by iamwickedstupid |
The only point of caution is to watch out for thin spots, especially if you use paper-y type stuff for the stencil.
You can reinforce the thin spots with tape. |
Now that I had it all positioned and taped in place I whipped out my fabric paint and fabric brush (don't use brushes for regualr art as they are too weak. Fabric brushes are stiff and deliver the paint to the fabric a lot better. (If you don't have a fabric brush, then you can use a sponge brush, or even a make-up sponge.) I used Polymark Bright Red Shiny dimensional fabric paint. I started dobbing the paint around the edges of the stencil.
Once you have the paint down around the edges of the stencil you can lift it off the fabric.
And fill in the rest. If you think you're too sloppy then you can leave the stencil on, but make sure you lift it off as soon as you're done!
Finished product! |
Original artist here. I love the tutorial, but I thought I would put in my two cents. This bit of advice may not help with this particular project (especially since I'm two years late on commenting here), but you may find it useful in the future.
ReplyDeleteWhen I made my stencil, I used a transparency sheet. A lot of schools are phasing out overhead projectors for SmartBoards, and I happened to be at the right place at the right time to grab a bunch of transparency sheets. What I did was paste a printed copy of Mr. Poe to one of the sheets and then cut it out.
The benefit of using a sheet of plastic like this is that the thin spot at the neck couldn't tear. With a bit of abuse it probably would have warped and could have snapped off.
I also sprayed the backside of my stencil (the side against the fabric) with a temporary adhesive so that the stencil couldn't shift around on me.
Cheers!
-Jake