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Mother’s Day Top

April 12, 2018

Mother’s day is coming up, and one of our Stencil1 designers had the sweet idea to make a custom shirt for her Mom. In this tutorial, we will go through how to use our flower stencils on a cotton cami. Follow along or use it as inspiration for your own piece!

Pick out which shirt you would like to customize. Make sure it’s cleaned and freshly ironed.
Use our Stencil Style 101 book to select which stencil you will use. We settled on our flower stencils, but you may use what tickles your fancy.

Figure out where on the shirt you want to place your flowers. Keep in mind how clothes will look like when worn, so avoid awkward placements! If you need to, you can hold the stencil up in a mirror to figure it out, or even make a little sketch.

Once decided, tape down your stencil. This is to make sure it doesn’t slide and mess up your work.

Get your paint ready. You don’t need too much, and make sure to keep the colors separate from each other. When you’re going to add paint to your brush, take off as much paint as possible.

Remember: You can always add more paint to your stencil, but you can’t take paint away.

Start stippling your brush onto the fabric. Focus on the center, leaving space around. When adding on paint for your first application, less is more!

Switch to an analogous color to add dimension– we used magenta followed by orange. Be light around the edges of your flower to give it a faded/ watercolor effect.

When complete, carefully lift up your stencil. Notice how the edges of the flower seem to be faded? You can achieve this effect by using less paint around the perimeter.

Keep adding more flowers to your shirt to fill your heart’s content. (Note: If you want to use the inverse side of a stencil, take a bit of dish soap and a paper towel, and wipe your stencil before reuse, so as to not get unwanted paint on your design.)

¡Qué hermoso! Take a heat blowdryer and point it at your flowers for a couple of seconds to merge seal the paint onto the fabric.

So cute. Get a nice giftbag or box to complete your gift. Presentation makes everything come together! Happy Mother’s Day ya’ll.

¡Feliz Día de las Madres!~

Ed Roth/Stencil1 & Pebeo at the IHSEA Sponsored by Blick + Bonus how-to, Elephant Canvas Art

February 28, 2018

This year’s Illinois High School Art Exhibition was bigger and better than ever, with 120+ high schools, thousands of students and families, dozens of art universities, 10+ vendors, and all 5 Chicagoland Blick stores represented. Ed Roth of Stencil1 was very fortunate to be a part of it through Pebeo!

Ed flew out to Chicago on behalf of Pebeo to demonstrate their 4Artist Marker, which can be used in many different ways.

The markers paint blends beautifully.

Using the markers and our Stencil1 Scallop Repeat Pattern stencil and Elephant stencil, he created a wood canvas artpiece perfect for any wall.

Elephant painting. Photo from our 2018 IHSAE event

Here’s how he did it:

You will need a blank wood canvas(this was a gesso board), acrylic paint, large paint brush, small paint brush, the Stencil1 Scallop Repeat Pattern stencil and Elephant stencil, and Pebeo 4Artist markers and Pebeo medium mineral spirits.

To start off, cover the canvas with acrylic paint of your choosing with the large paint brush. Ed went for a distressed look. Next, using the Stencil1 Scallop Repeat Pattern stencil, finish off the background. Here, one way Ed used the 4Artist markers is by squeezing the paint out of the marker by holding the tip down, and using a paint brush to fill in the stencil. “I told many attendees “Think of these as a vessel to carry paint in as well as a marker’.” These markers are mineral oil based, so the end results come out glossy!

Photo of an WIP painting during the 2018 IHSAE event

Next, grab the Stencil1 Elephant stencil. Because this stencil is a one layer stencil, you will need create the base layer or silhouette of the elephant design. This can be achieved by carefully tracing the outline of the elephant with the marker and filling in that shape. Ed scribbled it in in pink and white. Afterwards, he used the mineral spirits in order to blend the marker. Once dry, place the stencil over the base layer and fill it in with a darker color to complete your elephant stencil art.

As a final touch, grab a marker and bring it to the top of the canvas. Push down on the tip for some paint drips to frame your piece!

Overall, it was a resounding success with thousands of attendees and a tremendous amount of awards for students and instructors alike. I am so proud and honored to have been a part of it with Pebeo, and am looking forward to a bigger, better, more amazing event next year.

Here are some photos from the event:

Stencil1 at Creativation 2018 – Recap

February 2, 2018

The power of partnership.

