Ripper1331 demonstrates a multi-layer stenciling process using 4 canvases - 3 white and 1 blue. The first stencils create a background layer. Then main pieces are added in 2 layers, followed by a black layer. The final layer must stand on its own to clearly depict the image. Ripper1331 applies this process to create canvases depicting John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as a piece referencing the band Kiss.

1. Multi-layer
Stencils
Ripper1331 c/o The Banksy Forum
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2. Here is a quick step-by-step process of how to do
multilayered stencils onto canvas by the graffiti artist
Ripper1331
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3. Four 6” x 6” canvases
- 3 sprayed white and one blue
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4. First stencils go down for the background
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5. The first layer of the main piece then goes on
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6. The second layer
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7. Now the black layer goes down
We have the 1963 US President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald (who assassinated President John
F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963), Jack Ruby (who was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey
Oswald) and Lyndon B. Johnson (who succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy)
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8. A note about the stencil layers – the final layer should
ALWAYS be able to stand on it’s own and you should be
able to see what the image is just with that layer.
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9. Now these guys are going to get the Kiss treatment
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12. The finished canvases
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