Le rouge et le noir

"Studying is boring! Let's go paint!" says a certain young black cat.

 

I started the stenciling, unsure about how long it would take. This stencil is almost 2 feet by 2 feet, but there's still a lot of area to cover.

 

It takes about five coats of paint to reach the desired level of opacity.  This is a pain in the rump, as it has to dry between coats and the stencil can't be moved. Each iteration of the stencil takes about 20-30 minutes to complete.

 

Here's the first one completed and closeup. The blank spaces around the edges will be filled in later, so the pattern will go all the way to the edges.

 

The pattern interlocks so it looks like one continuous piece instead of being tile-y. I'm guessing I'm going to need about 3.5 across and 5 lengthwise, so I've many hours of stenciling ahead this week.

 

And voila, one completed row! Time elapsed: 1 hour, 19 minutes. Now back to studying.