I have no idea how exactly people use them for cake decorating, and how health - safe are those Chinese things (I don't think that they ceritfied plastic to be food grade) but stencils are surprisingly helpful for coloring.
@@mamabear8150 I thought so, but there were round stencils for such purposes, for decorating the top of cake. My narrow and relatively short stencils are more confusing, maybe they are for the sides of cake? Anyway, I won't bake, LOL, and I'm happy with them just for coloring )))
Hi Alena, stencils for backgrounds can be very useful in our coloring books, and I have more than a few stencils lol. The backgrounds where you used stencils in your coloring books, they are just stunning! You're so very talented! Thank you so much for sharing your stencils and backgrounds.💖
Thank you for sharing this useful information Alena. Your pages in the Ivy book are so incredible. I really wish I could color gold effects and jewels like you do 🎉🎉
The 3 mosiac stencils would work nice for a stained glass window background. Also there is the negative stencil technique where you put down a area of flat color or even a gradient of colors on the background and then put the stencil down on your paper and use a darker color then the flat color or gradient colors you used or vice versa if you used and dark background then use a pastel color, or white or light color with the stencil. The stencils at 13:25 would be the kind that you could use for this effect or technique. The crackled or mostly covering stencils work really well with this technique to make things pop. It is really helpful for things like light effects, glow effects, crackled backgrounds, dappled light, or lightening and clouds. Can be used with ink, markers, pencils, acrylic, oil pastels, gel sticks and watercolor. I hope i explain in a way that makes sense. Temu has alot of nice texture stencils and also alot of clear rubber stamps. The kind you can use with a acrylic block. I love stencils and the flexible rubber stamps for things like texture and special effects. I really want that white plastic circle stencil you have..it would be so good for bokeh and fairy lights or glow lights too. ❤
Than you so much for sharing your experiences & techniques! I am somewhat intimidated by backgrounds - I felt really brave the first time I used soft pastels, I have some stencils but wasn’t sure how to use them. You’ve given me some great ideas.
Do you have any instructional videos showing how you apply the stencils? Do the pastels rub off after you’re finished? Do you ‘spray’ the page with a protectant of any kind afterward?
I don't like to use any fixative with soft pastel, because I don't know how it would react with pencils pigment on the same page. So I simply rub pastel into paper surface... and that's why I'm not a fan of such backgrounds and why I use pastel very rarely. Here is how I did the page in Ivy with pastel background th-cam.com/video/slHOks4hBPo/w-d-xo.html
Я поняла, что ты имеешь ввиду когда говоришь о красоте самого трафарета и о том ,что на бумаге отображается только их внутренняя часть ,а если хочешь получить такой же рисунок надо также обводить и внешнюю часть трафарета. Это и правда хитро сделано,так как при покупке мы видим красивый трафарет, но не то ,что получится если его использовать . Думаю именно эти трафареты сделаны как те ,что для вырубки скрапвырезок для изготовления альбомов . Вот если бы тот же трафарет был обратным - реверс, как ты и сказала, то было бы то что надо. ❤
Да, у меня от Скрапбукинга осталось несколько таких трафаретов, и в основном это именно красивые силуэты (я для видео не нашла свой набор, где очень красивые травинки и розы, но снова - силуэты) . Есть у меня и ножи для вырубки, но там все логично и понятно с их применением. А тут я могу только представить, что они выпускались для использования с красками в спреях от Тим Хольц. Жалко, я бы не отказалась от таких дизайнов трафаретов, но "в негативе"
Instead of coloring the brush with gel crayons, it might be easier scribbling on a ceramic plate and picking that up with the brush. Pan pastels also work well with stencils.
