|
Home
About
this site
Welfare State
Giant
images
Masqued Ball
Mumming
Puppets
Shadow puppets
Site analysis
Site decoration
Bands
Street
parades
Worksheets
Case
study
Papers
Research links
S A F
E T Y
The
practical work involved in devising celebrations requires the occupational health
and safety practices associated with the visual and performing arts. Always
put safety first.
|
Banner
painting
[You
may also be interested in site decoration
or lanterns]
Materials:
Lengths of fabric
cut to desired lengths.
Fabric paint
Paint brushes
Masking tape
Pencils
Erasers
 |
It's a good idea to sketch out your design before you start. |
 |
Tape your banner material to the table or floor with masking tape
to hold down the edges while you work. Draw your design onto the
material with a pencil.
Use masking tape to mask off areas of the banner you wish to remain
free of paint and to create sharper edges.
|
 |
Paint out your design. Be careful around the edges and the masked
edges - the paint can "bleed" over the edges. |
 |
As well as masking tape, you can paint around objects to create
shapes. Here we used a roll of tape to create a circle. |
 |
When the paint dries you can use an eraser to remove pencil marks.
Peel off the masking tape. |
 |
You can hang the banner from a clothes line to help it finish drying.
When dry, you can display it. If you wish to hang it from a curtain
road or pole, fold over a small seam along the top edge and stitch
it with a sewing machine. |
|
Notes:
Painting can be messy. Don't be afraid to spread out plenty of
plastic sheets or drop sheets to protect floors and tables.
|
|
