Judi Kauffman and CLUSTERED LEAVES Stencil (9" x 12")

I'm thinking about starting on Christmas decorations as I write this post.  What brought that on?  Beautiful dangling artworks by Judi Kauffman -- shown here with step-by-step instructions and photos.

Here are only two of the photos from Judi's project --

Above:  a dollar store coaster painted by Judi Kauffman, as she worked her way thru this project.

Above: the same coaster, now a dangling work of art, after Judi had completed her project.

Judi chose several StencilGirl stencils in creating this collection of dangling artworks; the one shown above was made with my 9" x 12" stencil Clustered Leaves, which, in its entirety, looks like this --

Many thanks, both to Judi for opting to use this stencil, and to you -- for stopping by here today!

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Rainbows with Stencils or Masks

The "rainbow" technique can be done in at least two ways -- with a Gelli Plate, or with a sponge brayer loaded with heavy-body acrylic paint.  Today's post features the latter.  I think the colors may be more intense when using today's brayer method, since a sponge brayer will hold a heavier paint load than what's typically spread across a Gelli Plate.

Today's main tool is the mask/stencil Garden Montage (9" x 12".)

Above:  on the left, a brayer and two colors of acrylic heavy-body paint, laid out side-by-side.  On the right, the metallic-painted substrate and the stencil/mask.

The next two photos below show close-ups of the substrate, under the stencil/mask, as well as the brayer and the two colors of acrylic paint--

My next step was to load the brayer with with colors of paint --

-- and I followed this with running the brayer down the combination of the stencil/mask and the substrate.  I held the stencil/mask in place with one hand and used the brayer with the other.....

After starting the left edge with this two-color paint, I flipped the brayer over to start the next downward roll of paint; see below:

This flipping-over (shown above) enabled me to have the two areas of blue together, moving downward.  See below ....

Below is the finished product -- the stencil/mask has been lifted so that the gold metallic paper shows thru beneath the stripes of paint.

Below are more "rainbow" prints.

Above:  Created with 6" x 6" Trivet B stencil.

Created with 9" x 12" Garden Montage

Created with Garden Montage 

Created with Longwood Florals Stencil and the 9" x 12" stencil Garden Montage 

Created with Garden Montage 

Try using 3 colors of paint this way!

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Mary Ann Russo Brings Her Talent to Huber Woods Environmental Center!

Mary Ann Russo recently began working at Huber Woods Environmental Center in Middletown, NJ -- and brought along her creative ideas.

One result of Mary Ann's two recent outstanding works appears below; but the white circle is something I've added, just for today's post....

Photo by Mary Ann Russo

In times long gone, people were punished by having their heads placed in "the stocks"  --

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Happily, stocks are no longer used as punishment!  But the basic idea has remained with us, morphed into something much more pleasant.  At carnivals and many other venues of entertainment, kids and adults can find today's benign version -- life-size paintings (usually of people) with holes cut out for faces.  

And this is the reason Mary Ann's scarecrow painting has no faces!  

They are about to become holes so that Huber Woods visitors can enjoy sticking their heads thru the holes and having their photos taken.

In Mary Ann's photo crowning this post, I've added a white circle to draw attention to this detail on the smaller scarecrow --

Mary Ann describes her process:  "First I painted the background patch pink, then attached the stencil with masking tape and dabbed in the green through the stencil and dried it with a hair dryer. Then I repositioned the stencil (offset it) and dabbed in the red using a sea sponge. On the scarecrow clothing it looks like a real fabric patch."
Mary Ann delighted me by using one of my "trivet" series of stencils to create this knee-patch -- 6" x 6" Trivet A.

Trivet A 6" x 6"

This trivet also comes in a 9" x 12" version --

Trivet A 9 Stencil (9" x 12")

Mary Ann created yet another board just as wonderful as the one shown at the top of this post!  Here is that second board --

Photo by Mary Ann Russo

You can click on the above image to better see details of the clever ways Mary Ann used stencils ... or just keep scrolling down ....

Above:  This scarecrow's patch was made with my 6" x 6" stencil Marbles. It appears below:

This scarecrow's patch was made with my 6" x 6" Swatton Grid Stencil.  It appears below:

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My hearty thanks to Mary Ann Russo for allowing me to post her artwork here!

And thanks to everyone stopping by this blog today!

PRESSED LEAVES

Pressed Leaves (6" x 6") came out for some autumn play--

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WINTER BERRIES STENCIL and GARDEN MONTAGE STENCIL/MASK

Below is an acrylic paint print made with Garden Montage (9" x 12") and Winter Berries Stencil (9" x 12")-- 

These two stencils by themselves look like this --

Winter Berries Stencil

Garden Montage

Winter Berries Stencil was also used in making these prints ....

My reason for making red and green prints was to bulk up my supply of papers for creating this year's collage Christmas cards --

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WINTER BERRIES -- 9" x 12" STENCIL and MASK

Above:  This multi-layer piece was created with 3 separate applications of paints thru Winter Berries Stencil.  Before adding the top layer with purple acrylic paint, I covered the lower two layers with a coat of zinc white acrylic paint, since I wanted a translucent layer that would fade the background yet allow it to remain visible.

Above:  a greeting card cover created with Winter Berries Mask and Distress Inkpads.  A round-tipped brush is daubed into the inkpad, then daubed across the mask and the surface below it. 

Above:  Another greeting card cover created with Winter Berries Mask and Distress Inkpads.  A round-tipped brush is daubed into the inkpad, then daubed across the mask and the surface below it.

The final two prints above were made with Winter Berries Stencil.
In both cases, the stencil was first used in the normal way -- with those results waiting to be shown tomorrow.   Immediately after using this stencil to making prints on other metallic papers, I turned the wet-paint-covered stencil upside down, and pressed it to two sheets of textured gold foil, cut from a roll of giftwrap.  You can click on the above images to enlarge them and better see detail.

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LONGWOOD FLORALS STENCIL and LONGWOOD FLORALS MASK (both 9" x 12")

Ever wonder how many different looks you can get using the same stencil or mask?  Variety can be achieved in ways probably too many to count, but one easy way is to start with pre-printed backgrounds that very widely from each other.

Made with Longwood Florals Stencil on an old calendar photo.

Made with Longwood Florals Mask on previously painted paper.

Made with Longwood Florals Mask on previously painted paper.

Made with Longwood Florals Stencil on paper previously spattered with green paint.

Made with Longwood Florals Stencil on previously painted paper.

Made with Longwood Florals Stencil on previously painted foreign newspaper.

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