Ammannsville · Fayette County
St. John the Baptist at Ammannsville
A celebrated Fayette County painted church known for an unexpectedly ornate interior behind a restrained rural exterior.
Open church guideDecorative technique
Infill painting
A transferred outline filled and shaded by hand.
Quick answer
What is infill painting?
Infill is a variation on stenciling. Instead of painting directly through the whole template, the artist transfers an outline and then fills the design by hand. It is useful for larger repeating motifs and can produce more shading and variation than plain stenciling.
Process
How the technique works
- 1.A stencil or pattern establishes the outline.
- 2.The outline is transferred with pencil, charcoal or brush.
- 3.The template is removed and the artist paints inside the transferred shape by hand.
Field guide
What to look for in a church
- Repeated motifs with hand-painted shading
- Larger ornament than typical small stencil bands
- Small differences between nominally repeated designs
Documented examples
Churches connected to this technique
Source evidence
Why Texas Defined uses this definition
Technique definitions are grounded in a named decorative-painting source. Church relationships are a separate evidence claim and are withheld when a specific attribution is not strong enough.
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