stencilnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsten.səl/us/ˈsten.səl/a piece of card, plastic, metal, etc. into which shapes have been cut, used to draw or paint patterns onto a surface
a picture made by drawing or painting through the holes in such a piece of card, etc. onto a surface:
She did a stencil of a rainbow on her daughter's bedroom wall.
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Painting & drawing materials
- acrylic
- airbrush
- brush
- canvas
- chalk
- drawing board
- easel
- glitter
- Indian ink
- manikin
- mannikin
- paintbrush
- palette
- palette knife
- pencil
- poster colour
- poster paint
- template
- watercolour
- woodblock
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stencilverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsten.səl/us/ˈsten.səl/-ll- or US usually -l-to draw or paint something using a stencil
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Painting, drawing & printing
- airbrush
- brushstroke
- brushwork
- chiaroscuro
- colour
- colour sth in
- draft
- drew
- engraving
- etching
- foreshorten
- freehand
- rough
- rough sth in
- rule
- shade sth in
- stipple
- tempera
- touch sth in
- wash
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