PanPastel & StencilGirl

7/27/2014

Welcome to first day of the PanPastel & StencilGirl Blog Hop!

For this blog hop, StencilGirl Creative Team members are showcasing gorgeous PanPastels and stencils!
And Mary Beth Shaw is hopping along with us!! Yay!

You're on the right track if you just arrived from Mary Beth's blog.
If not, no worries! You can just follow the list below and start back at the beginning.

I had lots of fun using PanPastels and Maria McGuire's Doodle It Dahlia stencil to create this art journal spread:

I began by tracing the Doodle It Dahlia stencil and portions of the stencil with my micron pens, overlapping the tracings to create movement and unity. I intentionally traced only the outline of the stencil in the lower, right corner...this would become my focal point.

Then I filled in that outline with PanPastel and a Sofft Art Sponge.
Next, I placed my Doodle It Dahlia back on my page with blue painter's tape and spread a layer of molding paste (about the height of the stencil) across the stencil with my palette knife. I carefully removed the stencil and cleaned it with a baby wipe.

After allowing the molding paste the dry overnight, I placed the stencil back on the page again, and applied more PanPastel onto the molding paste shapes with my Sofft Art Sponge:

Lastly, I used a Sofft Art Sponge to add PanPastel to the entire background:

Below is a detail of the surface created with molding paste and PanPastels:

Before you leave, be sure to enter the StencilGirl GIVEAWAY!!

What do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment below!

You can also leave comments on all of the individual posts this week on all the blogs from our team members for another chance to win! GIVEAWAY closes Sunday, August 3rd @ 11:59PM Central Time.
The more blogs you comment on in the blog hop, the more chances you have of winning!
(One comment per post please.)

Today's Blog Hop Order
StencilGirl Talk
Mary Beth Shaw
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Mary

94 Comments

Liz link

7/27/2014 01:09:05 pm

Beautiful, Mary!

Denise Spillane

7/27/2014 03:56:40 pm

Mary, you always come up with such fun and unique ways to use tools and color and stencils. Love this

Becky White

7/27/2014 04:11:36 pm

I really like the way that you created this beautiful piece! Hopefully I will win these yummy Pan Pastels and stencil so I can give this technique a try! Thanks for sharing your technique, and for a chance to win!

muriel

7/27/2014 05:00:40 pm

Oh, what a great technique. Another way to use my molding paste! Thanks for the chance to win

Christine link

7/27/2014 07:55:12 pm

love pan pastels and lots of fun with stencils...love to try different techniques

Barbara M

7/27/2014 09:23:31 pm

I love my Pan Pastels. Now I have another idea for using them.

gabriela c. link

7/27/2014 10:20:16 pm

Absolutely love the color you used... My absolute favorite color purple...

darlene link

7/27/2014 10:23:12 pm

Great techniques! Thanks for sharing.

Cecilia R Swatton link

7/27/2014 10:55:01 pm

You do a fantastic job with those Micron pens, Mary! As always, your artwork is an inspiration -- thanks for sharing it with us!

Carolyn Dube link

7/27/2014 11:00:59 pm

OMG (to quote the teenagers)! What a fabulous way to use the stencil to create a design with different sizes! I love this!!!

Miranda

7/27/2014 11:11:08 pm

love this post! thanks for the opportunity!

Mary Beth Shaw link

7/27/2014 11:14:54 pm

Sometimes the most obvious things allude me......I was staring at your art (& loving it!) but I couldn't figure out where you got those smaller flowers. I am serious. <slaps self in head> Need more coffee.

April Lopez

7/27/2014 11:25:28 pm

I really need to learn how to play with these.

marylouh

7/27/2014 11:33:43 pm

thanks for the tips on using the Pan Pastels. I have them but haven't done anything with them. Not quite sure how to start - now I'll have a head-start. The flower is beautiful

Connie Permenter

7/27/2014 11:51:33 pm

Wow, super cool design with amazing results !

Denise Huntington

7/27/2014 11:51:39 pm

Your piece turned out just beautiful, Mary! I love how you overlapped and outlined the stencil (which I own) and then colored only the one main outline with PanPastels. Thank you for showing us how you did it and giving us the opportunity to do the same!

Marci Ellsworth

7/28/2014 12:03:43 am

Gorgeous! The color is breathtaking!

Sheila Oliveri

7/28/2014 12:08:15 am

Very cool. I hadn't heard of these products, nor seen them used, so I especially loved this.

Susan

7/28/2014 12:11:46 am

The color intensity iss fabulous. I can't wait to get some.

Cathy Gray

7/28/2014 12:31:21 am

Love the pictures to show how to apply and the dimension of the paste and who the pastel adhered to it, thank you.

