Right-Side Up or Upside-Down -- LONGWOOD FLORALS MASK and LONGWOOD FLORALS STENCIL

Longwood Florals Mask and Longwood Florals Stencil, both 9" x 12", are -- like Winter Berries Mask and Winter Berries Stencil -- exact opposites of one another.  Some effects can be achieved with a stencil, whereas others call for a mask.

Above:  Made with Longwood Florals Mask

Another character trait shared by Longwood Florals Mask and Longwood Florals Stencil is that they are designed to be used right-side-up or upside-down.  The original inspiration for this design was actually dangling greenery with flowers.  But -- as shown in the example above -- they work equally well when presented as upright plants.

Above:  Made with Longwood Florals Mask

Above:  Made with Longwood Florals Stencil

Above:  Made with Longwood Florals Mask

Above:  Made with Longwood Florals Stencil

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LONGWOOD FLORALS MASK and GARDEN AT NEMOURS MASK

Longwood Florals Mask (9" x 12") was the art tool I used in creating the first four art samples below....

 And for a complete change of pace, below is an art sample made with Garden at Nemours Mask and Quilted Flower Garden Stencil (both are 6" x 6".)

This mask and this stencil, separately, look like this --

Quilted Flower Garden Stencil

Garden at Nemours Mask

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GARDEN AT NEMOURS MASK and LONGWOOD FLORALS MASK and LONGWOOD FLORALS STENCIL

Today's post starts with 2 art samples made with my 6" x 6" mask Garden at Nemours. 

The first sample below was created on sturdy cardstock that had been previously printed with a variety of abstract designs.  To develop the piece, I placed the mask onto the lower left corner and went over it with a sponge brayer loaded with heavy-body acrylic paint.

And the artwork above was created on Fredrix Watercolor stretched canvas using Golden High Flow acrylics and pigment-particles that I bought years ago from a UK company, Brusho.  I believe that similar powdered pigments, offered by other companies, are available here in the US.  These pigments dissolve when exposed to water and other liquid media.  You can better see this effect by clicking on the above image to enlarge it.

Garden at Nemours Mask

Below is another piece developed on Fredrix Watercolor stretched canvas.  Again I used water-soluble powdered pigments and Golden High Flow acrylics.  This artwork was accepted into this year's annual Open Juried Show at the Guild of Creative Art (Shrewsbury, NJ.)  The main tool used was my 9" x 12" Longwood Florals Mask.

The art sample below was developed with Longwood Florals Stencil, which also measures 9" x 12" ....

These two stencils and masks themselves look like this --

Longwood Florals Mask

Longwood Florals Stencil

-- so, as you can see, they are exact opposites of each other.  A stencil and a mask that are exact opposites, when used together, provide a way to play with the concept of positive space and negative space.  I'll be posting art samples created with the two, used together.  Pictures can easily provide a better explanation than words.

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LONGWOOD FLORALS MASK and Friends

Creating the art below, I used Longwood Florals Mask (on the left) and, on the right, It's a Jungle Out There Stencil.  Both measure 9" x 12".

Below is another piece, this one developed by pairing Longwood Florals Mask with Garden Montage and Buds Stencil.  All three are 9" x 12".

The three photos below show art developed with Longwood Florals Mask and Garden Montage.  

The other stencils used in today's samples include:

It's a Jungle Out There Stencil (9" x 12")

Buds Stencil (9" x 12")

Garden Montage (9" x 12")

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WINTER BERRIES STENCIL and WINTER BERRIES MASK

Winter Berries Stencil (9" x 12")

Winter Berries Mask (9" x 12")

This stencil-and-mask set are exact opposites of each other. 

Today's post includes art made with the two together ....

Above:  a close-up showing detail.

These combinations barely scratch the surface of possibilities of pairing these opposites.  You will think of better ways to do it!

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Focus on GARDEN AT NEMOURS Mask

Today's post features Garden at Nemours Mask, which measures 6" x 6".  The art sample above was created on an old paper scrap that I'd previously painted and covered with random scribbles.

Below is a similar print, this one made on old newsprint that had been partially spattered with sprays of acrylic paint.

The art above was printed on another sheet of old newsprint, which has been previously painted with zinc white acrylic paint, which is translucent, allowing some of the print to show.

The sample below was a double-print made with this mask.  The first print shows up faintly in the center-to-mid-right, near the top.  

Today's final sample, above, was created on an old sheet of paper that had been painted and scribbled over.  

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GARDEN AT NEMOURS MASK ... and Friends

Working on Fredrix Watercolor stretched canvas, I developed a painting that's shown in its first phase below.

In the upper left I used my 6" x 6" mask Garden at Nemours.

To its right and directly under it, I used my 4" x 4" Fern Fronds Silhouette Mini.

On the lower right I used Silhouette of a Wildflower Bouquet, which measures 6" x 6".

Maybe I should have left the painting as it appears above.  You can be the judge!

Instead of leaving it as it appears above, I decided on further development.  The result is below --

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5 Just-Released Stencils and Masks!

These five brand-new stencils and masks are --

s658 Garden at Nemours.....6"x 6"

l675 Longwood Florals Mask.....9"x 12"

L676 Longwood Florals Stencil.....9"x 12"

L677 Winter Berries Mask.....9"x 12"

L678 Winter Berries Stencil.....9"x 12"

Today's post will show samples of art made with each of these new stencils and masks.

l675 Longwood Florals Mask

The artwork above is ready to be framed.  Its background is an old encyclopedia page that has a floral design in the upper right.  Glued over that is the mask itself, stained with paints after being used in a variety of art projects.

L676 Longwood Florals Stencil

Above is a double-print made with the same stencil.  The first print was made with yellow acrylic paint on a yellow-orange background paper.  After that dried, I placed the stencil back on the paper, spacing it so that it would be somewhat off-key with the original print.  Then I used purple acrylic paint to make the second print.

L678 Winter Berries Stencil

The artwork above was created on an old sheet of paper that had been printed and over-printed several times.  I could have used a Gelli Plate to make the topmost print with this new stencil, but instead, I decided to place the stencil onto the paper and go over it using a sponge brayer loaded with heavy-body acrylic paint.  The next 2 photos below show my process ....

Above:  a sponge brayer is being loaded with heavy-body acrylic paint.

 

Above:  a paint-loaded brayer is being run over a stencil.  (The stencil pictured in this example is Sassy Spray, a stencil previously released at StencilGirl.)

The art below was created with Golden high flow acrylics on a Fredrix Watercolor stretched canvas.  I prefer this type of stretched canvas because it has a smooth surface that picks up even fine details of a mask or a stencil.  

L677 Winter Berries Mask.....9"x 12"

s658 Garden at Nemours

Like an earlier example in this post, my artwork above was created on an old sheet of paper that had been printed and over-printed several times.  I could have used a Gelli Plate to make the topmost print with this new stencil, but instead, I decided to place the stencil onto the paper and go over it using a sponge brayer loaded with heavy-body acrylic paint.
 
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