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Tape-T's
by Tracia Ledford Williams

Tape creates the lines and shapes that are the "resist" area of this shirt. This technique shows that sometimes what you don't paint is as important as what you do!

You will need:

  • White T-Shirt
  • Cardboard or shirtboard form for inside T-shirt
  • Masking Tape
  • Color Mist Combinations:
    • Pink Carnation, Cornflower Blue and Sunflower Yellow
    • Christmas Green, Cornflower Blue and Sunflower Yellow
    • Plastic to cover work area and protect floor from overspray (if working indoors)
  • Student scissors
 Tape T's Project Image

Instructions:

  1. Place T-shirt over cardboard/shirtboard. Cover work area with plastic. Randomly place masking tape on shirt to create various patterns. Choose from either of these color combinations:
    a. Christmas Green, Cornflower Blue, & Sunflower Yellow, or
    b. Cornflower Blue, Pink Carnation, & Sunflower Yellow
  2. Shake Color Mist well with clear cap in place. Prime pump by spraying onto a clean paper towel, then begin misting color randomly onto shirt. As you paint the t-shirt, remove pieces of the tape to add color under the taped areas. It is always best to start spraying with your lightest color first.
  3. As the colors overlap and blend, new colors will be created. Allow paint to dry completely then turn shirt over and paint the back in the same manner.
  4. Color will be permanent and washable. Do not be concerned with dots and uneven variations of paint, this creates a more tye-dye look to the shirt. Because Color Mist is permanent it does not have to be heat set.

 

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