Last week's stencil demo at the Monmouth Festival of the Arts went very well.  My friend Mary Ann co-demonstrated with me, and I was...

Above is a close-up of a mixed-media collage I will be bringing to my April 15 demo at Monmouth Festival of the Arts ... http://mo...

Above is a close-up of one of the mixed-media collages I will be bringing to show at my April 15 demo at Monmouth Festival of the Arts.....

One of my favorite fellow designers at StencilGirlProducts.com, Daniella Woolf, has created a 9"X12" stencil entitled Calligr...

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   Above: The finished canvas that was shown in part in an earlier post, wherein I detailed the techniques behind its creation...

How I started one of my mixed-media pieces on stretched gallery-wrap (wraparound) canvas: Above:  A close-up of my first step in star...

Above:  On canvas, I used purple acrylic thru a stencil, then over-stamped the dried acrylic with matte gel; after that dried, I added hi...

Above are two examples of using a stencil in the subtractive technique.  In both, I used wed media.  Watercolor would have worked but...

  Above is the start of a new painting, created with 4 stencils from www.StencilGirlProducts.com -- two stencils designed by Mary Beth...

This is an old technique that I've dusted off.   Some time back, I had heard that Paper Solvy was no longer being sold, but I j...

In an earlier post ("Flowers V 1" comes to Center Stage) I described what I call the stencil-and-stain technique.  At the e...

In the mood for botanicals?  Now available at www.StencilGirlProducts.com are three more stencils I've designed -- Ivy 6 and I...

In an earlier post I gave a list of web addresses that give beautiful demos on using a Gelli Plate for making monoprints.  Those other a...

-- 3 more stencils I've designed:  Mimosa (9"X12"), Vases (9"X12") and Seaweed (6"X6") ...  h...

  My stencil Kaleid -- newly available at www.StencilGirlProducts.com -- was used here with Ranger Industries' Distress Inks, ap...

I'm dying to finish my first attempt at one of the techniques for stencil-use presented at Cindy Powell's blog -- http://cynth...

StencilGirl Products' stencils are easy to clean, even after using them with acrylic paints (if they are placed right after use into...