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Step 5Painting
With stenciling, the trick to getting it to look screenprinted is a clean, defined edge. The trick to getting it to look "vintage" or "retro" is using only enough paint to make it look faded or worn.
While holding down the stencil with one hand (even if it's taped!), use your fingers to hold down the edge you will be painting right next to. This will help the paint from getting under the edge and making it look a little messier.
Use your other hand to dip the paintbrush into your paint. Using a scrap piece of cardboard, wipe just enough off so that there aren't globs, but there is still enough paint left to make a difference. This is similar to "drybrushing" technique.
Dab up and down with the paintbrush, making sure to keep it as clean or messy as you desire. More paint may be bolder (depending on the material the t-shirt is made out of), or it may soak in. Either way, usually two times going over the full stencil somewhat haphazardly gives a strong enough but still "faded and worn" look. Keep in mind your color will soak in and appear darker on just about any color except white. Other colors will also affect the stencil accordingly.
(I have a video of this to add... I'm working on getting it up for you!)
After you run out of paint each time, you can also go back to the scrap where you "drybrushed" to get some more paint, rather than going back to your makeshift pallette each time.
While holding down the stencil with one hand (even if it's taped!), use your fingers to hold down the edge you will be painting right next to. This will help the paint from getting under the edge and making it look a little messier.
Use your other hand to dip the paintbrush into your paint. Using a scrap piece of cardboard, wipe just enough off so that there aren't globs, but there is still enough paint left to make a difference. This is similar to "drybrushing" technique.
Dab up and down with the paintbrush, making sure to keep it as clean or messy as you desire. More paint may be bolder (depending on the material the t-shirt is made out of), or it may soak in. Either way, usually two times going over the full stencil somewhat haphazardly gives a strong enough but still "faded and worn" look. Keep in mind your color will soak in and appear darker on just about any color except white. Other colors will also affect the stencil accordingly.
(I have a video of this to add... I'm working on getting it up for you!)
After you run out of paint each time, you can also go back to the scrap where you "drybrushed" to get some more paint, rather than going back to your makeshift pallette each time.
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