Feathers...

Today I have for you a mixed media piece 

featuring a feather stencil.

This project started with a substrate of cardboard. 

(actually it is about a 9x10 inch piece of ceral box) 

With matte medium, I adhered scraps of patterned paper, vintage music sheet and inked up vintage text pages to the cardboard. 

Then, I gave the whole piece a thin coat of gesso.

Next, I used a flower stencil and added a bit of texture with white acrylic paint. 

Then came time to ink it up.

This piece basically used all the same steps.  

This was a smaller piece of cardboard, gesso, a feather stencil with  modeling paste and inks. 

I felt it needed a bit more dimension so I added a vintage text page flower that I made previously.  The colors were spot on and I had the perfect feather giant gem for the center of my flower.   

I just happened to have a few chip board peacock feathers that I inked up as well.  I also added a couple strips of burlap for a bit more texture and dimension.  I am not 100% sure about the burlap so I did not totally adhere it yet.  I will probably remove the largest piece.  We will see...

 I then added this perfect bronze arrow charm.

 And, here it is...ready to hang, either portait or landscape.  

Thanks for joining me for more fun with stencils!

As always, have a great weekend! 

~Stephanie