There is something about stencils that is unique and
fascinating. You create precise designs using a dabbing technique without the
need to draw anything.
All you need is a stencil, paint in a small container and a
piece of foam.
If you blue tack the stencil on the paper it works even
better because the stencil won’t slide. Put only a very small amount of blue
tack or the paint might run underneath.
I have a box full of stencils and the students wanted to use
the butterfly probably because we have been talking about the life cycle of
butterflies.
There are so many ways you can use stencils, from being part
of journal writing to describing, talking about it, or simply creating a
beautiful image.
We used the butterfly stencil on an A4 paper. I could have
done 4 different colors of the same butterfly on an A3 paper. It all depends on
what your objective is. Mine was just to promote one more way to make a
butterfly and observe how one side looks like the other (symmetry).
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