Hi Everyone! Sandra Duran Wilson
here, and I am thrilled to be contributing to StencilGirl as a guest designer.
I am an acrylic painter and sculptor and I incorporate multiple layers in my
work. Some layers are barely visible, just peeking out through the others.
Acrylic Painting for Encaustic Effects, my fifth book, uses some of these multi-layered
techniques. I paint on Ampersand panels and for this project I am using
Claybord. It has a very unique, smooth and absorbent surface which works
beautifully with stencils. Come take a look.
Supplies
Surface: Ampersand Claybord- I used 14" x 11"
Ink: purple and white
Paints: fluid acrylics and inks-I used Quinacridone gold, Quinacridone magenta, green gold, transparent pyrrole orange, teal, sepia, white, indigo and Baltic green
Pastes and Gel: Golden Polymer medium gloss, light modeling paste and soft gel semi-gloss
Stencils: 9x12 Tangled Pods, Fantasia and Organic Roots
Tools: palette knife, brush, sponge, cotton swab, spray bottle of water, spray bottle with isopropyl alcohol 70% and masking tape
Other: collage paper-I used mulberry bark paper that I had painted
Other: collage paper-I used mulberry bark paper that I had painted
I begin by spraying
water onto the Claybord surface and rubbing the water into the clay until it is
mostly absorbed. Spray on more water and place the Organic Roots large stencil by Carol Wiebe on top of the wet
Claybord. The moisture will hold the stencil in place. Then drop both violet
and white inks onto the surface and tilt the panel to let the inks flow. If
needed, mist with some more water.
Add more ink and water
and tilt until you have adequate coverage, then lay flat to dry.
When dry, remove the
stencil. You will notice that the stencil leaves a ghost image around the
design.
Mix a small amount of
Quinacridone Nickle Azo gold with water and brush over the area to add another
layer of color and depth. Let dry.
Do the same using
Quinacridone Magenta. Let dry.
Mix together Green-Gold
and white and using a wet brush paint this mixture onto the unpainted section
of the panel. While the paint is still wet, spritz some alcohol onto the
surface. You will see the paint move away from the alcohol drops and create an
opening. Let dry.
When this layer is dry,
apply Transparent Pyrrole Orange with a wet brush and repeat the alcohol spray.
Add diluted orange on
top of the dots area. Let dry.
When everything is dry,
brush on a thin layer of Golden Polymer medium gloss and leave flat to dry.
This gloss layer will act as what I call the Precious Preservation Layer. It
protects the underlying layers.
Place the Tangled Pods
stencil by Cecilia Swatton on top of the section
painted orange and tape in place.
Mix together Golden Light Modeling paste with
Teal and Baltic Green. Apply this mixture using a palette knife. Remove and
clean the stencil immediately. Let the painting dry.
Place the Fantasia
stencil by Cecilia Swatton onto the lower section and tape in place. Use your
palette knife to spread a thin layer of Light Modeling Paste. Remove stencil
and clean. Let the paste dry.
Here is what the layers
look like so far. We have some areas veiled and others that show multiple
effects.
Mix a tiny amount of
Quinacridone Magenta with white and paint on top of the dry paste. Let dry.
Place the Organic Roots
stencil on top of where it was originally. Offset it slightly. Use the pink
paint mixture you just made and mix a small amount with Golden soft gel
semi-gloss. Randomly spread some over the roots area. This will give the layer
a wax look. Remove the stencil and clean. Let this layer dry.
This is what the layers
look like now. You may adjust how much or little you want to veil the original
layers. By offsetting the stencil, you see the original lines on one side of
the shape.
I notice that there is
a space on the Tangled Pods section where the paint mixture seeped underneath
the stencil. Because I have a dry layer of gloss medium below, I can use
alcohol on a cotton swab to remove this paint mess-up without disturbing the
paint layer below.
Now, I place the
Tangled Pods stencil back on top of the original location. Mix teal with sepia
and add water to dilute the paint. Dab a cosmetic sponge into the paint and
lightly rub it across the top. You want to create visual depth by adding
another layer of broken color.
Go back over the
Fantasia stencil area and add orange and magenta to highlight the shapes. I
even distressed some areas so underlying layers could peek through.
I finished up by adding
some collage paper that I painted with diluted green and sepia. I also mixed
some indigo blue with Polymer medium gloss to make a glaze which I added around
the edges.
I hope you have enjoyed
creating history and mystery with stencil layers
and check out my website,
books, DVD’s and classes.
Thank you.
Sandra Duran Wilson
