Painting Techiques: Stenciling
Stenciling is a masking technique where the artist cut out shapes and forms from a sheet of paper,
cardboard or acetate to create a stencil.
The stencil is then placed on top of the painting surface and the paint is applied to those areas which have not been masked away.
This technique can be used with most types of paint as long as the paint is not too wet.
This is because running paint might "bleed" under stencil and destroy the image.
A stencil can be used several times as long as you make sure there is no wet paint on the backside of the stencil.
You also have to make sure the first colour have dried before you apply the next colour on top.
Painting/Palette knifes,
brushes, sprays or
sponges can all be used to apply the paint, depending on which patterns and effects you desired.
The paint is applied by dabbing the paint lightly and evenly over the surface, starting from the middle of the stencil.
Stencilling techniques can be used to create simple monotone shapes.
A more complex pattern can be created by applying many stencils on top of each other to create a complex and multi-coloured image.
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