stencil work

Cutout-based decoration method

Stencil work is decorative or functional design created by applying paint, ink, or other media through cut-out templates.

The technique appears in street art, home décor, signage, and crafts: She added stencil work to the nursery walls.

The term covers both the process and the finished result.

Related

cut out shapes · spray paint · spray can · acrylic paint · serigraphy · outline · layering · repeat pattern · Banksy · street artists · graffiti art · negative space · screen printing · templates · craft knife · artistry · street art · urban art

Opposites
artistic method/technique

stencil workfreehand drawing

Art made without guides

action painting · freehand · abstract expressionism · drip painting · finger painting

artistic freedom/constraint

stencil workabstract expressionism

Nonrepresentational art emphasizing spontaneous emotion

precision vs. spontaneity

stencil workorganic forms

Shapes resembling living things

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G