Lessons
While it is possible to create charming looks with only the most basic of stenciling equipment, there are so many wonderful things that can be...
Overview: Media for Advanced Stenciling Techniques
Glazes, Extenders and Driers
Special Effects Additives
Wood Stains
Spray Paint
Airbrush
Project/Assignment: Faux Marbling with Glazes
Bonus: Cut your own Stencils
Lesson 2: Adding your Individual Stamp - Stencil Equipment
Not only does the medium with which you paint affect the very special look of your stenciling project, but also the way you apply that medium. In...
Applicators Affect the Effect Part One
Special Effects Tools Part Two
Using Store-Bought Stencils Creatively
Out of the Ordinary Stencil Material
Optional Projects
Lesson 3: Stenciling with Plaster
Stenciling designs using plaster instead of paint isn't new; the technique was used to create some of the ornamental plasterwork seen in stately...
Beginner's Kit - Needed Supplies
Basics for Indoor Plaster Stenciling
Basics for Outdoor Plaster Stenciling
Start Plastering! Single and Multiple Overlays
Special Effects
Optional Project
Lesson 4: Stenciling on Fabric - Supplies
If you have been to any crafts shows lately you may have noticed that hand painted clothing is getting more and more popular - and commanding high...
Basic Equipment - The Big Stuff
Smaller Basic Supplies
Fabric for Stenciling
Stencils for Fabric
Brushes and Other Applicators
Paints and Dyes for Fabrics
Lesson 5: Putting Paint to Fabric
Now it's time to get to the fun part of fabric stenciling: applying paint to fabric. This step can be a bit intimidating, because fabric isn't as...
Starting to Paint
Painting the Foreground -Traditional Fabric Paint
Painting the Foreground - Stencil Cremes
Painting the Foreground - Acrylics with Fabric Medium
Shading Techniques - and 3 Bonuses
Special Project - Negative Stenciling or Devore
Optional Project
Lesson 6: Painting on Glass -Supplies
I've read a lot of blurbs about glass painting being so simple that you can turn out something spectacular in an hour or so - even if you've never...
Using Stencils to Paint on Glass
Paints for Light Use Only
Air Dried Glass Paints
Glass Paints that are Optionally Bakeable
Heat Cured Permanent Glass Paint
Stencil Options for Glass
Applicators and other Equipment
Summary
Lesson 7: Applying Paint and Etching Cream to Glass
Up until now we have only pounced paint into stencil openings, or, on special occasions and for special projects, actually stroked the paint, or...
A New Vocabulary - Brushwork Part 1 - Loading
Part 2 - Brush Strokes
Working with Transparent Paint
Working with Outliners
Outliners as Stencil Substitutes
Reverse Painting
Etching Glass
Two Glass Painting Projects
Lesson 8: Using Stencils with Paper
Here I am ending with what probably should be the first lesson in dealing with stencils. Not because it is the easiest, but because it is probably...
Basic Stenciling on Paper
Dry Embossing with Stencils - Equipment
Dry Embossing - Technique
Blind Embossing
Using Parchment or Vellum
Multiple Overlay Embossing
Embossing on foil
Heat Embossing
Stenciling with Dimensional Media
Resources for Supplies
