The Stars and Stripes
Using a star stencil I created, I placed guideline marks around the film so I have an
idea of where the stars need to be. The stars are evenly spaced apart from each
other and very lightly sprayed with the transparent white I had mixed earlier. Before I
paint the stripes, I covered the blue of the flag and the white stripes in order to paint
the red stripes and to prevent overspray on other sections. I mix my transparent red
into more of a translucent red by using reducer and transparent base. Lightly, I layer
the red paint in the stripes until the red stripes are barely visible. I then remove all the
film coverings and add a few highlights to accentuate the movement in the flag. Now I
remove the tape and the film from the surface. All that remains to be done is to add a
discreet flagpole, and then the flag will be completed.
Adding the Flagpole-Completing the American Flag of the flagpole and move it slightly to the right from its original
The flag has been painted but what kind of flag would that be location. A transparent white is then sprayed over the entire
without a flagpole? So now I must add the pole. area.Now, in order to paint the staff ornament at the top of the
To start with, I place film over the flag and very lightly glide the pole, I use a little metal washer as a substitute stencil, but you
blade around the flag, cutting off the excess film so only the sky can easily create your own stencil. I mask off the area, leaving
remains uncovered. I lay masking tape down near the left side an opening in the middle for the ornament. I simply place the
of the flag, leaving a narrow opening for where the pole is to be washer in that opening and spray a Transparent Black base
located. The masking tape is a quick and easy alternative to a and a Transparent White highlight. Voila! You now have a com-
flagpole stencil, which is why I use it. Lightly and evenly, I spray plete American Flag.
a transparent black over the area. I then remove the tape left
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