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Stencils.......stencils ......we don't need no steeeenking stencils!

No seriously dude they have thier place and time. The biggest thing to remember is that no one cares how you got the painting done.....it's that you got it done.

I can draw, but I use em when the hands just wont work, I have severe carpal tunnel, and when the hands are numb to the shoulder the stencils save the day.
As far as making them anything will do. I have cut the flat parts out of packing material, used the sides of milk bottles, manilla folders,........etc.....etc