More SASSY SPRAY!

In following yesterday's post, today I'm posting another artwork (on a 12" x 9" gallery-wrap canvas) that I've created with the same "start-technique" mentioned yesterday.

Again, I used a pair of Sassy Spray stencils that I'd slightly altered... 

 I'm not at liberty to describe the technique that I used on this painting, since it was shown on a video that's included in the June 2015 Stencil-of-the-Month package for StencilGirls' StencilClub members.  This package can be back-ordered; directions are here. 

At this point, I'm considering this artwork finished.  Usually I take the form forward from its "start-step" but this time I decided not to.

Sassy Spray in its entirety looks like this:

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SASSY SPRAY 6" X 6" stencil -- Reworked Art

Earlier this month, I posted an artwork I'd made on canvas using a pair of Sassy Spray stencils that I had slightly altered.  This is what the art looked like at, then:

I liked all of it except for the upper left side.  I wasn't satisfied with the focal point that I'd tried to establish there. 

So I re-worked the art.  Its new version is below --

I'm not at liberty to describe the technique that I used to start this painting, since it was shown on a video that's included in the June 2015 Stencil-of-the-Month package for StencilGirls' StencilClub members.  This package can be back-ordered; directions are here. 

But that process was only the start of this particular acrylic painting, done on 12" x 9" gallery-wrap canvas. 

After that first step, I used a variety of sizes of flat-tipped brushes to add yellow highlights in emphasizing areas of the design.  I also added a number of layers of zinc white acrylic paint to mute areas of lesser interest.  And I used a nearly-empty bottle of this paint to add a spatter in the lower middle area.

When I came back to re-work the piece, I repeated the start-technique in one area on the right side.

Then I used Gelatos.  I applied them dry, then brushed over them with liquid acrylic matte medium, to spread the color, and set it.

I also masked off a small area on the right before spattering it with the same zinc white paint that I'd used originally, in making spatters elsewhere.

Sassy Spray in its entirety looks like this:

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3-Layered Stencil Print

This post focuses on multi-layering.  Today's art sample started life as a Gelli Plate print using my stencil Facets.  Altho Facets is rectangular, measuring 9"x12", the background image here is round, since I used the 8-inch round Gelli Plate.   

The middle-layer print, made with green acrylic paint and a sponge applicator, was created using one of my just-released stencils, Curls.

The top layer was made with a 4-inch-wide sponge brayer, loaded with heavy-body yellow acrylic paint, using another new 6" x 6" stencil, Lines and Squares.

The original piece of paper was cut from one of those gigantic rolls of heavy-duty paper used by contractors and other builders, as a protective cover for hallway carpeting and similar areas.  It's tough paper, meant to be walked on and abused, but the "wrong" side of this paper is smooth -- and a shade of salmon-mauve that I find attractive.  I bought my roll of this paper in a household paint supply store.

Stencils used in this post:

Curls 

Lines and Squares

Facets Stencil (9" x 12")

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More Stencil-Combo Prints Made with My Brand-New Stencils

Again today I'll post yet more stencil combinations, using the full stencils and placing them atop one another -- either directly on top, or off to one side.  I'm still making the prints with a 4-inch-wide sponge brayer loaded with heavy-body acrylic paints.  My substrates are "found" papers of various kinds. 

Above: Ski- Lift Works was the main stencil used here, on a substrate that had been previously printed with on a Gelli Plate.  On the right, I made a direct print with the stencil, using green paint.  To the left of that print, I made a "rubber stamped" print by flipping the stencil over -- while its paint was still wet -- and pressing it to the substrate.  Another layer in this multi-layered print was made with Sassy Spray.

Above:  On blueprint paper, I first printed with Sassy Spray.  The stencil I used in my top-layer print was Ski-Lift Works.

Above:  I used Sassy Spray for the top-layer (yellow) print.  I chose green paint for the bottom layer.  The stencil used there (with green paint) was Pavilion Shadows.

