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Step 3Highlight, then highlight again.
This next part requires a steady hand ... actually, so does the part after this as well ...
Using the lighter of your two highlighters (green, in my case), trace the outline of your design where you're pretty sure the borders of your icing will be. If you're not certain, trace it anyway. And don't be too concerned about how your highlights will work as a stencil, as we'll handle that soon enough.
See, the benefit of using the highlighter is that your traced outline is going to be just under an 1/8th of an inch thick. This is good.
Once your initial outlining is done, step back from your traced image and start to consider how a stencil works. Stencils have to have those little connecting bars, you know? Think of a stenciled letter "O" and how you the top and bottom of the "O" have breaks in them, because the center of the "O" would just fall out otherwise.
Thinking about those breaks or bars, use your other highlighter (blue for me) to mark where breaks need to be in your traced outline. Be generous, because the more breaks you have ought to make for a more durable stencil later.
Notice in my squirrel here that the blue marks are a bit thicker than the green, just to make them a bit more obvious.
Using the lighter of your two highlighters (green, in my case), trace the outline of your design where you're pretty sure the borders of your icing will be. If you're not certain, trace it anyway. And don't be too concerned about how your highlights will work as a stencil, as we'll handle that soon enough.
See, the benefit of using the highlighter is that your traced outline is going to be just under an 1/8th of an inch thick. This is good.
Once your initial outlining is done, step back from your traced image and start to consider how a stencil works. Stencils have to have those little connecting bars, you know? Think of a stenciled letter "O" and how you the top and bottom of the "O" have breaks in them, because the center of the "O" would just fall out otherwise.
Thinking about those breaks or bars, use your other highlighter (blue for me) to mark where breaks need to be in your traced outline. Be generous, because the more breaks you have ought to make for a more durable stencil later.
Notice in my squirrel here that the blue marks are a bit thicker than the green, just to make them a bit more obvious.
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