Have you ever found yourself stuck wanting to create something for someone special and you just didn’t have a clue what to make that was really nice, but quick and easy?
I got caught up in that recently, spending so much time creating new art classes for my students in The Studio, I totally forgot that I had wanted to make something for my grand kids Ava and Wolfe.
After the first 30 seconds of calling myself a bad grand-ma for letting time get past me, I sat down and starting to think of what I could make. Wolfe’s project is in an upcoming blog post, so just going to focus on Ava for this one.
Since the family moved into a new house up north, and the kids have so many toys, I thought it would be nice to make something for Ava’s bedroom. She loves ballet and knowing what her recitle costume looks like, I thought I’d make something along the same theme and you’ll get to see how I work through it so you can make something for yourself too.
I’m going to use a stencil to create dramatic art that is quick, easy and honestly, can be done with very little art skills…so anyone can do it.
Simply pick just a few colours, a stencil and a few brushes.
That’s it!
Now, in the video, I do go over detailed instructions on how to create the design, but take all the talking, technique lessons and drying time out, you can make something like this in under 20 minutes.
Take a gander at the video and see how easy this project was to make.
Quick and Easy Project
Using a Stencil to Create Dramatic Art
Ready to Make This?
What did you think?
If you had to create art for someone you didn’t know, do you have a stencil that you could use that is generic enough, but can create a dramatic impression? Please share in the comments below.
I really liked this and it was, or you made it look, so simple. Thank you, enjoyed it.
WS
Hi Wanda, glad you enjoyed it! It’s a very simple things to do using the stencil, it’s the background that needs a bit of elbow grease 🙂
Loved the video, the painting was super spectacular. thank you, hugs
Thank you Su, glad you enjoyed it!
Trees. Tree stencils can be used for a lot of art that is generic and beautiful, IMO. However, all my tree stencils are ruined with molding paste that I could never get off them. How does one properly clean stencils anyway?
Hi Nora,
You are not alone! Let’s start with prevention. Have a plastic tub filled with water* in your creative space, so when you are done with a stencil, you can immediately put it into the tub of water. That will help prevent any medium from drying on it. Put the lid on it if your kitty is as curious with paint water like my Chaos. When you are done creating, then you can wash your stencil.
*you can add a bit of dish soap into the water to help the cleaning process
General cleaning, you can use a kitchen cloth, like a j-cloth, or plastic scrubby pad or Mr. Clean pad to clean. I place the stencil on a flat surface (I use an unstick mat from unstick.ca) and do my cleaning on that. BUT… I know that I run the risk of scraping my unstick mat with the plastic scrubby and I’m ok with that.
For your existing stencils, I have a last resort method if nothing else works… put the stencil in an empty tub, in a well ventilated room, pour some rubbing alcohol so the stencil is completely covered, put the lid on. Leave it like this for 15 minutes, then carefully scrape off the modeling paste. Repeat as many times as necessary.
I hope this helps.
Both good ideas! I will try the rubbing alcohol trick as soon as I get around to buying it in bulk again (yay Amazon). Thanks, Gisele!
you are very welcome
Hi Gisele. I love this. Are the stencils available on Amazon?
Thank you. I don’t think it’s available on Amazon, but to be sure, you could do a search for it, it’s in the supply list. DecoArt is on Amazon.com or you can always order direct from DecoArt.com