Hi, everyone! Darlene Olivia McElroy here!
As a mixed media artist and mad creative scientist, I like trying new crazy techniques to see if I can find possibilities that will work in my art. I have been using petroleum jelly with stencils for years but maybe you haven’t. You get a delightful grunge look, depending on your colors, that can look like batik.
As a mixed media artist and mad creative scientist, I like trying new crazy techniques to see if I can find possibilities that will work in my art. I have been using petroleum jelly with stencils for years but maybe you haven’t. You get a delightful grunge look, depending on your colors, that can look like batik.
I used a palette knife
to spread the petroleum jelly over my Straight Stems stencil onto my abstract
background. I removed the stencil then painted a green on top with a darker
green mixed with a little dark blue and purple on top. Insane I know but it
gave me a lovely batik look. Although you might think the paint will smear the
jelly, it really doesn’t.
It is hard to tell when
the paint is dry because the jelly remains shiny. So I do a touch test and then
wait another 30 minutes. I start by scrapping off the jelly with my palette
knife then take a rag and soap and water to remove the greasy feel. Once that
is done, it is time to add more paint or collage elements.
Butter Her Up
I was thinking about
other products that might have that petroleum jelly consistency. Lard would
have been perfect but that is long gone from my kitchen so I buttered up my
Picket Fences stencil. After removing the stencil I painted the whole
background with an opaque yellow. When dry, I removed the jelly and scrubbed it
down with soap, water and a rag. I love it!
Oil Me Up, Baby
I use coconut oil
(solid) for everything. I have it in the kitchen, in the bathroom and now in
the studio. I thought it was worth trying it and I had a little abstract
background on Yupo paper lying around. I used the same technique but with the
coconut oil to two layers of the Mandala #1 stencil - one in purple and
another in Titan buff. I was unable to get the tight lines in the stencil but I
am still happy with it. Then I layered the same stencil I used for the butter
resist with an opaque yellow. Think I will try this one again in the future but
on an absorbent surface. Hope this inspired you to experiment.
Have fun playing outside
the box.
That is fascinating. Was there a noticeble diference with the different oils??
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