Stencil
The commonplace means a layer with small holes that can postpone a preliminary drawing to a painting surface.
This ancient technique has been used for the realization of the frescoes after the abandonment of sinopia that required the intervention of the master tracks for preparatory and she also served for their transfers on the ceramic or weft son of tapestries.
It is now replaced by other more mechanical methods.
Technique
The commonplace, placed on the piece is stamped with a small cloth bag filled with powdered charcoal. The powder enters the holes in the stencil and mark the pattern on the piece to decorate. This phantom is used to guide the painter to complete its decoration.
Ceramic charcoal disappears with cooking.
Other meanings of the term
- By extension, it means a trivial drawing (repeatable)
- In linguistics , by metaphor , it means a common place.

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