
(sorry for the wacky processing on the photo - let's just say I'm not as good with my iPhone as Jean is with her camera)
To borrow the pun from Jean – Let Us Spray for good weather this Saturday morning (5/19/12: 10am – 2pm) –a rainless, windless day makes for a much better outdoor spray painting session. As of this writing, the forecast looks great – sunny with a high of 83° - bring your sunscreen! I will post a “good weather – we’ll be outside or bad weather - we’ll be inside“ report before 7am on Saturday, if you want to check the blog for which set of supplies to bring.
I’ll also be showing how to cut stencils either with an exacto knife (old skool) or with a stencil burning/woodburning/multi tool.
If we do have bad weather, I’ll bring the reinker sprays and we can also stencil with acrylic paint and makeup sponges (or stencil brushes).
Here’s what to bring:
For Good Weather
- Paper and/or things to spray paint. If you haven’t yet (ahem) put away your papers from the gelatin monoprinting session last month, those would be perfect. Typing paper, cardstock, book pages, tags, manila envelopes, maps, file folders (the brown kraft recycled ones you can buy at Office Depot/Max are especially delicious), sketchbook pages, paper boxes, etc. You could also bring some other flattish things you want to spray. For example, I have an old black glasses case I want to paint so I can see it when I peer into the abyss of my purse. This is also a great way to repurpose ugly scrapbook paper. (Strawberry Shortcake paper, anyone?)
- Gloves - this will get your hands gunky and it is hard to get the spray paint off.
- Spray paint – whatever you’ve got lying around. If you are shopping specifically for this, metallics are very nice.
- Stencils (if you have them) or things that work like stencils – old plastic doilies, lace, hardware bits, laser cut scrapbook papers, etc. Bear in mind that they will be full of spray paint when you are done. If you don’t have any, I have lots.
- Bamboo skewers or chopsticks (optional) – to hold your stencil in place without spraying all over your hand.
- Table/Tarp – (optional) My back does not like working on the ground, so I have a portable table that I will set up. I don’t think we should haul the Fine Line tables out into the lawn, so if you want to work upright, then bring a table and something to cover it (if you care). If you don’t mind working on the ground, then a tarp (or we can grab a plastic tablecloth out of the bin) to keep paint off the grass.
- High contrast photo/image to make into stencil. (optional) You can draw this, find images on the internet, manipulate a photo in the computer. You want something contrasty.. it will be reduced to a positive and negative shape. If you can’t find an image, I’ll have some copies of things I’ve burned or mean to burn.
- A piece of clear plastic/mylar/acetate to make the stencil. (optional) I just use transparency sheets for the copier.
- A clear piece of glass to place between the image and the plastic (optional) tape the edges, please.
- A heat tool (optional) – stencil burner, woodburning tool or Walnut Hollow multi tool, if you have one (optional). A soldering iron is too hot for this. I will bring my stencil burner, so don’t worry if you don’t have one.
If it’s rainy/really windy:
- Assorted paper see above
- A Rubbermaid bin – slightly bigger than a shoebox
- Gloves
- Spray bottle with water - it should be able to mist the water
- Stencils, if you’ve got them.
- Acrylic paints
- Makeup sponge or stencil brush to apply the paints.
Sorry, the list really isn't as long as my wordy explanations makes it seem...
If you have any questions, please ask.
Edited to add: If you need spray paint, Menards has it on sale for $2.99 a can.. really excellent range of colors, too.