MARBLED 6 STENCIL in the Talented Hands of Cheetarah Cheda -- a Video!

An instructional video was posted on StencilGirl Talk recently; I want to repeat it here since the second stencil used is my Marbles 6, which looks like this --

The artist who made this video, Cheetarah Cheda -- as the  photo below shows -- achieved beautiful results!

You can click on the above photo to better see details.  Better yet, watch the video here.

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6" x 6" Stencil WEBBED MEDALLION & 9" x 12" Stencil LOOPY LADDERS

My stencil Webbed Medallion (6" x 6") had been used in artwork that's appeared in past issues of StencilGirl Talk Blog.

The stencil itself looks like this --

Selected areas of this stencil were used by Cathy Weselby in creating the art below.  

Also appearing in a recent post at StencilGirl Talk Blog was the artwork below; the artist, Louise Nelson --

The blue background in this charmer was developed with my 9" x 12" stencil Loopy Ladders, which looks like this --

My hearty thank-you goes out to Louise Nelson and Cathy Weselby for allowing me to re-post their art here!

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Back to the Sandbox!

I still have bags of colored sand, leftovers from long ago projects.  The other day when I didn't have any black lava gel, I decided to put some of the old sand to use.

Above:  gloss heavy gel that I'll mix with the purple sand.

Above:  on the left the gel is ready to be added the sand with an art spatula.  On the right is the substrate, an old calendar page that I've painted over.

As the above photo shows, I've mixed the sand and gel.  And I've placed two of my 6" x 6" stencils -- Trivet A on the left and Trivet C on the right -- side-by-side on the substrate. 

The next step was to spread the mixture thru the stencils with one hand, while holding them firmly in place with the other hand.  (Another option would have been to use masking tape to hold the stencils in place.)

The photo below shows the results, as soon as the two stencils were lifted.  The gel will turn transparent after drying, but while still fresh, it appears white.

Note:  When using any kind of three-dimensional medium, I put the stencils into a basin filled with water, to be cleaned later.  Three-dimensional media can easily clog stencil openings if allowed to dry on the stencils.

After the gel dried, the sand became visible again.  In the photo below, the sand color appears closer to gold than to its original purple.  But that's just the lighting.

After doing this exercise, I got my hands on some Liquid Black Lava Gel -- which is gloss gel containing a mixture of fine-grained glitter (mica bits?) and black sand (or plastic bits that resemble sand?)  I used this gel in the same way as above, time time on stretched canvas, and this time with my 9" x 12" stencil Boxed Vines.

Above:  I added Golden High Flow acrylics after the gel had dried. 

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IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE -- A Versatile 9" x 12" Stencil

Today's post starts with a five close-up shots of a piece done on stretched canvas...

All of the above impressions were made with It's A Jungle Out There, which measures 9" x 12".  In its entirety it looks like this--

-- but, before using it in this acrylic painting, I had cut it into pieces.

The finished art looks like this:

I gave it the title Butterfly Wings.

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BUDS Stencil (9" x 12") in Many Moods!

My 9" x 12" stencil Buds --

-- has volunteered to help me with making several prints on paper ...

Above:  The background on this print was created with another 9" x 12" stencil, Facets.

Above:  Part of the Buds stencil was masked off with masking tape, so that I could use just part of the stencil.

It's fun to play with different looks that can be achieved with many of the same stencils!

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3-D Look with Stencils

This artwork may appeal to some, repel others, and make still others want to reach for those 2-color cardboard glasses once handed out at 3-D movies.  I fall into either category 1 or 2.  Not sure yet.

I used two stencils to create this image -- Warped Holes 9, by Lizzie Mayne, and my 9" X 12" Branching Blossoms Silhouette Stencil.

And I used an idea that has been presented by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer.  I tweaked Julie's process, starting with the same basic steps she did, but then launching into another direction, after asking myself,  "What if ...?"