I have been using Pebeo paints since I started Stencil in 2004. Over the years I have had many wonderful opportunities to work with Pebeo such as them sponsoring events and more recently becoming a demo artist of their mixed media products. This year, Pebeo asked my to come along to Creativation (formerly known as the CHA tradeshow) and demonstrate my line of stencils with their Setacolor fabric paints. It was easy to say yes. Their paints are superior to all other fabric paint on the market: perfect consistency and soft to the touch once heat sealed and washed.

I was fortunate to be alongside two incredible artists, Tristina and Wendy –Please check out their work, they inspired me each day with their talents and energy.

The show was a pleasure. A young lady, maybe 14 years old, asked me “What is your favorite part about designing stencils and having your company?” That’s such an easy question for me. I told her, “Watching people paint with the stencils and seeing what they come up with.” I love seeing people’s color choices, placement, brush technique, and more so, how people relax and chat once they start painting. It was a great show and through it, you will see Stencil1 in more stores in both the US and Canada.

Check out some photos from the show:

Stay tuned for more upcoming events!

A Succulent Wreath Print

January 30, 2018

Create a personalized wreath that isn’t just for the holidays! With the new trend of succulents, this wreath will be one that you can keep on your wall year-round.

For this project you’ll need a large square paper, artist inkpads, water color paint, paintbrushes, a pencil, and stencils. The stencils we used are the Succulent Hens & Chicks Stencil and Palm Fronds Stencil.

On your sheet of paper, lightly draw a circle. This will be your guide as you paint your wreath.

Using your brush, absorb the stamp ink from the pad.

With your loaded brush, gently paint in the open spaces of the stencil.

We decided to use inks in colors such as purple, green, yellow, and gold to create an ombre effect.

You can mix the colors together to create a more softer ombre effect look.

After you have finished painting, gently remove the stencil.

Once you have finished painting your first succulent, feel free to add as many more as you want by following the previous steps. Take care that each succulent has dried first before you paint another one so it does not smudge.

After all the succulents are painted, it’s time to add some leaves! The Palm Fronds Stencil is great since it allows us to add different size leaves all in one stencil.

By following the same steps as we did with the succulents, we painted in the palms.

Once you have finished stenciling, we painted the vines. We followed the outline of the circle to paint these vines while also making it look natural.

And there you have it, a customized succulent wreath print! Share your succulent wreath print with us @Stencil1

Mandala Stenciled Tote

January 28, 2018

What better way to jazz up a plain canvas tote bag than to make it a colorful one with our Stencil1 stencils!

For this project you’ll need a canvas tote bag, some stencils, spray adhesive, and fabric markers. The stencils we decided to use to create mandalas are the Succulent Hens & Chicks Stencil, Radial 2 Stencil, and Bubbles Up Stencil. We also chose to use Pebeo SetASkrib markers because of how vibrant they are and easy to use.

For the first step you’ll need to spray the back of the stencil with adhesive then place it onto the bag in the position you’d like.

Now it’s time to start coloring in!

Using the fabric markers, color in the open spaces of the stencil. Since this was a mandala inspired tote bag, we decided to make it colorful and used different stencils to add onto the “mandala”.

And there you have it, a colorful mandala inspired tote bag!

Share your customized tote bags with us @Stencil1!

Greeting Card with Vines

January 22, 2018

Send a friend or a loved one a greeting card! Skip the lines at the store and make it extra special by using Stencil1 stencils. Featuring our *NEW* on trend succulent stencils and watercolor paint, your greeting card will be sure to make someone’s day.

You will need an envelope and card, a watercolor set, and a Stencil1 stencil.

Place your stencil on the card. Here we used the Stencil1 Vines stencil. Painting with watercolor may be tricky, so be sure to hold your stencil down with tape or spray adhesive.

Go ahead and start lightly painting the open spaces of the stencils. Here, we used a light green color for the base of the vines.

Next, we picked a darker green color to help define the vines and give it more dimension.

This step is optional! Using a fine tip marker or pen, outline the stencil. This gives the vines more definition that the watercolor might have taken away.

Carefully remove the stencil to reveal the final image.

Using the same method, we used the Stencil1 Succulent Hens & Chicks stencils for the envelope.

Finally, don’t forget to add some text and write a sweet message to that special someone!

Although painting with watercolor might be hard, the combination of watercolor and stencils makes it a lot easier! Don’t be afraid to try different techniques and mix different colors. The results are amazing, and most importantly, it’s a unique card made by you!