Taping shapes and design painting

Here’s a way to personalise your space and have fun experimenting. Paint shapes on different surfaces around your home, to add visual interest or to make a room feel up-to- date without changing your style.

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Using tape to paint shapes - Step by step instructions

Use shapes to create subtle accents and interesting contrasts.

Step 1: Choose the right tape

To get super sharp paint lines around a feature shape use ScotchBlue™ Sharp Lines Masking Tape. If you're painting a feature on a recently painted wall or on top of wallpaper make sure you use a sensitive masking tape like Scotch® Delicate Surface Masking Tape.
Step 2: Recommended equipment
Here is a list of our recommended tools to get you started:

ScotchBlue™ Sharp Lines Masking Tape

Or Scotch® Delicate Surface Masking Tape for sensitive surfaces

Ruler/Spirit level

Pencil

Paint

Paint brush and/or roller
Step 3: Prepare the surface and draw shapes

Paint your basecoat and let it dry for 24 hours, or skip this step and choose an existing surface.

Use a pencil to lightly draw your shapes on the surface. You can do this free-hand, use a pencil and ruler, or cut a shape out of cardboard to use as a template.

Step 4: Tape the template

Apply tape along the drawn shapes and don't forget to press firmly along the edges so that it bonds well and will leave you with nice sharp paint lines.
Step 6: Paint the template

Paint your shapes, and then allow paint to dry to the touch.
Step 6: Reveal the design

Slowly remove the tape to reveal your finished design.

Peel tape back at an angle between 0° (as shown above) and 90°.