Stencil-Art

MAGIC FAIRY GIRL ART JOURNAL PAGE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.       I fell in love with this image ever since I saw it in the Summer Brochure of Poetry.  I scanned the image into my photo editing program and changed the colour and wiped out the background.  I resized it and made a laser printout.

2.       Apply Omni-Gel Transfer Medium over the front of the image with a foam brush, any acrylic gel medium will work.  Let each layer dry naturally and completely in between, also change the direction of the application each time from up and down to side to side and up and down again – I applied 3 layers. 

3.       Do no try to speed up the process by drying each layer with a heat gun, as this makes the image quite brittle and easily tears when removing the paper.

4.       Spray water on the back of the image and carefully wipes away the paper.  I used as soft brush to wipe away some of the smaller pieces of paper.  As more paper are removed the image will be clearer and clearer. 

5.       While I wait for the image to dry, I make a start on the background in my art journal.

6.       Apply Bundled Sage, Evergreen Bough and Pine Needles Distress Ink with an Ink Blending Tool to the background. 

7.       Spray water on the Dots stamp from the Dylusions Basic Background Stamp Set and randomly stamp on over the background.  This will create some subtle dots to the background where the Distress Ink reacts to the water.

8.       Use the flower and stem images from the Dylusions How Does Your Garden Grow Stamp Set and stamp with Barn Door and Salty Ocean Distress Ink.  Spray with water to create some interesting blending.  Remember this ink is not permanent and will always re-activate with any medium that is applied on top of it.

9.       Use the Festive Berries Distress Stain to create blotches on the page by dabbing it randomly on the background.

10.   Apply Lemon Heritage 3D Crystal Acrylic to the background with a rubber kitchen basting tool to create texture.  This 3D Crystal Acrylic is transparent and quite thick, it is also very glossy and tends to stick pages in your art journal together.  That is why I will always use this medium in my bottom layers or add matte medium on top.

11.   Dab some Mowed Lawn and Mustard Seed Distress Stain on a craft sheet and mix with white Gesso.  Apply with a brayer to the background to mute the bright colours.  My background images was disappearing so I wiped some of the gesso away with a baby wipe while it was still wet.

12.   Apply Mowed Lawn and Mustard Seed Distress Stain to the background and blend with some water and a paintbrush.

13.   I sprayed my background with White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray from a distance – this thin layer of white ink will blend with the Distress Stains underneath.  Use a baby wipe and wipe some of the Dylusions Spray away through the Loopy Flowers Stencil.

14.   Cut out the image of the girl from the dry image transfer.

15.   Use the Butterfly 3 stencil to create wings for the fairy.  Mask off the parts of the wings that will be behind the fairy with masking tape.

16.   Apply Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel through the detailed part of the stencil and leave to dry naturally, as this gel mediums tends to bubble and stay sticky when dried with a heat tool.  As the gel becomes dry it will turn transparent.

17.   Attach the image with Heritage 3D Contour Paste, I used a thick layer of medium as I wanted to lift the fairy of the page a bit.  This was a mistake as there was a lot of air trapped underneath the image and it took a long time to dry.

18.   Apply a layer of matte medium to seal the background and all the water-soluble mediums.  This will enable me to add more layers without worrying about the mediums underneath.  I wiped the matte medium and mix of distress ink from the wings of the fairy with a baby wipe.

19.   Add solid wings with the Butterfly 3 stencil and Ranger Liquid Pearls in White Opal.

20.   Add subtle colour to girl and wings with Faber Castell Big Brush pens – this ink is transparent, easy blend able and permanent once dry.

21.   Add some shine to the wings by applying Heritage 3D Crystal Acrylic Glass with a paintbrush.

22.   Add Ranger Liquid Pearls in Lavender Lace to the wings to create a delicate change in colour as the light catches the wings.

23.   Use the Big Brush pens to add some more colour to the wings, I constantly wipe my fingers on a baby wipe as to not blend the colours together.  Also add some Diamond Ranger Stickles to the raised areas of the wings.

24.   Add a border of flowers with the Cherry Blossom stencil and Barn Door Distress Paint.  Add a thin layer of paint with a Stencil brush.  Add dimension and subtle change of colour to the flowers by lightly dabbing Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed Distress paint to the centre of the flowers.

25.   Use the Cherry Blossom stencil and Posca Paint Pens to add leaves to the page.  Add interest to the flowers and leaves with Posca Paint pens.  These pens are water-based Acrylic Paints and is opaque and permanent once dry.

26.   Add shading around the images with Big Brush pens.

27.   Add the quote along the stem of the flower with a Pentel Brush pen. The quote is quite small and reads: “Those who do not believe in magic, will never find it.  – Roald Dahl.

28.   Lastly add the date.

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