Painting with Stencils
McKinley Wallace III
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How can you create and use stencils safely in a classroom setting?
How can you create and use stencils safely in a classroom setting?
Materials Needed - Where to find them - Estimated Cost
Materials Needed - Where to find them - Estimated Cost
Amazon
Transparency Film Sheets - 8.5 x 11 Inches,24 Sheets/Pack - $10
Pre-sharpened Wood Cased #2 HB Pencils, 150 Pack - $12
Black permeant markers (sharpies Pack of 24 + 1) - $16-17
X-Acto Knife - $4.16
Sponges Pack of 24 - $10-12
BLICK
White, Red, Yellow, and Blue Water Soluble paint (Tempera 128 oz (Gallon)-$16.79 or Acrylic Paint) 64 oz (Half Gallon) -$16.49
Scotch or Masking Tape
Cut-Rite Wax Paper (75 Square Foot Roll) - $5-6
Gloves (optional) - have students keep their pair and re-use it! - $21.99 for a pack of 100
Developmental Rationale
Developmental Rationale
Painting with stencils is an expressive art practice used in street art for its quickness, graphic aesthetic, and adaptability. With stencils, street artists can create copies of a design many times in many locations. Due to spray paint's toxicity and cost, youth can use stencils and water soluble paint to practice similar street art processes and create duplicates of their unique stencils designs indoors on paper. Below are some developmental considerations for working with students of each age group and ways that they benefit developmentally from exploring this process:
3 - 12th: Youth will understand how to develop a new craft reflecting community art practices, envisioning, persisting with, and reflecting on the challenges and strategies often necessary in making a stencil and creating expressive and intentional marks onto a surface. (Studio Habits of Mind).
Key Disposition for students of each age group:
3-5: Patience. Development of motor skills. Identifying community values. Meaning making.
6-12: Patience. Understanding Community vs Self-identity. Persistence. Reflection.
Artist Exemplars
Artist Exemplars
Banksy
Banksy
British Street artist
"A contemporary British street artist and activist who, despite his international fame, has maintained an anonymous identity. Aimed as a form of cultural criticism, the artist often targets established social and political agendas with his witty illustrations produced with stencils and spray paint."
http://www.artnet.com/artists/banksy/
Blek le Rat
Blek le Rat
French Street artist.
Known as one of the first true street artists.
"In recent years Blek’s work has become more political, focusing on the homeless, the environment, and other social causes."
https://www.artsy.net/artist/blek-le-rat
Engaging Learners
Engaging Learners
What would the learners potentially discover? What would they explore? What could they create as a result of this exploration and discovery?
What would the learners potentially discover? What would they explore? What could they create as a result of this exploration and discovery?
Learners would potentially discover the freedom and immediate satisfaction of creating multiples of the same design and exploring the many possibilities available in stencil making –– creating content that is not only meaningful to them but for others as well.
What else could they do with this experience and how would they build upon this learning?
What else could they do with this experience and how would they build upon this learning?
Learners will experiment with lines, shapes, and patterns made in their stencil to practice ways to express an intentional and specific message (concept) and aesthetic effect. Experiences gathered could encourage them to explore and participate in street art culture, regularly practicing designs and mark making to better understand options available in the craft.
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