Jaime Echt from The Crafter’s Workshop shares a demonstration today on how to use one stencil in three different ways. Start with one great stencil, add sprays, molding paste, and watercolor paper and you’ll have three beautiful creations! We want to thank Jaime for her excellent demo on stencils.
The Paint Spot team went wild on stencils
Our creative team at The Paint Spot brainstormed over 50 ways to use stencils. Below similar techniques are gathered and matched with suggested materials to try. For more mixed media options, combine stencils or layer over and under your drawing or paintings. We also believe that the perfect copy of a stencil is not as interesting as the imperfections and happy accidents that may happen while stenciling. Happy experimenting.
Masking
- Foam rollers
- Printing brayers
- Stencil brush
- Wool felting
- Oil paint
- Acrylic paint
- Spray paint
- Murals
- Painted furniture
- Cake decorating
- Face painting
- Airbrushing
- Art Sprays
- Glass paints
- Gilder’s wax
- Flocking
- Sand art
- Soft pastel
- Pearl-Ex powders
Erasing shield for lifting colour
- Kneaded eraser for charcoal
- Wet sponge for watercolour
- Odourless mineral spirits for oil paint and oil pastels
- Vinyl eraser for graphite
Printing
- Relief printing
- Gelli plate
- Monotype
- Aquatinting
- Frottage
- Shogi washi screen
- Solar printing (Solar Fast & Cyanotype)
Rubbing (or resists):
- Oil pastel
- Oil Bars & Sticks
- Graphite
- Coloured pencils
- Soft pastels
- Charcoal
- Marabu Art Crayons
- Wax resist for watercolour
Texture
- Palette knife with acrylic gels
- Cold wax
- Coloured gesso
- Encaustics
- Clay impression
- Water-leaf for papermaking
- Embossing paper
- Catalyst tools
- Putty knife & crackle paste
Tracing
- Cerne relief for glass and porcelain painting
- Posca Paint Markers
- Coloured pencils
- Graphite
- Charcoal
- Gel pens
- Glaze pens
- Pebeo gilding relief
- Zentangle
- Decoupage paper designs.