Today I am very excited to share my newest stencil designs with you! As I carefully sketched and laid out each page I hoped that they can be wonderful additions to your journal pages and collages. You will see how I used these stencils in the photographs below, and where some of my ideas came from.
My new nature inspired stencils are from my own sketches of things that I love, birds, insects and flowers.
My inspiration for this little bird and my stencil "In The Garden" came from a sweet little stone bird I have outside in my brick patio, and the beautiful flowers of English Phlox.
I demonstrated this drawing and much more in my Nature Journaling online workshop that you can read more about here!
I also love using symbols in my work. My Earth Song Symbols began when I cut them out as stamps, which you can read about here.
Then I drew smaller versions and designed the stencils you see below. I used these images in a book as a tryptich, using shades of black and white and gray.
I enjoy stenciling on different papers and fabrics and I especially like to apply them with pan pastels.
This is how they began...
This stencil "Under The Sun" portrays my favorite bird, the Great White Egret that thrives along our river and marsh lands. These graceful birds never fails to bring a smile to my face.
What do you see out of your windows today... is it almost spring time like it is here?
Here is my Earth Symbol book all folded up... I've discovered symbols are everywhere, carved on the sides of old churches in France or doorways in England, symbols representing the letters in alphabets from other cultures and especially symbols on walls of caves from times long ago.
And here is another project where I used some of my stencil designs.
For more about my new stencils... Nature Gatherings or Earth Song Symbols hop on over and visit StencilGirl!
And to order these, to be shipped today go to the Stencil Girl Website here!
Your stencil designs are wonderful... and so are your projects.
Posted by: Donna Watson | April 26, 2015 at 02:19 PM
These really are gorgeous Roxanne. And it is so very fascinating to see how you arrived at the designs. Thanks for sharing that here.
Posted by: Seth | March 20, 2015 at 04:25 PM
Congratulations Roxanne! These are lovely and reflect so much your artistic vision.
I live near a lagoon and these days it is about counting the egrets stark white against the still brown grasses.
Happy Spring!
Posted by: Mary Ann Lehrer-Plansky | March 18, 2015 at 09:23 AM
Beautiful nature inspired stencils Roxanne! and I love seeing what you create with them. How very lovely to live where you see egrets. Nature so inspires me and brings me such calming delight.
Posted by: Kim Henkel | March 17, 2015 at 07:14 PM
Congratulations, Roxanne!
What wonderful new designs!
I'm really drawn to your new symbols stencils in particular...they remind me of petroglyphs I've studied...there is something both ancient and timeless about them.
Posted by: Mary C. Nasser | March 16, 2015 at 05:20 PM
I adore your new stencils!
Posted by: Carolyn Dube | March 16, 2015 at 04:20 PM
Oh, in previous environments, I've enjoyed the company of Great White Egret as well as the Snowy Egret. But I feel they pale (pun intended?) in comparison to my favorite the Great Blue Heron. I would frequently see them in the last 3 states I lived in and often wondered if they were my animal totem. Here, I've only had a glimpse of them flying overhead ... except for 1 instance. I'll tell you about that later this week ... hopefully! ;D
Posted by: Jan b. | March 16, 2015 at 03:57 PM