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Dare to Make It: Holiday

How to Make a Semiphotorealistic Three-Shade Print

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leethal Lee Meredith, contributor
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Its a wacky, semiphotorealistic portrait of Christopher Walken!
Any object with well-defined lines like this camera will make a great stencil!
This three-shade process is so magical because once you put the three stencils together, your image will appear!
Its a wacky, semiphotorealistic portrait of Christopher Walken!

It's a wacky, semiphotorealistic portrait of Christopher Walken!

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Iron the shade #1 freezer-paper stencil (wax side down) onto the fabric, being careful not to snag any stencil edges with the iron.


 Go over the stencil edges the most, until they are securely stuck to the fabric.

Fill in the stencil with the first shade. At the stencil edges, dab the paintbrush up and down, never painting toward the edge—even though it's ironed down, paint can still get under the stencil if you're not careful.


 On larger areas of knit fabric, the fabric can stretch when painting as you see here—it's not a big deal, so don't worry.

Some tutorials I've read say to wait until the paint is dry to peel off the stencil, but I never do, and my prints are always fine. I usually wait about five minutes, then peel away! Just peel very carefully, of course, so as not to smudge or smear any wet paint.


 Let the paint dry completely before moving on.

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Comments (7)

Keren_D writes: Hi Lee,

This is a great tutorial. I've seen a lot of craft/sewing tutorials and this one is fascinating, well-explained, and well-photographed. Excellent!

BTW, do you have a blog?

Keren (www.sewlavie.com)
Posted: 1:23 am on December 17th
Jetmuis writes: wooow what a great tute you have made!!!!
awesome too your designs , well done.
love this!!!! thank you too for the sharing, your very gifted and rocking;-D!!!!!!
Posted: 4:54 am on December 12th
christineblint writes: Far away and far out idea and execution. My congrats to you and your creativity--you are a professional.
Posted: 1:33 pm on December 13th
OTorres writes: Lee, this is just so cool, thanks
Posted: 10:46 am on December 13th
crafty1900 writes: this is great! very thorough.
Posted: 7:16 pm on December 10th
ohbrooke writes: Okay, THIS is BRILLIANT. I'm going to do it, and I'll be sure to send pictures. My husband would LOVE this!
Posted: 3:27 pm on December 10th
TipiLady writes: Is it possible to get giddy over crafting? I can hardly keep the smile off my face. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! This is going to save a bundle on Christmas presents and a whole lot of other occassions. This is incredibly generous of you to share this information and your talent. I can't wait to try it.
Posted: 1:00 pm on December 10th
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