Simple gel plate laser print transfers onto copy paper and wet strength tissue

In this video I demonstrate how to transfer laser printouts using a gel plate. The first image is transferred onto another piece of copier paper using acrylic paint and the second image is transferred onto wet strenth tissue paper using matte medium to preserve the transparency of the "white" areas of the original image. I also show some pieces of art work where I have used these simple techniques within my mixed media art.
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Materials used.
Gel plate: I have a gelli arts plate and a gel press plate. These both work well with acrylic paint.
Brayer: just a cheap one from amazon
Paint: system 3 pthalo turquoise, vallejo quinacridone burnt orange (fluid acrylic), hobbycraft barely pink (a craft paint)
Medium: Liquitex matte medium (it's quite fluid)
Substrates: regular printer / copier paper, carnival wet strength tissue paper.
Images: arrow pattern image originally from DavidZydd on pixabay, free for commercial use, no attribution required. Own photograph of a post box taken in my village, digitally modified to enhance the black and white areas in order to make a high contrast image which will transfer well.
The key(s) to successful laser print image transfers on the gel plate:
High contrast black and white images. The toner on the printed images resists the paint and will leave it on the plate whereas the unprinted (white) areas of the paper will pick up the paint.
A thin, but not too thin, even coverage of a (dark) colour for the transfer.
Rub the laser print image gently on the plate - make contact with the plate with all the paper but if you press too hard more paint will be removed.
Work quite quickly.
Let the paint dry on the plate before picking it up / pulling the print off the plate.
Pull the print using a very thin even coat of paint or acrylic medium, you should be able to see your image through paint if you use that.
If using medium and the brayer "slips" across the plate you have too much medium, roll your brayer on paper and then back to the plate until it rolls nicely.
Put your paper / tissue down before the paint or medium dries - work quickly.
Press down / rub well.
Again let the paint dry. You can tell it's dry when it no longer feels cold.
Any questions? - ask in the comments below.