Patent ID: 7347142

Claim:
A method for creating an artistic work on a lawn, comprising the steps of: (a) anchoring a first stencil to a lawn; (b) applying paint of a first color in a first desired pattern on the lawn by applying paint over a first pattern of one or more openings in the first lawn stencil; (c) anchoring a second stencil to the lawn; and (d) applying paint of a second color in a second desired pattern on the lawn by applying paint over a second pattern of one or more openings in the second lawn stencil; (e) wherein the pattern of one or more openings in each lawn stencil corresponds to one or more design elements of the artwork to be created on the lawn; and (f) wherein the step of anchoring the first lawn stencil to the lawn includes driving stakes into the lawn and extending the stakes through anchor openings of the first lawn stencil, at least one of the stakes including circumferential flanges extending in a parallel relation to one another and disposed orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the stake, the stake extending through an anchor opening of the first lawn stencil such that the first lawn stencil is retained between at least one of the circumferential flanges of the stake and the lawn.