Hi, everyone! Karen P. Johnson here! I’m a Mixed
Media Illustrator and Graphic Designer.
And it’s my pleasure to be here today to show you a technique using my StencilGirl® Products.
I was a freelance designer for 16 years.
During that time, I used a lot of airbrush and I cut my own stencils using an
X-Acto knife and poster board. You can only imagine how excited I was to find
so many different stencils on the market and how happy I am to have my own line
of stencils with StencilGirl® Products. It has been my goal to bring diversity
to the craft and hobby industry, and I am grateful to StencilGirl® Products for
the opportunity to bring them to you today in the Karen P. Collection. Today I’m going to take one of
my stencils and create for you step-by-step a Tip PiC. A Tip PiC will show a
hidden image as the angles are changed when you tip it towards the light. It is
based on an old printing process called lenticular printing used to make baseball
cards in the 60s.
First pick your substrate
and your stencil. I will be using pages from my Dylusions Creative
Journal
with black cardstock and my Fulfillment Large Mask stencil.
with black cardstock and my Fulfillment Large Mask stencil.
The paints I used were
also from the Dylusions Acrylic Line in
Fresh Lime, London Blue, Crushed Grape and Squeezed Orange.
Fresh Lime, London Blue, Crushed Grape and Squeezed Orange.
Once the background was completed, I began breaking up the space using
more stencils from StencilGirl® Products.
more stencils from StencilGirl® Products.
The first stencil is from Julie Snidle's Lost Languages collection.
I used Laid Back Lilac and Periwinkle Blue along
with Squeezed Orange through the stencil.
The second stencil is the 6" x 6" stencil from Mary Beth's Private Collection 15.4.
I used Laid Back Lilac through the stencil.
Then I used Cecilia Swatton's Prayer Flags stencil. If you do not have it, you should get it, because when you need it,
this stencil covers a multitude of sins. And I really like it. I used StazOn
solvent ink in Midnight Blue through the stencil. And to add dimension, I used Laid
Back Lilac.
I removed the Fulfillment Large Mask stencil revealing the face
along with the background and dimensional patterns.
along with the background and dimensional patterns.
In order to create the
browns of the skin tone, I used the complementary color of blue on the orange.
Due to its transparent quality, Distress Ink Broken China is the perfect complementary color.
Due to its transparent quality, Distress Ink Broken China is the perfect complementary color.
I used Pomegranate Seed to color the lips and to begin
the process of adding detail to complete the face.
For those of you who are into the coloring book craze, my stencils offer numerous possibilities for coloring and drawing. Just choose your Weapon of Mass Creation. Here are a few of mine:
For those of you who are into the coloring book craze, my stencils offer numerous possibilities for coloring and drawing. Just choose your Weapon of Mass Creation. Here are a few of mine:
Once you are happy with
the details it’s time to add the magic that turns this into a Tip PiC.
You will need an iridescent or pearlescent medium with no color. This is a colorless medium you add to other colors to change them into an iridescent or a pearlescent.
You will need an iridescent or pearlescent medium with no color. This is a colorless medium you add to other colors to change them into an iridescent or a pearlescent.
After placing the
iridescent through Swallows stencil designed by Tracie Lyn Huskamp and Starlight Starbright stencil by Cat Kerr,
you will have the hidden image of your Tip PiC.
I finished up this piece
with stencil Cecilia Swatton's Vintage Script Stencil,
another favorite of mine, using Cherry Pie paint.
another favorite of mine, using Cherry Pie paint.
When you tip these pages towards the light, hidden figures will be revealed
and birds appear to fly across the page.
and birds appear to fly across the page.
Thanks so much for visiting today! I can’t wait to
see what you do!
Gorgeous art and beautifully written! Love your tip on the hidden images
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful piece of art - and great instruction!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!!
ReplyDeleteLove the 'magic' idea and the colors and your woman's upward gaze!
ReplyDeleteWhat an AMAZING tutorial! SO happy for you Karen!!
ReplyDeleteLoved this tutorial Karen! Fabulous results!
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