
Create
beautiful effects on walls, furniture and ceilings! Using regular wall
plaster or popular decorative paste that you can find in your favorite art
store, spread a thin layer right over the stencil openings. Remove
stencil carefully and the design is produced as a raised effect.
Allow to dry for several hours, then paint or stain! The texture
that comes through using the plaster creates a realistic 3-dimensional
look to your design. One of the more popular choices is tone
on tone. But note how the colors on the box on the left create a
distinctive look also. Color choices are all across the board! If
you make a mistake, you simple take a small tool or a flat knife and lift
off any plaster or paste before it dries.
We used
#1104 Leafy Background for the look on this
inexpensive, cardboard tissue box. After allowing the decorative
paste to dry, we painted the box with yellow ochre, then brushed over
the leaves with green. After the paint dried,
we brushed a sienna colored glaze over the entire piece, and wiped off with
a cloth. The glaze grabbed onto the edges of the plaster, creating
the deeper color.