Seeing Spots
Today I'm seeing spots. And polka dots. Take at look at these fun examples of stenciled polka dots, large and small. You can also use our stencil search engine to locate a large selection of polka dot stencils and circle stencils. As I was putting together this post I noticed that each of the featured [...]
Bird Stencils: A Contemporary Approach
The Stencil Library recently released this fabulous new Ostrich stencil design. Helen shows it in these three incredible colorways on her Design Inspiration blog. All I can say is, how fun! These next three great designs are from Cutting Edge Stencils. The clean, graphic look shown is easily achieved by using a roller stenciling technique [...]
Bird Stencils: Allover Repeat Designs
An opportunity to work with a client who loves a bird and flower theme throughout her home, took me on a journey to explore what interesting bird stencils are currently available. Once my research began, I was amazed to see that beautiful and creative options abound for us to work our magic! Today’s post will focus on [...]
Free Stencils from This Old House
When I saw the title of this first article from This Old House, "How to Stencil a Border", it didn't really grab me. Then I clicked through the link, and fell in love with the photo. And because it's This Old House, they walk you through the entire process, from cutting the stencil to painting [...]
Stenciling with Doilies 5: Collage Wall
Carol originally included the sample board for this collage wall in a previous post, here, and now that we're exploring applications using doilies as stencils, I thought it merited another look. In creating this wall, Carol layered various stencils, patterns, and textures. After base painting in an orange tone, she randomly sponged on Tequila Sunrise [...]
Artist Profile: Deirdre Newman
Deirdre Newman Deirdre Newman Decorative Painting Montclair, New Jersey ph 973.432.1893 My first encounter with artist Deirdre Newman's work came though a blog post entitled Stenciling is Hip at Little Green Notebook, which featured several examples of her stenciling artistry. Deirdre often incorporates stencils into her work, and has a number of wonderful examples of [...]
