Check out what I just created with my own Lemurian Garden stencils! And guess what? All the StencilGirl® stencils are on sale from November 29-December 1...including mine! Why not stock up?
I made a short and sweet video with all the photos I took...it's just under one minute long, and there's even music...enjoy! I also have detailed steps below on how the painting developed from a junky canvas that was stuffed in a closet to a swirly delight.
Here's how I made this painting:
I started with a canvas board that hadn't quite worked out. I peeled paint skins off the front and back of my Teflon art mat and used some matte medium to glue it on.
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| The tan Teflon mat protects your work surface from spills and splashes, and is a good place to mix colors. Instead of washing them off and throwing away the dried paint, I peel it off and glue it into journals or onto canvas to add background interest. | |
After peeling and gluing a bunch of peeled paint, I ended up with a confetti look, and didn't quite know what to do next, so I shoved it in the back of my shelf and forgot about it.
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| Using matte medium as a glue, paint skins were adhered to a canvas board, which created a textured, confetti effect. |
The other day I was cleaning and sorting and rediscovered the canvas. I thought "What would happen if I tried my stencils on top?" I knew that with all the texture I would have trouble painting the surface, so I turned to embossing powder.
I had recently used my Lemurian Leaf stencil with embossing powder over some commercial scrapbook paper for the cover of a handmade journal and liked the results. I used up old, ugly scrapbook paper and ugly painted deli paper to make the inside pages of journal. I ran a machine stitch down a pile of the paper, folded it in half, and viola, I had a small journal.
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| This is the cover of my handmade journal that inspired the painting. |
Here's a few steps on how the painting developed:
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| Once all the embossing was done, I added dabs of paint with pastel Paper Artsy paint to add visual interest. |
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| As a final touch, I added squiggly lines with Nuvo drops and dimensional fabric paint. |
I hope this inspires you to give stencils a try! And there's no better time to order some than now, during StencilGirl's biggest sale of the year.