Sometimes with gel crayons and also watercolor pencils, pigment sticks, or neocolors i will just put a bit of water on my smooth plastic cutting board with a spray bottle and rub the pigment into it to to create a thick puddle of pigment and pick it up with a brush or applicator and then apply that way. Especially with gel crayons, pigment sticks, or chalk markers it is helpful to make the pigment more smooth and flow more freely by loosening it up. Also helpful to make things more transparent if you want to work in layers and make something less opaque. Or I will take a ink finger dauber and wet it by dipping it into water and then daubing it or wiping into the pigment on my board and then apply that way or I just take a gelato, gel stick, neocolor or watercolor ect and I paint the pigment on with a wet paint brush onto the dauber.. depending on the water ratio or no water at all you get different effects. From smooth to very interesting textural effects. I also will just put the gel stick or gelato on my finger sometimes and just rub it onto the page when I need just a bit of color in a certain spot. Also using this method allows me to mix new colors. Especially with the distress inks but with those I don't use water. I just smoosh the pads on the board next to each other and then swipe them off the board in a circular motion to blend them into a new color. I just use one of those plastic frosty folder things or a cheap white kitchen cutting board. But the plastic folder is quite helpful if I'm unsure of how something will look I will just put the pigment on that and overlay onto my page to see how it will look before I apply if I am unsure. There are stencil brushes as well and they work nicely for most applications and they can be used for multiple mediums too besides ink like acyclic,gouache and watercolor. Very helpful if you want to use them as a stipple brush for stipple effects or if you get the long stencil brushes with long bristles those are helpful for more flowy misty effects as the bristles spread out more as opposed to the short stiff stencil brushes. I really like the mini finger daubers tho because you can use them with almost every medium and in various ways. I have a few oxides and i would recommend hickory smoke and antique linen if you like misty smokey effects. But I apply mine with a finger dauber or for small objects or areas a cotton bud. The oxides can be strong so it's best to go light at first till you get the hang of it. Also I have mixed hickory smoke oxide or antique linen oxide with regular distress or dye inks on my board as well sometimes to get a smokey, misty, glowing or ethereal effect around objects. So the oxides work very well by themselves or with the regular inks. Also they are much easier to blend straight on paper as they stay wet longer. Hickory smoke oxide in particular I have found is very useful for mixing new colors with the regular distress inks or any dye based ink. I mix on my inexpensive plastic cutting board that was meant for chopping vegetables. 😊 It has a smooth side and a rough side. The inktense pencils can also be scribbled onto the rough side with some water and then picked up with a finger dauber. I wouldn't use a make up brush though as I don't like mine stained. I would recommend purchasing a few select oxides as they work very well on backgrounds when used together with the inks. For example I use the opaque oxides next to the translucent inks for a string contrast on sky's and Galaxy's and that sort of thing.
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Your pages look like from a magazine. Very cool.
I would never have thought of looking at cake stencils for inspiration. Thank you again.
I have no idea how exactly people use them for cake decorating, and how health - safe are those Chinese things (I don't think that they ceritfied plastic to be food grade) but stencils are surprisingly helpful for coloring.
@@ColoringwithAlena you put them on top of your cake and dust icing sugar over them, them remove them and the pattern is on the cake 🥰
@@mamabear8150 I thought so, but there were round stencils for such purposes, for decorating the top of cake. My narrow and relatively short stencils are more confusing, maybe they are for the sides of cake? Anyway, I won't bake, LOL, and I'm happy with them just for coloring )))
Hi Alena, stencils for backgrounds can be very useful in our coloring books, and I have more than a few stencils lol. The backgrounds where you used stencils in your coloring books, they are just stunning! You're so very talented! Thank you so much for sharing your stencils and backgrounds.💖
Thank you for the idea of cake stencils and also how to do wallpaper
Thank you for sharing your ideas and technique. Can’t wait to try them out! Such a beautiful way to fill in background!!
Great ideas! Thank you for sharing your ideas, I’ll definitely be using them.
Thank you for sharing this useful information Alena. Your pages in the Ivy book are so incredible. I really wish I could color gold effects and jewels like you do 🎉🎉
The 3 mosiac stencils would work nice for a stained glass window background. Also there is the negative stencil technique where you put down a area of flat color or even a gradient of colors on the background and then put the stencil down on your paper and use a darker color then the flat color or gradient colors you used or vice versa if you used and dark background then use a pastel color, or white or light color with the stencil. The stencils at 13:25 would be the kind that you could use for this effect or technique. The crackled or mostly covering stencils work really well with this technique to make things pop. It is really helpful for things like light effects, glow effects, crackled backgrounds, dappled light, or lightening and clouds. Can be used with ink, markers, pencils, acrylic, oil pastels, gel sticks and watercolor. I hope i explain in a way that makes sense. Temu has alot of nice texture stencils and also alot of clear rubber stamps. The kind you can use with a acrylic block. I love stencils and the flexible rubber stamps for things like texture and special effects. I really want that white plastic circle stencil you have..it would be so good for bokeh and fairy lights or glow lights too. ❤
Awesome Video
Than you so much for sharing your experiences & techniques! I am somewhat intimidated by backgrounds - I felt really brave the first time I used soft pastels, I have some stencils but wasn’t sure how to use them. You’ve given me some great ideas.
Such a great idea thank you for sharing ❤
Very helpful and inspiring. Thank you!
Do you have any instructional videos showing how you apply the stencils? Do the pastels rub off after you’re finished? Do you ‘spray’ the page with a protectant of any kind afterward?
