Have you seen the August stencils Mary Beth Shaw designed for Stencil Girl's Stencil Club? I just love the shapes, lines and marks she created, inspired by the artist Rex Ray.
Here's a quick and easy project I made with them, for September's Color This Quote challenge at Artists in Blogland.
I tinted the canvas with a mixture of 50% glazing medium and 50% fluid acrylics. (If you're using regular craft acrylics, up the glazing medium to about 2/3.)
I traced the outlines of the stencil onto my canvas, and colored in the surrounding areas with a black paint pen. Here's a one minute fast forward video:
The way the collage poked through the negative areas of the stencil reminded me of a garden maze. This quote went with it very well, and it's so true...
The original is available for sale in my Etsy shop. Prints are available at Society 6 which has free shipping through Sunday!
I'm so excited that my stencils are going to be featured in October for Stencil Club! I've designed a special series exclusively for club members, and am working on lots of projects and videos to show you how to use them. So if you're not a member of Stencil Club yet, check it out.
I'm so excited that my stencils are going to be featured in October for Stencil Club! I've designed a special series exclusively for club members, and am working on lots of projects and videos to show you how to use them. So if you're not a member of Stencil Club yet, check it out.
Plus - just a quick reminder that I'm teaching at Little Bird Creations on Friday night, September 20. We're having a gelli plate party, with lots of cool techniques, resulting in you creating a unique journal for yourself.
I have extra gelli plates, in case you don't have your own. It's the last time I'll be teaching in 2013 so I hope you'll join the fun!
And P.S., in case you need help with this, here is a video of my dad explaining the proper technique for flipping a pancake. If you need a good laugh, check this out!
And P.S., in case you need help with this, here is a video of my dad explaining the proper technique for flipping a pancake. If you need a good laugh, check this out!
Linking to Paint Party Friday, Art Journal Every Day and Creative Every Day!
I really LOVE your colors! You are SO creative each and every project!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!! How much fun is this?? I love it.
ReplyDeleteThis pretty simple process has yielded AMAZING results, Jessica. Thanks for this tutorial and for the hint about upping the glazing medium when not using fluid acrylics!
ReplyDeleteVery cool.... love the pathways!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration. Sometimes I find myself wondering what to do with all of my gelli prints. It's funny. I always use stencils when I MAKE the gelli prints, but I've never thought to pull out a stencil to use OVER the prints.
ReplyDeleteSo cool the way you've done this! I loved the background and then putting the stencil over it and what it became is fabulous!
ReplyDeletesuch a clever use of stencil and negative space-great project Jessica!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the stencily and colours. Valerie
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I really need to get a gelli plate... sigh...
ReplyDeleteThanks for inspiring me. :)
Love all the black- really highlights your papers! Fabulous stencil choice too! Great video!!
ReplyDeleteoh wow Jessica, I love what you did! The black makes the colours really pop. It's a beautiful stencil too ....
ReplyDeleteLove it, it's fun and strong and clever! <3
ReplyDeleteLove your angel and thank you for your willingness to share ideas. Our minds must have been on the same page because I did a "negative space" stencil this week too.
ReplyDeleteCool tutorial and technique. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of this piece. Its a great technique:) HPPF
ReplyDeleteYour dad trumped you today in his video...so cute.. I got a giggle...so fun!! Thanks for sharing your video and wonderful art too!
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not only did i see lovely art, i got a lesson in flippin' a pancake.. the how and how nots. happy PPF
ReplyDeleteYour dad made me laugh. What a fun video - things like this make the best family memories. I always love how free you are with color. You reminded me of this technique - I had seen it some time back but quickly forgot about it. I'll have to try it now.
ReplyDeleteLove the quickie video...beautiful piece, fab stencil...but what you did with it really showcases it. Xox
ReplyDeleteThis is a really interesting post. First, I love when you see a finished piece and think how on earth did the artist create that and then the artist tells you and you're like ahhh that's clever. And second, I just learnt what a gelli print is. I had never heard of them before. Thank you for a great post!
ReplyDeleteI smiled thru the whole video, then clapped & cheered when he got it! Yeah... great vid..your dad is so cool...
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's such a vibrant canvas, altough there is a lot of black, clever done.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what you have produced with a stencil. And thanks for sharing the video of your Dad. You gave me a happy start to the day. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love all of your creations..You seem to have a very vibrate and carefree personality showing through your work.
ReplyDeleteWay cool stencil/collage work and it certainly does remind me of a wonderful garden maze. Loved the pancake flipping advice as well. :-)
ReplyDeleteand I love your dad!
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