Welcome to the StencilGirl
Monochromatic Rainbow Bloghop! My chosen color for the hop was green...the
color of the grass, the color of the sea (sometimes), the color of emeralds and
jade and some turquoise stones. I love all shades from lime green to deep teal.
But wait...we were limited to one basic color plus black and white. No
neighboring colors, no smidgens of accent colors. I couldn't mix lime with
aqua. Forest green with sea green. I got a little nervous at that point.
I started by choosing a green and
mixing up some color tabs. Next, I tested a bunch of stencils on the geli plate
and pulled off a gazillion prints. Nothing sparked my imagination. All my
creations looked like camouflage, which was very disappointing for a pacifist.
Next, I decided to flip my thoughts and embrace camo...after all, the forest is
full of beautiful green plants, right? I decided to go leafy and natural. No
luck.
So, I thought a little bit outside
the box I had put myself in. I decided to go with the darkest green and the
lightest green, and treat my artwork as though it were a black and white
piece.
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| I painted a piece of chipboard a very dark green. |
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| After I mixed up a verrrrry dark green, I mixed up a verrrrry pale green. |
I painted a big piece of chipboard
with the darkest green, and a piece of 140 lb. watercolor paper with the
lightest shade. Next, I pulled out some of my go-to stencils: Tapestry (L714) by
Kristie Taylor, Lacy Lotus
by Jessica Sporn (L423) and Laugh Face (S651)
by Pam Carricker.
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| You can see my sponging process in the photos above. |
After the dark green paint had
dried, I centered the Tapestry stencil and carefully sponged the light green
paint on with a cosmetic wedge.
I loved the Tapestry stencil all by itself, but like my college art professor stressed: "more is more" so I added more stenciling at the edges.
When the piece was completely dry, I added the Lacy lotus along all 4 edges. I loved it; I felt connected with my inner William Morris and my textile designer roots. The two stencils complimented each other beautifully.
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| The Tapestry stencil looked fantastic with the Lacy Lotus edging it. |
The background looked gorgeous, but I knew that I needed something punchy for the
center. I carefully stenciled the Laugh Face using dark green on top of the
pale green painted paper.
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| The Laugh Face stencil, taped to the light green background. |
For an accent, I was limited. My
heart wanted to use embossing powder, but none of mine were a good match with
my color palette they were slightly off-cast or had bits of metallic in them.
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| I checked the light green brad against some of my green gelli prints to make sure it matched. |
However, I did have some small
pale green brads that matched, so I poked holes with my awl and added them at
the sides of the piece.
I named my green creation
"Measuring Up" to reflect not only all the measuring I do in my
artwork, but to remind me to stop worrying about whether I measure up to
everyone else as an artist, as a mother, as a wife, and as a woman in today's
world.
Check out all the wonderful artworks in our Creative Team Monochromatic Rainbow Hop:
Shel Cee – violet: https://paperocotillo.blogspot.com/2020/04/stencilgirl-creative-team-monochromatic.html
Peg Robinson – Purple
Jennifer Gallagher – Yellow
Claudia Neubacher – Orange
Carol Baxter – Red
Sunila Mahajan & Aditi Mahajan – Gold
Natalie May – White/Black
Debi Adams – Indigo
Sue Plumb – Blue
Contest ends April 27, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time USA.
Winners will be contacted via email the 28th.
43 comments:
Good job! Great layout!
I looked at each beautiful post of artists creations. Each posted art piece is beautiful, but my heart gravitated to Linda Elkins Wyatt’s work. The green “Measuring Up” is my favorite. This is the one that inspires me to create a monochromatic art piece. Love your art piece Linda.
Great innovation in sticking to the challenge that limited you so much. I particularly love the frame you created, but the entire painting is beautiful!
Your writing on your blog is wonderful. Full of visual imagery and deep thoughts about life stuff. I love your art piece too :)
Awesome job Linda, I liked this from the first step on to the finished project. you are right the first two stencils complemented each other perfectly.
I really like how your piece turned out. The stencil choices are really complimented by your color choices.
I really liked your piece. The frame and "photo" work well together and I love the mix of light and dark.
"Measuring Up" is something many of us are often wondering about. I love how you conveyed this not only in your artwork, but your explanation. Thank you for sharing with us.
Fantastic piece. tfs
Love the contrast between the ornateness of the tapestry background against the simpleness of the center face. Using the ruler edging was the perfect way to marry both together.
The phantom face is really cool!
So beautiful Linda, I love your use of color and contrast in this. :)
Gorgeous!!!
I enjoyed following your thought process, & the outcome is simply stunning!
This is really expanding the possibilities for me! I like your artistic style.
Love this - amazing!
Great blog Linda - love your thought process and the final piece! Christine xx
Great piece, I love it! Also some really neat ideas here that can be adapted to my own work. How inspiring!
shea mester
Measuring Up--you most certainly did! Thank you for expressing your starts and stops..providing a window to your thought process. What a wonderful piece.
Haha, cute! Camo for a pacifist -oopsie. 😂 You came up with a beautiful, classy piece! Bravo!
I love the laugh face stencil, it's 1 of the 1st ones I bought and use it all the time. The bold graphic look of it here, center inside the more ornate, detailed stencils, gives this piece a strong visual punch. Nicely done. TFS
I really like what you did here defining the ends with the measuring tape. That one touch really holds the composition together. Great work.
What amazing turn for "camo" love it so much! glad you continued and went with it
Beautiful use of the tapestry stencil!
Beautiful...both the art piece and the message. Love it! Very creative.
Such a nice clean blending of the Tapestry stencil and the Lotus stencil! Very stunning piece you created!
What a great piece! The stenciling looks great. I really like the face with the tape measure. I think we all have issues work measuring up. What a great theme.
what lovely layers!
truly inspired by your art, thanks for sharing!
So cool.
The piece is beautiful, but your comments ring true for many of us, thank you!
Love the way you created this piece. It is beautiful. I can see there is a thoughtful process when you make art. Thank you for sharing your creativity which inspires.
Amazing project!
Very nice. Thanks for sharing....
I am loving all these stencils and ideas you all are coming up with. What Inspiration!
love the black and green tones that you have selected.
I usually stay away from green in my work, but how you did yours is making me re-think that color. Thanks for the inspiration!
Really love what you did-using the darkest/lightest was brilliant and really makes the stencil work pop!
I enjoyed reading how you took a creative challenge and moved through different roadblocks until you found your inspiration. The very dark/very light greens worked very well. And I loved the layered stencils; together they look like a single stencil. As a sewist, my eye is definitely drawn to the meausuring tape as well. Great job!
Besides your striking finished piece, I really appreciated the personal journey you shared un regards to naming it "Measuring Up."
Wonderful depth - the woman's face, contrasting with the background, drew me right in. Good variety of green hues, as well.
I love the greens you used. One of my favorite colors. I also loved the way you added face and how not to compare or as use said not to measure your self against someone else. I guess I am saying I love your attitude and I loved the contrast color and you didn't give up when something didn't work out. Yah for you..great job
I enjoyed reading about your process. I would have a hard time with monochromatic too! 😉 I love that face stencil and how you added the tape measure bits
Great stencil combining....have never thought to do that, but it works so well I will see about giving it a try....stencils really are the most versatile tool there is.
How fun to have a friend to collaborate with on your art work. I enjoyed your video and am glad I watched it because it showed your piece to its best effect. The resin was lovely over your collaged piece!
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