Hi everyone…Martha
Richardson here. I’m thrilled to be a guest designer on the ArtistCellar blog today. I love using stencils in my
mixed media work, love making my own backgrounds…just love the freedom stencils
give. I was even more excited when I received Jill K. Berry’s Signature Series in Rivermap and
Roadmap. I have been a fan of Jill’s since I received her fabulous book
Personal Geographies: Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking.
One technique that I
often use is to create a STENCIL STUDY…I want to know how the stencils will
look, react with paints, sprays and mists and how different papers will react.
Let me show you my process and all the projects created from this stencil
study.
First up is both
Jill K. Berry stencils on a 6x6” square of Strathmore 140lb. watercolor paper
using Dylusions Spray Inks. I thought that Roadmap would be the one I liked the
most but I was pleasantly surprised to find the opposite to be true. From these
papers I then went onto to create mini journal pages that will be collated into
a journal at some point and several postcards that will be sent to Jane
Davies postcard project.
I have several of these mini journal pages created already from other stencil
studies.
Below: Roadmap
Stencil & Dylusions Ink Sprays in Dirty Martini, After Midnight &
Calypso Teal
Below: Roadmap
stencil & Dylusions Ink Spray in Funky Fuchsia, Dirty Martini, After
Midnight
Below: OOOPS!
Oversprayed Dylusions Ink Spray...appears the watercolor paper REALLY soaks up
the color. THE SAVE...Wendy Veechi Studio 490 Embossing Paste in black applied
over the mistakes. SHHH...we won't tell anyone and they'll think I planned it
that way
Below: Rivermap
stencil and Dylusions ink Sprays
Next I
tried the Rivermap stencil on Strathmore 140 lb. Mixed Media paper with a
background wash of Dylusions Spray Inks {ink sprayed on baby wipe and then
washed across surface} and stenciled with Distress Inks. Love the finished feel
and look. I used this background to create a gift tag which will hold a gift
card for a soon to be traveler.
I again used the
Rivermap stencil {see how much I liked this one} on a mop art journal page. As
I’m creating the leftover paint, spray or mists get wiped onto a blank journal
page so I’m always creating backgrounds in my journals. This background is in one
of my Dylusions Creative Journals. The experiment this time was to see how the
stencil reacted with Luminartes Silks Acrylic Glaze in Olive Vine and Bolivian
Blue. Now I have created another layer on my page and added some beautiful
shimmer and that same time. Is the background done? … nope! But it’s ready for
another layer to be added.
Finally some other
random stencil studies created over random papers created with more random
sprays, mists, or paints. I applied black acrylic paint over 2 of the papers and Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Embossing Paste and both black and white over the stencils. Then
using my Vagabond and various dies cut out different shapes that will be
utilized in other projects down the road. I also applied black and white
embossing paste over another background…really loves the effect. You can see
the hearts used in the gift tag above
Below: Roadmap
stencil & Dylusions Ink Spray in Funky Fuchsia, Dirty Martini, After
Midnight
Below: OOOPS!
Oversprayed Dylusions Ink Spray...appears the watercolor paper REALLY soaks up
the color. THE SAVE...Wendy Veechi Studio 490 Embossing Paste in black applied
over the mistakes. SHHH...we won't tell anyone and they'll think I planned it
that way
Below: Rivermap
stencil and Dylusions ink Sprays
Next I
tried the Rivermap stencil on Strathmore 140 lb. Mixed Media paper with a
background wash of Dylusions Spray Inks {ink sprayed on baby wipe and then
washed across surface} and stenciled with Distress Inks. Love the finished feel
and look. I used this background to create a gift tag which will hold a gift
card for a soon to be traveler.
I again used the
Rivermap stencil {see how much I liked this one} on a mop art journal page. As
I’m creating the leftover paint, spray or mists get wiped onto a blank journal
page so I’m always creating backgrounds in my journals. This background is in one
of my Dylusions Creative Journals. The experiment this time was to see how the
stencil reacted with Luminartes Silks Acrylic Glaze in Olive Vine and Bolivian
Blue. Now I have created another layer on my page and added some beautiful
shimmer and that same time. Is the background done? … nope! But it’s ready for
another layer to be added.
Finally some other
random stencil studies created over random papers created with more random
sprays, mists, or paints. I applied black acrylic paint over 2 of the papers and Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 Embossing Paste and both black and white over the stencils. Then
using my Vagabond and various dies cut out different shapes that will be
utilized in other projects down the road. I also applied black and white
embossing paste over another background…really loves the effect. You can see
the hearts used in the gift tag above
So to recap from my
“stencil studies” I have created 2 mini journal pages, 3 postcards, 1 art
journal background, 1 tag, random die cuts and a page that I’m undecided on. Am
I finished with these stencils...no! They will added to my ever growing
collection and with creating this stencil study I know have a visual aid that
will help me when I go to find that perfect stencil to be added to a project.
Finally the winner from last weeks giveaway is:
carolMarch 31, 2013 at 7:18 PM
Finally the winner from last weeks giveaway is:
carolMarch 31, 2013 at 7:18 PM
I would like to try them, I keep seeing people get great results with them! My favorite (because I only have two) is the one I cut myself, of some kind of pod-like flowers.
CAROL...Please contact me through my blog ;)
Thank you for
joining me today. Maybe you will try a Stencil Study...if you do let me know
what you think.
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