I’ve never been the stenciling type. Actually, I’ve always avoided them.
But recently as I was roaming around a craft store I found this amazing twirly paper and I thought – this would be perfect for stenciling. And I had just the image. A sea horse.
I also had a wonderful duochrome encaustic paint color which comes across as an aqua green.
It was perfect.
I loved all the twists and turns of the underlying white.
Once I embed the image. I added some other pigments. For this image, I incised some lines, added some graphite, and finished it off with some watercolor pigment.
This was a new adventure for me. And I loved it. I’m now a convert to stenciling. I’m not sure you’ll find any of my photo encaustic paintings with bunny rabbit or peace sign stencils soon. But definitely look for more stenciling as I explore adding more colors to my backgrounds.
I’d love to hear from you. Have you used stenciling in your own work? How did it turn out? Tell me what you think in the comments below.
Be well….be creative,
I like how it turned out. I’d like to try it. And congrats on teaching a workshop thru Santa Fe Photographic Workshops (in Snowmass). I’ve been to several Santa Fe Workshops and they are always high quality.
Hi Donna, thanks for your comment. It would be great if you were thinking of joining us this September in Snowmass. I can’t think of a more beautiful place to photograph and do photo encaustics!