These 3 stencils look like this:

Ski-Lift Works 

Sassy Spray 

Pavilion Shadows

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More Prints Made with ORNAMENTAL IRON CURLS 6" X 6" Stencil

Ornamental Iron Curls has grown into my favorite of my four May-4-released stencils!

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The Ornamental Iron Curls 6x6 stencil looks like this:

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A Smorgasbord of Prints Made with My Four Newest Stencils

Variety spices life!  Today's post has a little of everything.

Ornamental Iron Curls was used to make the top layer (yellow) in the above print, done on blueprint paper.  Under that layer is an orange print created with another of my four new stencils, Sassy Spray.

Below, Sassy Spray appears in more prominent roles:

Ornamental Iron Curls was used in making the first layer in the above print, before Sassy Spray was used to make the top layer with white acrylic paint.

Above:  With Sassy Spray, I made a yellow print over multi-colored paper.

Above:  The layered print above was made with Sassy Spray and Pavilion Shadows. 

My fourth new stencil, Ski-Lift Works, was put to use in making the print below --

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More Stencil-Prints? Oh Yes!

Yes, I have still more prints made with my four May 4-released stencils!

Pavilion Shadows over Ornamental Iron Curls on textured foil 

Ski-Lift Works

Ski-Lift Works 

Sassy Spray over Pavilion Shadows

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ORNAMENTAL IRON CURLS 6" X 6" Stencil

Today's post focuses on just one new stencil, Ornamental Iron Curls --

When I'm all done making prints, I feel surprised at the variety that's possible with just one stencil -- with help, of course, from piles of already-prepared background papers.

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Day 18 of New-Stencil Prints

This is Day 18 since the May 4 release of my 4 newest 6" x 6" stencils, Ski-Lift Works, Sassy Spray, Ornamental Iron Curls and Pavilion Shadows.

Today's post starts with prints made from Ski-Lift Works teamed with Sassy Spray --

-- and next, below, comes a printed combination made with Sassy Spray atop Pavilion Shadows:

Bringing up the rear is one more print for today:

The print above was made with Ornamental Iron Curls stencil.  Lots more prints created with this stencil will be posted tomorrow.   

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What To Do with All These Stencil-Prints?

Besides using stencil-prints for greeting cards and art journals, I like to build collages.  Today's post shows one that I created on stretched canvas using a print made with one of my May 4-released 6" x 6" stencils, Sassy Spray.

Sassy Spray was used to make the focal point in the above collage, and to make the two prints below:

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Progressive Prints with Stencils

Isn't it fun to use new stencils over old stencil prints?

The first layer on today's multi-print image was made with a 8-inch round Gelli Plate and my 9"x 12" stencil Facets, which looks like this:

Because I used a round Gelli Plate, the blue-and-white imprint was round.  (The background was a sheet of foreign newsprint.)  Over that first print, I added a green layer with Ornamental Iron Curls, one of my four new 6" x 6" stencils:

For the next layer, I reached for yellow acrylic paint and another new stencil, Ski-Lift Works --

Above, you can see that stencil's imprint in the upper left.  Then, on the lower right, I used Ski-Lift Works once again -- by flipping it upside-down while it was still coated with that heavy-body yellow paint; I pressed it to the paper, using it in the same way a rubber stamp would be used. 

This is a work-in-progress.  As the layering process continues, some areas will be muted with tinted gesso-water washes so that a basic pattern of composition will eventually emerge.  Some type of crayon markings will make the final touches.  

The two new stencils named above look like this:

Ornamental Iron Curls 

Ski-Lift Works

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Brand-Spanking-New Stencil-Prints Parade

Today my blog returns to a parade of art samples made with my four new 6" x 6" stencils ...

First comes a print made with Ski-Lift Works.  I used heavy-body acrylic green paint and applied the print over an old painting:

The next two prints were made with Pavilion Shadows:

And finally, the print below was made with Sassy Spray, on a paint-sample card from a house-painting supply store:

All of today's prints were created using a four-inch-wide sponge brayer loaded with heavy-body acrylic paints.

Have fun making your own prints!  Stencils make it easy!

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