I don't like to use any fixative with soft pastel, because I don't know how it would react with pencils pigment on the same page. So I simply rub pastel into paper surface... and that's why I'm not a fan of such backgrounds and why I use pastel very rarely. Here is how I did the page in Ivy with pastel background th-cam.com/video/slHOks4hBPo/w-d-xo.html
Я поняла, что ты имеешь ввиду когда говоришь о красоте самого трафарета и о том ,что на бумаге отображается только их внутренняя часть ,а если хочешь получить такой же рисунок надо также обводить и внешнюю часть трафарета. Это и правда хитро сделано,так как при покупке мы видим красивый трафарет, но не то ,что получится если его использовать . Думаю именно эти трафареты сделаны как те ,что для вырубки скрапвырезок для изготовления альбомов . Вот если бы тот же трафарет был обратным - реверс, как ты и сказала, то было бы то что надо. ❤
Да, у меня от Скрапбукинга осталось несколько таких трафаретов, и в основном это именно красивые силуэты (я для видео не нашла свой набор, где очень красивые травинки и розы, но снова - силуэты) . Есть у меня и ножи для вырубки, но там все логично и понятно с их применением. А тут я могу только представить, что они выпускались для использования с красками в спреях от Тим Хольц. Жалко, я бы не отказалась от таких дизайнов трафаретов, но "в негативе"
@ColoringwithAlena
Хорошо бы иметь машинку по вырезанию любых дизайнов трафаретов...🤗🤝
Instead of coloring the brush with gel crayons, it might be easier scribbling on a ceramic plate and picking that up with the brush. Pan pastels also work well with stencils.
Yes, I totally agree with both points, but I don't have pan pastel and palette with rough surface, so I try to use the supplies I currently own.
Sometimes with gel crayons and also watercolor pencils, pigment sticks, or neocolors i will just put a bit of water on my smooth plastic cutting board with a spray bottle and rub the pigment into it to to create a thick puddle of pigment and pick it up with a brush or applicator and then apply that way. Especially with gel crayons, pigment sticks, or chalk markers it is helpful to make the pigment more smooth and flow more freely by loosening it up. Also helpful to make things more transparent if you want to work in layers and make something less opaque. Or I will take a ink finger dauber and wet it by dipping it into water and then daubing it or wiping into the pigment on my board and then apply that way or I just take a gelato, gel stick, neocolor or watercolor ect and I paint the pigment on with a wet paint brush onto the dauber.. depending on the water ratio or no water at all you get different effects. From smooth to very interesting textural effects. I also will just put the gel stick or gelato on my finger sometimes and just rub it onto the page when I need just a bit of color in a certain spot. Also using this method allows me to mix new colors. Especially with the distress inks but with those I don't use water. I just smoosh the pads on the board next to each other and then swipe them off the board in a circular motion to blend them into a new color. I just use one of those plastic frosty folder things or a cheap white kitchen cutting board. But the plastic folder is quite helpful if I'm unsure of how something will look I will just put the pigment on that and overlay onto my page to see how it will look before I apply if I am unsure.
There are stencil brushes as well and they work nicely for most applications and they can be used for multiple mediums too besides ink like acyclic,gouache and watercolor. Very helpful if you want to use them as a stipple brush for stipple effects or if you get the long stencil brushes with long bristles those are helpful for more flowy misty effects as the bristles spread out more as opposed to the short stiff stencil brushes. I really like the mini finger daubers tho because you can use them with almost every medium and in various ways. I have a few oxides and i would recommend hickory smoke and antique linen if you like misty smokey effects. But I apply mine with a finger dauber or for small objects or areas a cotton bud. The oxides can be strong so it's best to go light at first till you get the hang of it.
Also I have mixed hickory smoke oxide or antique linen oxide with regular distress or dye inks on my board as well sometimes to get a smokey, misty, glowing or ethereal effect around objects. So the oxides work very well by themselves or with the regular inks. Also they are much easier to blend straight on paper as they stay wet longer. Hickory smoke oxide in particular I have found is very useful for mixing new colors with the regular distress inks or any dye based ink. I mix on my inexpensive plastic cutting board that was meant for chopping vegetables. 😊 It has a smooth side and a rough side. The inktense pencils can also be scribbled onto the rough side with some water and then picked up with a finger dauber. I wouldn't use a make up brush though as I don't like mine stained. I would recommend purchasing a few select oxides as they work very well on backgrounds when used together with the inks. For example I use the opaque oxides next to the translucent inks for a string contrast on sky's and Galaxy's and that sort of thing.
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