Heather Thompson

7/28/2014 12:37:36 am

Very very bold and vibrant. Very neat!!

Marlene Moore

7/28/2014 01:13:50 am

Love your project and great explanation, must dust off my Pan Pastels now!

Marguerite Harty

7/28/2014 01:20:45 am

Love it, must give this a try.

Sandy

7/28/2014 01:25:58 am

Love those metallic Pan Pastels and how you used molding paste for dimension in the dahlia. We can apply the lesson to other stencils, too!

Robin B.

7/28/2014 01:32:09 am

Beautiful! I definitely want to try this!

Gwen L. link

7/28/2014 01:35:48 am

Love, love, love the way you used this stencil! Gorgeous page, as usual :D

Martice Smith II link

7/28/2014 01:38:39 am

What a fun way to use the stencil to create a design with different sizes! I have to try my hand at pan pastels...you make it look so effortless, Mary! Thank you for sharing :)

Courtney Miley

7/28/2014 02:07:22 am

I am going right now to my art room to try that page it is gorgeous!

Liz Lumsden

7/28/2014 02:12:56 am

Looks great! Never thought of using my pan pastels with stencil, now I have to give it a try!

Carmen Whitehead link

7/28/2014 02:17:32 am

They look awesome with the stencils. Would love to try them.

Judy Millard

7/28/2014 02:37:46 am

Love your dahlia, Mary! And the colors are fab!

Judy Shea link

7/28/2014 02:45:38 am

I love what you and MB have done with PP. Those textures.. oh my.

Heather Maxwell link

7/28/2014 02:49:50 am

What a cool process! I have never used PanPastels but I'd love to give them a try!

Jamie Vanskiver

7/28/2014 02:50:01 am

Love this! That color purple is so vibrant! The background blue reminds me of the ocean. So pretty. I love the texture as well. Great spread thank you for sharing a way to use Pan Pastels with a stencil!

Tommy McDonell link

7/28/2014 03:03:53 am

Pretty painting. The color is very deep even on top of the molding paste.

Maria McGuire link

7/28/2014 03:24:41 am

Of course I love you spread because you used my journal...but the thing I love the most is how you broke the stencil apart. Totally what I intended :) The molding paste took the PanPastels wonderful. Just a down right beautiful art journal spread!

Beth Figiel

7/28/2014 03:45:02 am

Love the pan pastels & the way you used them of this stencil. Great ideas example on how to use pan pastels. Thanks!!!

Sue

7/28/2014 03:51:51 am

Thank you for the step-by-step process here - I love your page! I really can't wait to try the pan pastels -

ros

7/28/2014 04:26:09 am

thanks for sharing the colour is so vibrant I love it

Felicia Aaron link

7/28/2014 04:31:58 am

So pretty Mary! I have yet to try Pan Pastels, but this sure has inspired me! Thanks for sharing!

Pam Hall

7/28/2014 04:34:07 am

Mary, I am always so inspired by your work. Thanks for sharing!

Cindy Langston

7/28/2014 04:48:28 am

Wow...this is amazing Mary! I love the effect of the modeling paste over the pan pastel. I would never have thought it would be so beautiful. Thank you for another great demo!

Glenda Hoagland link

7/28/2014 04:52:51 am

Oh, this is breathtaking. I love the colors used, the versatility of the pastels is so amazing.

Jo Murray link

7/28/2014 05:16:03 am

Such intense colours! I've never used Pan Pastels but would love to try them.

Lisa DO

7/28/2014 05:48:35 am

Loved seeing how to work with pan pastels and these sponges. Beautiful work! I haven't worked with them yet, and would love the chance. Thanks!

Ruth Satterlee link

7/28/2014 06:10:50 am

It was interesting to see that you could add layers of colors with the pastels. Thanks for the tutorial!

Caroline Duncan link

7/28/2014 06:26:27 am

Gorgeous pages!! I know it was fun to outline the stencil and make your arrangement. Taping off the one big flower to apply the paste took some time I'm sure, but so worth it... it's gorgeous!

Marleen Higginbotham

7/28/2014 07:21:34 am

Awesome give away! Love seeing all the different techniques. Panpastels is a fun medium with which to work.

Cynthia Powell link

7/28/2014 07:30:49 am

Great tut. Thanks

Kirsten Reed link

7/28/2014 08:16:52 am

Love what you created here ~ so very "Mary Nassar" ~ perfect, clean and stunning!

JeanneLee

7/28/2014 08:35:25 am

Love the purple Pan Pastel...they look so creamy to play our SG stencils! TFS this giveaway!

