I haven't used gelatos before so I do not know really what to expect---I saw on a video once where the girl made a line with her gelato stick and rubbed it in with her finger and it blended so fast! I tried to do the same and after a bit it did start blending into the BG---maybe my fingers were too cold to begin with. But it kinda coated the gesso in a silver color--kinda looked silver-leafed! But I think that came off when I started rubbing.
The gelatos remind me of some eyeshadows I used to see in the store--not sure what they are called, but I remember them being creamy---looked like eyeshadow mixed with a thick cream to me, but I never wore them since I knew they'd come off with how my eyelids are (and I don't wear makeup now so I'm not sure they make it anymore).
From what I can tell, my gesso is real thin--despite it is thick on the sponge---but it stamped real thin. I let it dry overnight with out really meaning to, but never got back to it. I think I was just trying to get ever bit of color off ....
Thank you Jan for your help too! I'm determined to figure this out bc the results are so neat!