Yesterday I told you about the main fabric process. Today I will describe the making of a stencil.
Firstly I need to decide what my subject will be. In this case it's a Lioness and her cub. I draw the picture as I'd like it to fit onto my square.
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| I used photographs, but had to enlarge the drawing myself. |
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I sit with the photo and draw it the size I need.
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| The drawing is rubbed onto a water colour pad and painted. |
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I turn the picture over onto water colour paper and rub the back...the picture gets reversed, but that's OK and I can see enough to paint it.
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| I draw the sections onto several pieces of plastic and cut. |
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In some countries a person can't just walk into a store and buy thin plastic sheets to make stencils. So here I use old X-ray Plate. You clean it with bleach and it is perfectly fine to use as a stencil. I lay several pieces of plastic on the painting and draw the different sections, ready for cutting. This design has 6 separate stencils.
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| Two stencils. |
I lay the next stencil on top of the previous one to make sure that the match is good.
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| Third layer. |
Ok so now you're getting the idea....
Tomorrow I'll show you some more drawings that I'm working on. see you then. :-D
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