Paint Your Own Born to Be Wild Canvas - Denise Alloca Creative Team Thursday

When I received Jessica’s Born to Be Wild Animals stencil it reminded me of my daughter, not that she’s a wild child!  That and she loves animals and has an incredible spirit.  For this Design Team contribution I decided to make a canvas for my daughter Erin.  Using three of Jessica Sporn’s stencils I created a bright, positive piece of artwork for Erin. I started off painting my canvas in bright colors, then I used a texture plate to add interest.  

Next I used a reductive stenciling technique that gives a subtle and interesting look to the image.  A little detailing with Stabillo pencils and water, and done.

I hope you enjoy the video!

Materials:
10x10 Canvas
Acrylic paints
Jessica Sporn’s Stencils found at:
 http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencils-jessica-sporn-s/1827.htm
Stabillo Pencils
Faber Castel Black Gelato
Deco Arts Americana Sealer

With a passion for art from an early age, Denise Alloca turned her interest to photography and later art education. Through her diverse exposure to various art forms, she found her way to mixed media art, where she currently showcases her work on her blog.  Denise has been a Design Team member for Donna Downey’s Artist Gang, creating instructional videos showcasing various mixed media techniques.  Denise's work has also been published in Art Journal Kickstarter, which offers advice and techniques for art journaling enthusiasts.

Thanks for this great tutorial Denise!  

Make sure to check out all of the Creative Team's wonderful creations and inspiration.

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BLOG HOP (Spring Theme) Jessica Sporn, Kristin Van Valkenburgh, & Denise Alloca

Hi all!  I'm so excited because today,  I'm hopping  along with members of the my Creative Team.  

We've used Deco Art Media products to make fabulous creations around the theme of SPRING. 

I hope you've been enjoying the Creative Team posts - I know I have! Here's a chance to see the highlight of these amazing artists all at once,  because today I'm hopping along with: 

Kristin Van Valkenburgh and 
Denise Alloca

Here are sneak peeks at their pieces. Aren't Denise's floral still life and Kristin's magical village incredible?  Wait until you see their tutorials.

Your comments on all three of our posts give you three chances to win the Layered Peony and Leaves Stencil from Stencil Girl Products!  You can create flowers so many different ways with this stencil.

Here are two videos showing some ideas:

You can also watch "Layered Peony and Stems" on YouTube here.  

 

Y"Achieving Watercolor Effects with Acrylic Inks" is also available on YouTube here. 


We have a great giveaway - one lucky commenter will win my Layered Peonies Stencil from Stencil Girl Products.

Remember, all comments on all the blog hop posts count!    So hop over and comment on 

Kristin Van Valkenburgh and 

Denise Alloca's blogs today!

Comments close at 6PM EST on Monday, April 17, and I'll announce the winners in my Tuesday blog post on April 18. 

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How to: Create an Art Journal Book (Part 1) - Creative Team Thursday with Denise Alloca

Creating from the outside in!  In today's Design Team Post I will be creating the start of a book, from the outside then tackling the inside pages!  

Grab some cardboard, find your stash and play along!  

The cover is first, then to be continued….the pages.  For the cover I used Jessica’s Namaste Stencil, and the Whimsy Crown Stamp.   

I hope you play along!  Here's my video tutorial to get you started: https://youtu.be/neFZnTjXebY 

Supplies: 

Namaste Stencil 

Whimsy Crown Stamp 

Cardboard 

Tissue Paper 

Archival Black ink pad 

Gesso 

Golden Clear Tar Gel 

Liquitex Glass Bead Gel 

Golden Fluid Acrylic 

Deco Arts Interference Gold 

Acrylic Paint 

Parchment 

White 

Teal  

Turquoise 

Black 

With a passion for art from an early age, Denise Alloca turned her interest to photography and later art education. Through her diverse exposure to various art forms, she found her way to mixed media art, where she currently showcases her work on her blog.  Denise has been a Design Team member for Donna Downey’s Artist Gang, creating instructional videos showcasing various mixed media techniques.  Denise's work has also been published in Art Journal Kickstarter, which offers advice and techniques for art journaling enthusiasts.

Thanks for this great tutorial Denise!  

Make sure to check out all of the Creative Team's wonderful creations and inspiration.

         Visit Stencil Girl Products and RubberMoon Stamps to see all my designs!

If you haven't already - please connect with me here:

InLinkz.com

Your comments make me so happy and let me know you were here. I read and treasure every comment and will happily answer any questions as soon as I can.

If you are entering a GIVEAWAY, please add your email address in the event I need to contact you.

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Thank You!

How to: Create Coffee Pop Art - Creative Team Thursday Denise Alloca

For the Love of Coffee!!  Nothing too serious … just coffee!  I used Jessica Sporn’s Coffee Stencil to create a series of Pop Art inspired canvases.  I isolated pieces of the stencil and created “master’ sheets to photocopy from.  I then used those sheets to collage the backgrounds for the paintings.

Watch! Be inspired! Enjoy a cup of coffee!

Supplies:
Coffee Stencil
Deco Arts Mixed Media Kit
• Gesso
• Matte Medium
• Fluid Acrylic cadmium red hue
• Fluid Acrylic Primary Yellow

Golden Acrylic Glazing Medium

10x10 canvas

So grab your favorite cup of Joe and enjoy my video on YouTube so you can see how you too can show off your love of coffee.  You can watch it on YouTube here https://youtu.be/6lW9gqv-Fjs

Have you visited our blog hop for Valentine's Day? You still have until Monday to visit all the blogs and comment for a chance to win Jessica's Seven Hearts Stencil.  Make sure to leave comments on all the blogs participating in the hop, for extra chances to win!

With a passion for art from an early age, Denise Alloca turned her interest to photography and later art education. Through her diverse exposure to various art forms, she found her way to mixed media art, where she currently showcases her work on her blog.  Denise has been a Design Team member for Donna Downey’s Artist Gang, creating instructional videos showcasing various mixed media techniques.  Denise's work has also been published in Art Journal Kickstarter, which offers advice and techniques for art journaling enthusiasts.

Thanks Denise!  Make sure to check out all of the Creative Team's wonderful creations and inspiration.

         Visit Stencil Girl Products and RubberMoon Stamps to see all my designs!

If you haven't already - please connect with me here:

InLinkz.com

Your comments make me so happy and let me know you were here. I read and treasure every comment and will happily answer any questions as soon as I can.

If you are entering a GIVEAWAY, please add your email address in the event I need to contact you.

To avoid SPAM, please write it like this: jessicasporndesigns (at) gmail (dot) com

Thank You!