Shirt Painting
Got a small stain on your favorite shirt? Don’t throw it away, paint it instead! You don’t have to be an artist to do shirt painting. Of course, if you are an artist, all the better, but if not, there are many different designs you can do anyway. You can buy a stencil and stencil on your design, then trace the lines with your fabric paint. Another way you can do the shirt is to select a picture from a magazine, lay it on cardboard, and poke holes with a thumb tack, until you’ve outlined the design with holes. Lay the pattern on the shirt. Use a marker to place a dot on each tack hole, check on occasion to see that the marker is going through the tack hole, onto the shirt. After you have your pattern drawn on, outline it with your fabric paints. Let dry.
Another great way to create shirt painting desings is to lay the shirt on newspapers, with the newspapers surrounding the shirt somewhat. Stand over the shirt and gently squeeze paint from up in the air, letting it splatter onto the shirt. Change colors several times, until the shirt is covered in paint spatters. For a varied pattern, hang the shirt up on a clothesline or other place that won’t be damaged from paint. Dip a paintbrush in regular housepaint, wall paint or enamel. Sling the paint at the shirt, not letting go of the brush. Do this several times, in as many colors as you want. You can do the entire shirt or just the front. Sponges, paint rollers and other implements can make some wild designs, so just experiment and come up with your own creations.