Inspired by beautiful Japanese textiles, this tutorial is going to teach you how to transform these plain, dark blue napkins, into a something special for your next dinner party. Things you will need: Plain cloth napkins, paintbrushes, Stencil1 small single image stencils, and fabric paint. Step 1. Gather your materials. We chose an indigo blue…
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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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
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