Modeling Paste and Other Dimensional Media with Stencils

Another re-run today, as I continue working in an online class taught by Jane Davies ...

Here is my "modeling-paste-with-spray-paint technique," complete with step-by-step instructions and photos.  In addition to modeling paste, I've tried other dimension- building media, as you'll see below.

In this photo sequence, I show how I made several 6"X6" greeting cards with my newly released stencil Quilted Flower Garden.  First, I taped the greeting card into place (over a sheet of freezer paper, shiny side up.) 

 Next, I spread a layer of modeling paste over the stencil --

While the modeling paste was still wet, I sprayed it with liquid watercolor as shown below.  Click on this image to enlarge it -- and take note that, with the spray of liquid watercolor, the stencil has suddenly become a mask.  Its presence masks off parts of the design so that the color-spray can't reach them.

Right after spraying, I lifted off the stencil and placed it, wet side down, on another paper, making a ghost print. Then I washed the stencil before the modeling paste could dry.

 

I did this project 3 times; the first time, as shown above, I used modeling paste ... and got these results:

Click on the above image to enlarge it.  The enlargement better shows the 3D look achieved with the modeling paste.  It also shows the areas that were masked off by the stencil during the color-spraying.

 On the next go-'round, I used Titanium White heavy body acrylic paint with the same stencil and the same sequence of steps, with these results --

 On the third greeting card, I used Blended Fibers Texture Gel Medium to get the results below --

And now I'll show the ghost-prints I made when I flipped the still-wet stencil and pressed it, wet side down, to other papers:

Another Re-Run ... While I take a Class under Jane Davies

I used two stencils to create this image -- Warped Holes 9, by Lizzie Mayne, and my 9"X12" Branching Blossoms Silhouette, available at www.StencilGirlProducts.com. 

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.

Starting with an Ink Sweeper and ending with a cosmetic sponge, I daubed acrylic paint thru the stencil openings and across the paper.

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

Next, I taped Branching Blossoms Silhouette 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; here are the results:
 


My 9"X12" stencil Branching Blossoms Silhouette is available at  www.StencilGirlProducts.com ... enjoy! 

Origami

 

The origami bald eagle above was made by my friend Claire Murphy and enclosed in a birthday card sent from her new home in upstate NY.  Claire was always clever with her hands -- unlike me -- and I consider myself an origami drop-out.  But seeing this eagle made me think of my growing stack of Gelli Plate prints as well as other prints, all made with stencils.  In my imagination, if not in reality, I can see these papers being folded into clever shapes like this one of Claire's ...

 

 

 

 

Just scroll thru my jillions of "Older Posts" to see how the above papers -- and many others -- were created.

Stencils used in making the above papers are available here:

http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/category-s/1832.htm