Oct
9
Magazine and Stencil Art
Like many projects this summer I got the idea for this artwork in June and finished it in September. I'm not sure where the idea to cut up magazine pages into strips and use them as a stencil background came from, but I really like how the finished project turned out.
Here's what I did...
Cut up pages from a magazine into strips. I wanted green as my background color, so I looked for pages with various green hues.
Then I used a little Mod Podge to paste the strips to three small, square canvases.
I couldn't quite get all the wrinkles out, but the texture actually worked well in the end.
Next I cut out the stencils I drew of sea creatures (crab, octopus, whale)
And then did a reverse stencil on the canvas using acrylic craft paint.
Here's what I did...
Cut up pages from a magazine into strips. I wanted green as my background color, so I looked for pages with various green hues.
Then I used a little Mod Podge to paste the strips to three small, square canvases.
I couldn't quite get all the wrinkles out, but the texture actually worked well in the end.
Next I cut out the stencils I drew of sea creatures (crab, octopus, whale)
And then did a reverse stencil on the canvas using acrylic craft paint.
