The Basic Stencil Canvas

I designed this canvas using the basic stencil technique.

I already went through how to develop your own stencils from the internet, now I will tell you exactly what I did to accomplish this look.

First I painted one of my recycled canvases with a mixture of different green acrylic paints and white acrylic paint that I had. I actually squirted the paints directly onto the canvas in random areas and then used an old gift card to spread the paint around. The gift card technique gives the paint a nice imperfect texture that presents raised areas and bumps, perfect for my world atlas. I let the paint dry.

I then decided to make my world atlas mission themed. I am a Christian and world outreach is one of my passions so I wrote all over the base green color in a black sharpie pen verses about reaching out to the world. You can do the same with quotes or phrases.

What makes it really cool is that the picture has more meaning to you and is customized with your handwriting.

I attached my stencils to the canvas using pieces of painters tape folded over to make both sides sticky and I sponged on some dark gray paint with an old painters sponge I had. Then, before it dried, i lifted the stencils off with tweezers and threw them out.

Let it dry and there you have it, I nice customized picture of whatever you want.