Clair Smith

7/28/2014 08:42:08 am

I like the texture you created with the modeling paste and the pan pastel gives it a dreamy look.

Linda N

7/28/2014 09:27:35 am

I love the contrast of the pens and the Pan Pastels. Lovely!

Nancy

7/28/2014 10:37:38 am

Oh I've loved that Doodle It Dahlia stencil ever since I first saw it! Beautiful purple! I've never tried Pan Pastels but I so want to "play" with them.
Thanks for the chance from central IL

Shari Czerwinski

7/28/2014 11:07:03 am

Wowser! Love this :) I would love to win some pan pastels and finally get a chance to play with them!

Jacki Young link

7/28/2014 11:26:14 am

Beautiful use of color! And such clever use of that gorgeous stencil!

susan schultheis

7/28/2014 12:04:32 pm

I am so glad you are using pan pastels. I have them but have never tried them with the thousands of stencils that I have.LOL This will be so much fun following everyone for some great art and techniques to learn. Thank you! Mary your project is fantastic! I love how you aligned all the stencils on your page and only panned the one stencil. Beautiful!

Laura Strack

7/28/2014 04:49:34 pm

Great idea for a Blog Hop. Gorgeous results with the Pan Pastels, Mary! I definitely want to add them to my art arsenal!

Annie Andrew

7/28/2014 09:07:08 pm

These look like such fun and open a new door to creativity.

Tasha F

7/29/2014 01:31:09 am

Oooo it looks so soft and dreamy :)

cindyzs

7/29/2014 01:36:07 am

lovely and great tips! thanks for sharing

Cathy von Hassel-Davies link

7/29/2014 02:15:07 am

I haven't used them yet, but after reading these blogs and tutorials I will be ;-) I love the box and the color ir perfect.

Beverly W.

7/29/2014 02:33:28 am

Too much fun! Need to get out my supplies and have fun also. Thanks for sharing

Theresa H

7/29/2014 03:09:26 am

Wow! Stunning art journal page Mary. I love how bright the pan pastels remained over the modelling paste. They are so versatile!

Sharon Lynn Williams link

7/29/2014 06:16:48 am

Love pan pastels, and have used modeling paste with stencils, but have never combined the two -thanks for the idea. I would love to win!

Amber K

7/29/2014 08:45:09 am

Ive never used pan pastels myself, just oil pastels. I would love to give them a try, they look really amazing!

Dara Lynn

7/29/2014 10:13:34 am

Beautiful page Mary!!!! Not only do I love the stencil with the modeling paste, which by the way, that stencil from Maria, Doodle It Dahlia, is completely needed this way! The Pan Pastel background is just dreamy!!!

Scrappin' Diva - Cindy B

7/29/2014 12:00:22 pm

Fabulous artwork! Thanks for the tutorial!

Sandra JG

7/29/2014 12:31:51 pm

omg! This is so beautiful, and a giveaway too!

Denise Smart

7/29/2014 10:59:35 pm

I really like the contrast between the flower with Pan Pastels and your other flowers done in the black pen.Its just perfect.

Becky R

7/30/2014 12:41:15 am

Beautiful!

Tanya Phenis link

7/30/2014 01:22:48 am

absolutely wonderful!!

Vicki Robinson

7/30/2014 01:23:01 am

I've always been afraid to try pan pastels! Now I can't wait! thanks so much for the opportunity to win!

Gill

7/30/2014 01:47:19 am

This looks such fun - I'd love to try !!

Elizabeth Kaplan

7/30/2014 05:31:44 am

Every stencil looks great with the shading from the pastels. Thanks so much for sharing. =)

LynneP

7/30/2014 07:44:28 am

Great giveaway and great tutorial, thanks!

shari vanpelt link

7/30/2014 02:12:29 pm

Such a pretty spread!

leslie tucker jenison link

7/30/2014 04:31:32 pm

I love the dimensional effect of the moulding paste under the PanPastel! Gorgeous!

Jackie P link

7/30/2014 09:38:35 pm

Mary,
Are those new colors you are using with those Pan Pastels?!! Look at you create! I love what you have done here- doodles and soft pastels and Purple- my fav! xo

Janet link

7/31/2014 12:04:37 am

I love the boldness of the black and white and then the softness of the purple dahlia! But I gotta tell you...I kept looking for the map!!! xo

Carole RB

7/31/2014 01:08:25 am

Great techniques, thanks for sharing

Linda on the Prairie

7/31/2014 01:38:15 am

One of the things I love about your work is your ability to make images rise above the surface. This is a great example and an amazing display of patience to wait until the molding paste dried!