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Stenciled designs are more illustrious when a color over color technique is used.  Pictured here are examples of 3 color layering.  Notice that not only do the colors become darker, but the technique  brings continuity to your design.  In the above stenciled Eastern Spine bill, I have created a nice brown by mixing purple and orange and then using the same orange with a golden color for the belly of the bird.

If you paint in a very transparent way, layering several colors, you can achieve a very beautiful sense of color, allowing the viewer to mix the colors in her mind. Often times cream under tones can make leaves have a most beautiful luminosity.  The color is made up of small dots that mix when viewed from a distance.  This is accomplished carefully with several very dry layers of color.

Trompe L' Oeil translated means to fool the eye. 

Tip for corners

How should you stencil on corners? Well, the tip is precisely not to stencil. Mask off each of the sides of the corner and leave them unpainted. Once you have finished your border, you can just take off the tape. When it is removed, a nice clean break is made. The eye will not really notice that there is a break in the design and the global effect will look much more professional than blotches of paint in the corners of your border.

ABOUT STENCILING

Bridgeless stenciling or Theorem stenciling is a technique with which it becomes possible to paint an image or motif that creates the illusion of reality.  Bridgeless stenciling was a very popular in America in the nineteenth century, particularly in New Your State and New England.  At that time, it was the practice to educate young women of the middle class in music, painting, embroidery, and many of the decorative arts.  Bridgeless stenciling and stenciling in general fell into this category.

 As it’s name suggest, bridgeless stenciling consists of depicting reality through the use of an intricate system of stencils.  Once the stenciling is complete, realism can be added freehand, using a paintbrush.  A fine outline brush is used, for instance, for flower centers, the veins of leaves, the nuance of shadow, the highlight and so on.

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