastels that I’m going to play around with now! Thanks so much for all the great content!

Wow! I've been doing a lot of pastels over prints lately, but wouldn't have thought to try using them this way. Thanks for sharing!

So inspiring! I want to try this method of gel printing. Your video instruction is so clear and it’s such a joy to watch your artwork come into being.

Thank you.....what a wonderful technique,

Just the other day I was looking at the chalk pastels that I have and wondering if it would work on the gel plate...and here you are telling me how. Thanks for opening yet another door!

Am watching this again to reacquaint myself with the technique - but more than bare technique, you give us layering inspiration and we come away buzzing to try stuff. Thank you again, Mark👍👏😁

Thanks for discovering a brilliant technique with lots of possibilities.

This is really exciting, Can't wait to try this.

Gracias, es lo que buscaba y más! 🌸

I love this idea. Because you can write things with the chalk.

Wow! So interesting. Thanks.

Love this technique

This is such a great idea, thank you🙏

Thanks so much Mark for sharing your immense talents! Much appreciate seeing your technique and artistry! I’m learning so much! 👏❤👏

I have a box of these pastels…..never even thought of pairing them with the gelli plate! Thank you Marc!

No doubts, you are the best and most creative gelli artist!!! Thank you so much for sharing your genius ideas.

Saw it this afternoon, tried it at dinner (son takes forever to eat). Absolute game changer, especially if there is no time. Thank you so much.

I am blown away by both your inventiveness and your willingness to explore and experiment! It is such a joy to share your delight in your artistic process. I don't have the time for such exploration, and when I find time for art I just need to make stuff at this point, but I really appreciate seeing what you do. I do art vicariously through artists and craftspeople like yourself, and I cannot express enough how heartfelt my appreciation for your efforts is! Thank you, thank you!

Thank you for sharing this! I will try this!😍

Wow awsome never would’ve considered chalk so cool great pieces too