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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