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After placing squares of blue painters tape on the wall in the registration marks (triangles), I place the adhesive treated background stencil on the wall and make sure it is sitting smooth and flat.
Now I apply my background color, for this I use an off white and I fill the open area on the stencil with it.
When that has dried a bit I peel off the background stencil and set it aside.
Once the background layer is dry I place the treated detail layer on the wall.
I make sure that the registration marks align properly.
With the detail layer installed and sitting firmly on the wall, I use medium transparent black or dark grey, (you can choose any colors you want for the skulls or the details), with the transparent black and a small stencil brush I go in and work the details of the teeth and their surrounding areas.
I don't necessarily try to fill all of the spaces, but use them as guides.
Keep in mind that neither the skull nor the teeth are flat.
For that reason I shade in on each tooth to make it look a bit rounded from left to right and top to bottom.
With most of the shading done on the teeth I turn my attentions to the eyes, the nose, and the detail lines around the cheek bones, the temples, and the small cracks on the bridge of the nose and on the top of the head.
For the eyes and nose, I put a bit of the transparent black paint in the spots I want to be the darkest, then, using a small fan brush, I feather the paint towards the edges of the stencil openings.
This lets the edges be defined but keeps me from getting harsh, cookie cutter like lines.
I use a very small brush and go in and work the detail lines.
I work all of these areas 'til I'm happy with them, then I peel away the detail layer of the stencil.
Now I go in and use a transparent white and a transparent black to add shadows and highlights to make the skull look three dimensional. I use a transparent brownish gold and go in and tint the teeth.
This helps define them as teeth and not just odd chunks of the skull.
Keep in mind that you can use any colors you want on your skull or its details and that you can add cracks, eyeballs, spiders, etc., for any and all effects you would like.
Enjoy!
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