Painting with Stencils
Stenciling is an ancient craft, used since the Egyptians painted with stencils in the tombs of the pharaohs. Over the course of history, stenciling has fallen in and out of favor, and both peasants and kings have employed it to decorate walls, churches and furniture.
Once again, it is a fashionable and stylish choice for adding personality and pizzazz to home décor, and craftsmen use it to embellish many decorative items.
Artists also use stenciling, creating stylized motifs and quickly completed multiple images on a support. These may be the basis for further painting and used as a template to place objects in a painting.
Stencils To Buy
The craftsman, needing perfect letters and numbers, buys ready-cut sets of stencils. Manufactured stencils give professional results, without discrepancy or painterly quality. These are perfect for signage and other items that require a professional, non-artsy appearance.
There are countless stencils of popular designs. Fruit, flowers, vines and leaves are popular among the craft set. Animals, simple shapes and geometric forms and borders are also fashionable.
Technology has advanced significantly in commercial stencil production. The laser-cut stencils available in intricate and large patterns have broadened the scope of the craftsman’s work immensely.
Stencils To Create
Craftsmen and artists want an inventive, painterly appearance to their work. Commercial stencils, while impressive in the size and intricacy they achieve, are not what an artist wants to include in his own, unique work.
However, stencils are useful tools, and many craftsmen create their own. A craftsman may design a stencil for the line of items he sells. Now he can freely recreate the...
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There are two basic motions the artist uses to apply the paint. He can lightly tap the brush up and down, holding it at 90 degrees to the support. This method is known as stippling or pouncing. Another method of paint application is to swirl the brush in a circular motion, beginning outside the perimeter of the cutout, and work towards the center of the area.
Multiple layers of paint add depth of color, as well as shading and highlights. When the paint is dry, remove the Mylar. The piece is ready for the next segment of painting.
Whether this comprises the completed work, or is a stage of the painting process, it is a valuable addition to the artist’s skill set. It is useful for crafts and home decorating, as well as fine art and paintings. With minimal tools and investment, it can add variety and interest to your work.
Jacques Callot (1592-1635) was recognized as “The Father of French Etching”. Callot seemed to master the art form quickly and he influenced many in the process. His work in a series of prints titled ...
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The compositions that each piece displays is different and prestige in its own right. Flemish panel painters were largely influential and created extraordinary developments in composition. The artwork tends to be very detailed and filled with symbolic meanings from surrounding objects or even coloring. Jan van Eyck was especially credited for paying exceptional attention to detail that creates such a realistic form, the figures seem lifelike. Much of this realistic appearance is due to the medium that was widely used in the North. The use of oil paints and techniques, such as finer detail with smaller brush strokes and layering of oil paints to create a glaze, were used and developed giving the Northern art distinct characteristics and composition. Italian painters created frescos by applying pigments to wet plaster. The result is a dull, flatter color and they were unable to achieve intricate detail. The com...
Graffiti is often understood to mean “any form of unofficial, unsanctioned application of a medium onto a surface” (Lewisohn 2008). There are many terms that are associated with graffiti, including Graffiti Writing and Street Art.
where people decided to reproduce art as a picture of what was going on. Instead, this artistic
As stated above, graffiti can be viewed in museums, but they can also be seen in public galleries and peoples homes. From the article by Robin Newton, ...
painting, to look at it from an artist’s perspective, one can see all of the little details that
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When I imagine an artist, I picture a Parisian dabbing at a sprawling masterpiece between drags on a cigarette seated in an extravagantly long holder. He stands amid a motley sea of color, great splashes of vermillion and ultramarine and yellow ochre hiding the tarp on the studio floor. Somehow, not one lonely drop of paint adorns his Italian leather shoes with their pointed toes like baguettes.
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