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New Painting: Ocean

9/18/2019

My new painting this week is entitled Ocean, and it layers collage, inks, and acrylics on an 8" x 8" cradled wood panel. It incorporates my Navigation Chart Large, Navigation Chart Mask Small, Navigation Chart Mini Mask, Ancient Mariner's Map Mask Small, and Ocean Map Mask Small from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Ocean, mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

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©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Ocean (detail), mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Navigational Chart Stencils & Masks

Ancient Mariner's Map Mask Small

Ocean Map Mask Small

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with the Simon Says: Monochrome challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and joining me on my creative journey,

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New Painting: Navigating

9/11/2019

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My new painting this week is entitled Navigating, and it layers collage, inks, and acrylics on an 8" x 8" cradled wood panel. It incorporates my Voyage Mask Small and Voyage Mask Mini from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Navigating, mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Below are details:

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Navigating (detail), mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Voyage stencils & masks

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! I hope you're having a wonderful week!

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New Painting: Miles

9/5/2019

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My new painting this week is entitled Miles, and it layers collage, inks, and acrylics on an 8" x 10" cradled wood panel. It incorporates 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels and my Navigation Chart Large, Navigation Chart Mask Small, and Navigation Chart Mini Mask from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Miles, mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 10 inches

Below are details:

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Miles (detail), mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 10 inches

Navigational Chart Stencils & Masks

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

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New Painting: Sea Map

8/28/2019

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This week, I'm excited to be sharing my newest mixed-media painting I created with my NEW Sea Map stencils & masks I designed for StencilGirl® Products!

This painting is entitled Sea Map, and it layers collage, inks, and acrylics on an 8" x 8" cradled wood panel.
It incorporates 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels and my Sea Map Small Mask and Sea Map Mini Mask from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sea Map, mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Below are details:

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sea Map (detail), mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Sea Map stencils & masks

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with with Emerald Creek's High Hopes! ANYTHING GOES challenge, Simon Says: Anything Goes challenge and Simon Says: 'S' is For challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and joining me on my creative journey,

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New Painting: Sea Distance

8/21/2019

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Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be sharing my newest mixed-media painting I created with my NEW Ocean Map stencils & masks I designed for StencilGirl® Products!

This painting is entitled Sea Distance, and it layers collage, inks, and acrylics on an 8" x 8" cradled wood panel.
It incorporates 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels and my Ocean Map Small Mask and Ocean Map Mini Mask from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sea Distance, mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Below are details:

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sea Distance (detail), mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Ocean Map stencils & masks

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's High Hopes! ANYTHING GOES challenge and Simon Says: Clean and Simple challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

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New Painting: Small Boat

8/14/2019

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Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be sharing my newest mixed-media painting I created with my NEW Ancient Mariner's Map stencils/masks I designed for StencilGirl® Products!

This painting is entitled Small Boat, and it layers collage, inks, and acrylics on an 8" x 8" cradled wood panel.
It incorporates 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels and my Ancient Mariner's Map Small Mask and Ancient Mariner's Map Mini Mask from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Small Boat, mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Below are details:

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Small Boat (detail), mixed-media on cradled wood panel, 8 x 8 inches

Ancient Mariner's Map stencils/masks

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Simon Says: Midsummer Blues: Monday challenge, Emerald Creek's High Hopes! ANYTHING GOES challenge, and Simon Says: Midsummer Blues: Wednesday challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

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Published! Autumn 2019 Issue of Somerset Studio!

8/10/2019

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It's a dream come true! I have an article published in the Autumn 2019 Issue of Somerset Studio Magazine!
So grateful to Mary Beth Shaw and StencilGirl Products for this amazing opportunity!

Available in bookstores or at Somerset Studio's website here.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog
and joining me on my creative journey!

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StencilGirl® Products Winner!

8/8/2019

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Thanks to everyone who entered last week's giveaway for
ALL 11 stencils in my NEW Navigational Charts series!!

There were 311 entries! Wow!
It was so fun reading everyone’s comments!

Drum roll please…

And the winner is…

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations to Ann Barnes!
I will contact you to get your pertinent information to send you your new StencilGirl® stencils!

Ann left the blog post comment: I love your new stencils Mary! They’re wonderfully graphic with the underlying nautical theme. I would use them in my art journal, of course, but I’d also like to incorporate them into backgrounds to give a directional feel, I would love to use them with inks and paints and pens! The possibilities are endless xx

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!

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Navigational Charts StencilGirl® Giveaway!

7/31/2019

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To celebrate my new stencil releases, I'm GIVING AWAY
ALL 11 stencils in my NEW Navigational Charts series
to one lucky winner!

Simply enter through Rafflecopter below! Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The giveaway will run for one week; through midnight CST August 7th.
I'll announce the winner on Thursday, August 8th!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!
Stay tuned! During the coming weeks, I'll be sharing what I've created with these stencils!

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NEW RELEASE: Navigation Chart Series of Stencils & Masks

7/24/2019

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I am so excited to have 11 new stencils with masks available at StencilGirl® Products!!

Navigation Chart Series of Stencils & Masks at StencilGirl® Products by Mary C. Nasser

My new Navigation Chart series was inspired by navigation charts that ancient mariners memorized before their voyages over huge expanses of ocean. The maps were created by tying small sticks together in straight or curved lines, representing the waves of the ocean. The abstract designs of these stencils make them great for adding shapes, patterns, and harmony to your art journal pages, mixed media projects, printmaking and more.

The Navigation Chart stencil/mask series includes: Navigation Chart (mini M271, small S720, large L738), Ancient Mariner's Map (small S718, mini M269), Sea Map (small S719, mini M270), Ocean Map (small S721, mini M272), and Voyage (small S722, mini M273).

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!
Stay tuned as I'll be having a giveaway and sharing what I've created with these new stencils, too!