The next background we created used gel medium applied through a stencil. The background had been prepped from the blotting off the excess from the covers so these next two backgrounds were the same as the cover before paints were applied. I didn't have a before/after picture for these next two images. I used a Dreamweaver stencil with regular gel medium (matte) for these next two images. If you look closely you can see the pattern created by using the stencil.