In going thru the process, I made the happy discovery that Branching Blossoms Silhouette is ideal for this technique because its design automatically divides the image-area into vertical halves.  I took advantage of this by making a shift in hues between the vertical left half and the vertical right half.

I started with a sheet of 140-lb. hot press (smooth) watercolor paper, securing it to my work surface with masking tape and using the same tape to align my Branching Blossoms Silhouette stencil in the center of the paper --

With a Sofft Art Sponge, I daubed acrylic paint thru the stencil openings and across the paper, as shown below.

This was what I saw when I lifted the stencil --

Next, I taped Branching Blossoms Silhouette Stencil back onto the paper.  I could have aligned it perfectly with the original print, shown above, but instead, I decided to take a risk and line the stencil up just slightly off-register with the original print.



Above:  Placing the stencil off-register creates these uncovered white areas.

Above:  a close-up of the off-register placement of the stencil over the original print.

Then I taped Lizzie's stencil over mine...



Above:  Lizzie's stencil still bears the multiple colors of acrylic paints from the last project!

Below:  a close-up of Lizzie's stencil over mine.

...and starting applying color thru both stencils, still using the daubing technique with acrylic paints.

My last step was to remove both stencils for the grand unveiling.  And what I saw is the image at the top of this post.

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Come Fly with Me! HOT AIR BALLOON STENCILS AND MASKS IN 2 SIZES

Hot Air Balloons are stencil-and-masks sets, available individually, at StencilGirl.com.  The larger sheet, containing both mask and stencil, measures 6" x 6" and the smaller, 4" x 4".  Except for size, they are identical.  The set shown below has the right-side mask removed from the sheet and placed to the right, for easier viewing --

Today's post starts with an imprint made with the 6"x 6" stencil; for the balloon, I used a sponge dipped sparingly in heavy-bodied Titanium White.  This method of application, combined with the background (which also had texture) gave me a surface that easily accepted Pan Pastels.  

The background had been made earlier, with the same sponging technique and my 6" x 6" Swatton Grid Stencil.

Swatton Grid Stencil looks like this --

More prints made with my 6" x 6" Hot Air Balloon stencil ... 

The background above is a monoprint.  The balloon was added with sponge-daubing Titanium White heavy-body paint thru the stencil.

The above background is a vintage paper painted purple with acrylic paint.  The balloon was added in the same way as described earlier.

The above background is a sheet of foreign newsprint (comics page) which I had painted green with acrylic paint.

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9" x 12" Stencil BLOOMING WHERE PLANTED ... and Friends

In its entirety, Blooming Where Planted looks like this --

But long ago, I cut the large left section apart from the two smaller sections on the right.  For some reason, I find myself using this section more often....

Above:  Blooming Where Planted was printed over an earlier print made with another 9" x 12" stencil, Nosegay.

Some of the above prints (made on paper) have been cut up and used as collage pieces.  

Below, the same section of Blooming Where Planted came in handy when I was making prints on stretched canvas, using heavy-body acrylic paints and a Sofft sponge.

Above: Blooming Where Planted was printed over an earlier print made with another 9" x 12" stencil, Fantasia. 

Fantasia in its entirety looks like this --

And the 9" x 12" stencil Nosegay looks like this --

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Terry O'Neill Made Beautiful Gift Bags with THISTLES and CLUSTERED LEAVES Stencils

Time and again, I'm amazed at the ingenuity of artists who bring stencil-use into new territories.  

Today's examples come from the talented hands of Terry O'Neill, who used several StencilGirl stencils in creating these gorgeous gift-bags with matching tags.  I'm delighted that among the others stencils, she included two of mine -- 

Clicking on the image above, you can better see details.  For the green background of the gift-bag on the far right, Terry used my 9" x 12" stencil Clustered Leaves. 

Above:  Terry used my 9" x 12" stencil Thistles to create the main image on this equally gorgeous gift-bag.

I too have used stencil-art to decorate gift-bags -- but I've had lacked the courage to stencil directly onto the bags themselves!

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