I made another stencil today. This one is of a water lily. I got the design from a photo I took at the Botanical Gardens in NYC. I turned the photo into a black and white rendition and played around a bit with it in Photoshop. Then I used it to design this stencil.
I made the stencil in two parts so it would be easier to use two different colors. I had some previously screen printed paper from a session of deconstructed screen printing. So I used that for the background.
And here’s my rendition of a water lily. I liked how it came out on the background as the blue tended to affect the white paint and give it more depth. So I cut it to fit into my sketch book and added it to a page that was already colored in my sketch book. It’s like I planned it 🙂
Ruth Lane Art 
Lovely! Water lilies always remind me of my childhood adventures on the lake.
Thanks Marilyn – I guess I didn’t live where there were many water lilies. None of my childhood lake adventures involved water lilies.
I’m surprised. I’ve even seen them in Japan.
Your stencil is great and I like the way the blue affected the white.
We have water lillies on our garden pond – white and pink – they are so perfect that they look artificial!
Thanks Lyn, applying paint over dyed pages is always an experiment. I am never sure exactly what it will do. Your garden pond sounds beautiful.
Clever to think in advance about making two stencils for different colours – and really nice effects printing light over dark. And the yellow in the centre of the water lily matches your sketchbook page really well!
Thanks Kim! After having messed around with stencils for quite a while, making two for different colors just was a natural progression. Much easier than masking areas off.
Beautiful Ruth! Will you be sharing some photos of your stencils on textiles? I bet they are gorgeous too!
Thanks Teri. I am sure I will be sharing some photos of stenciling on felt and fabric. Hopefully soon 🙂