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Monday, November 28, 2016
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Monday, November 28, 2016
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PLUS 10% discount when you buy 6 stencils of the same size!
AND orders over $100 get a FREE large stencil of Mary Beth's choice!
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TANGLED PODS and PRAYER FLAGS

Look at the smile glowing on the face of this participant in a workshop earlier this year, facilitated by Carolyn Dube!

I'm delighted that my 9"x 12" stencil Tangled Pods was the StencilGirlProducts stencil used here.

I don't know which technique Carolyn was presenting here, but it reminds me of a few Gelli Plate prints that I once did in an online workshop with Jane Davies...

Stencil used:  Tangled Pods.

Stencil used:  Prayer Flags.

 

http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-prayer-flags-cecilia-swatton-p/l371.htm



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Tommy McDonell Again -- and PALM FRONDS SILHOUETTE SMALL

 This image by artist Tommy McDonell is enough to knock any art-lover off his feet!

My guess is that Tommy used alcohol inks on Yupo (a slick, synthetic substrate that comes in a choice of thickness, as does watercolor paper.)  What a stunning work of art!  My hat's off to you, Tommy!

The stencil used here was Palm Fronds Silhouette Small --  which measures 6"x 6" -- and which has a little sister, Palm Fronds Silhouette Mini -- measuring 4" x 4".  I've often used the two stencils together, really happy with the way that something as simple as two sizes can help create variety while maintaining overall unity within an artwork.

Again, let me announce that you can catch up with Tommy McDonell here--

Facebook:  TommyBuellMcDonellArt 

And here –

Tommy’s website:  tbmcdonellart.com

Tommy McDonell with SILHOUETTE OF A WILDFLOWER BOUQUET

Artist Tommy McDonell has created three jazzy prints that grabbed my attention -- especially the top one, below:

I'm honored to say that Tommy's prints were made with my 6"x
6" stencil Silhouette of a Wildflower Bouquet --

You can catch up with Tommy McDonell here--

Facebook:  TommyBuellMcDonellArt 

And here –

Tommy’s website:  tbmcdonellart.com

Frieda Oxenham

UK artist Frieda Oxenham has been working in her art journal ...

Above:  a 2-page spread while Frieda's artwork was still in progress.

Above:  a close-up detail of the wonderfully complex, multi-layered finished artwork.

Among the many StencilGirl stencils that Frieda chose to use for this project, I'm happy she chose to include one of mine --

Pressed Leaves, which measures 6" x 6" and looks like this:

My sincere thanks to Frieda for allowing me to post her artwork here!

More Combos!

I have still more combinations to show; the top photo is a close-up detail and the second photo shows the full piece.  All four were made with the same two 9"x 12" stencils -- Mimosa Stencil and It's a Jungle Out There.

More combos tomorrow ... 

Butterfly Wings with IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE

Butterfly Wings is the the title that I decided to bestow on this painting on stretched canvas --

You can click on this photo to enlarge it and better see its details.  

On the far left, middle section and far right, I've made imprints using cut-out sections from one of of my October 13-released 9"x 12" stencils, It's A Jungle Out There. 

The stencil itself looks like this:

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Nancy Sanderson Curry and CLUSTERED LEAVES

I'm happy to interrupt my ongoing string of daily posts about my 3 Oct. 13 stencil releases, so I can offer this treat!

Nancy Sanderson Curry has delighted me in making this video --

https://www.facebook.com/NancyCurryArt/videos/718701338281127/

-- and I'm so glad that, from all the beautiful StencilGirl stencils, she chose my 9"x 12" Clustered Leaves ... and with it, she created art to envy!  

The stencil itself looks like this:

Many thanks to you, Nancy!

IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE and the Chop-Shop

The first four photos below are close-ups of several areas on a painting on stretched canvas.  The fifth photo shows the piece in its entirety.

The stencil I used repeatedly on this piece is my 9" x 12" It's A Jungle Out There.   And, as you probably can tell -- by clicking on the above image to enlarge it -- I had cut the stencil into three or four pieces before using it here.

Before it went to the chop-shop, the stencil looked like this:

  

The first stages of this artwork was done following a technique found in the Absentee Artist Chapter of the book Creative Paper Art by Nancy Welch; it's also shown on Pat Dews' DVD Designing Great Starts with Texture and Form, available online at Cheap Joe's Art Supplies.

In the middle stage, I used paint-tinted white gesso around the edges to strengthen the composition. 

The final stages of this piece were done with oil-based art crayons. 

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