Types of T-Shirts for Painting

Series Summary

Oh, the t-shirt has seen many different trends. Once hidden under dress shirts, it has emerged from its modest beginnings into one of the most common forms of expression. Today, we see t-shirts with funny sayings, ironic social commentary, and a multitude of advertisements. And, what would a tourist attraction be without the classic t-shirt souvenir? How could we brag about our recent indulgences without paying a pretty penny for that small piece of evidence that screams “I've been here?” There are many different fashion rolls that the t-shirt has helped communicate. However, if you are one of those creative souls, you know that real fashion is all about the unique! And, what better way to do that than create your own custom t-shirt design? With a little direction, you could be well on your way to re-defining the t-shirt trend.

In this free video series, learn how to make hand painted t-shirts. Once you know the basics, you can let your imagination dictate your custom t-shirt. Our expert, Chantelle Tibbs, has successfully started her own t-shirt company, and she gives her advice to your. Learn how to prepare a shirt to be painted. Also, learn how to make custom t-shirt designs with your hands. So, what you waiting for? Learn how to paint t-shirts today!

Video Transcript

"GRACE FRAGA: Hi. You're watching Expert Village and I'm your host, Grace Fraga, for Arts & Crafts and Everything Fun. Today, we are going to learn how to make a hand-painted T-shirt. And I have here with me our expert, Chantelle Tibbs, from Wear Me Naked. Hi, Chantelle. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Hey. How's it going, Grace? GRACE FRAGA: It's going great. So you own Wear Me Naked. They could find you at wearmenaked.com. CHANTELLE TIBBS: You can find me at wearmenaked.com. GRACE FRAGA: Great. And you do hand-painted T-shirts, and you are going to teach me. We're going to go through the process while you teach me. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Oh, yeah. GRACE FRAGA: Okay, great. CHANTELLE TIBBS: We do hand-painted hand-stencilled T-shirts. This is going to be a hand-painted T-shirt, so we're going to have some fun. It's all about your creative input. GRACE FRAGA: Yes. CHANTELLE TIBBS: And I'm going to teach you how to do it just with a T-shirt and your hands and some paint--very, very, very personal. GRACE FRAGA: So, Chantelle, where do we get the T-shirts, the blank T-shirts? CHANTELLE TIBBS: Okay. Well, there are several places you can get them depending on what brand you're going to use. Yet again, we--I'd like jiffyshirts.com. That's my supplier for any shirts that are--oh, I call them the normal or the loosely fitted casual T-shirts. GRACE FRAGA: Okay. CHANTELLE TIBBS: The more fitted T-shirts for the indie crowd and the people who are trying to be sexy. I do alternative apparel. So, yeah. GRACE FRAGA: Like organic apparel? CHANTELLE TIBBS: Yeah. Anvil has a really great organic T-shirt. They also have a really good fitted T-shirt, too, and they run a little bit cheaper. So, I recommend Anvil, they're fantastic. GRACE FRAGA: How do you spell it so people can find it? CHANTELLE TIBBS: A-N-V-I-L. GRACE FRAGA: A-N-V-I-L.com. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Well, Anvil does a certain--just go to jiffyshirts.com GRACE FRAGA: Jiffyshirts.com. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Uh-huh. GRACE FRAGA: J-I-F-F-Y. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Yeah. GRACE FRAGA: Shirts.com CHANTELLE TIBBS: Shirts.com GRACE FRAGA: Great. So, we got the T-shirt. We pick whatever color we like. In this case, we have a nice, green T-shirt. CHANTELLE TIBBS: A nice, dark green T-shirt. GRACE FRAGA: Yes. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Dark green is good because we have several options--we have a few painting options here that might go well with it. GRACE FRAGA: Great. CHANTELLE TIBBS: They have olive green. We have light blue which is really good with--and we have the orange. I just had a recent fiasco with orange paint. GRACE FRAGA: Oh, no. So, bad memories. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Flashbacks. But yeah, I would--actually, in this case, I would recommend light blue. Light blue actually goes well with a lot of-- GRACE FRAGA: Really? Light blue on green. CHANTELLE TIBBS: Yeah. GRACE FRAGA: How do you know what color to pick? Do you try it on fabrics? What do you recommend like people pick a color for their colored T-shirt? Like for a green T-shirt, you recommend these three? For light blue T-shirt, what colors would you recommend like dark colors or...? CHANTELLE TIBBS: Dark colors, black, anything, if you don't want it to be light or lighter than a T-shirt. GRACE FRAGA: Exactly. CHANTELLE TIBBS: So, you want to make sure that it's a darker color that's going to stand out."