Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists

Make Your Own Letter Block

Rather than purchasing ready-made printing blocks, you can make your own with

pre-cut stencils. These come in many different designs with both letters and images.

Find them in your local home improvement or craft store. Plastic stencil blanks are

also available for cutting your own design from traced or hand-drawn images.

Materials

sheet of stiff cardboard

letter stencil

brayer

Golden Light Molding

Paste

,

• palette knife


• old credit card
  clear acrylic matte spray


• thick acrylic paint

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With a letter stencil sheet positioned over a stiff

sheet of cardboard, push through Golden Light

Molding Paste with a palette knife. Since you'll need

the letters to end up all the same height, be sure to

level off and remove any excess paste.

3

Spread a layer of heavy-bodied acrylic paint over

a sheet of palette paper. Transfer paint to the

brayer by rolling it back and forth over the paint.

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While the paste is still wet, peel off the stencil

carefully to keep the letters intact. Allow to air-dry

thoroughly. Spray on a couple of thin layers of

clear matte acrylic.

Ink up the letter block by rolling the brayer over

the raised area.