I took a short silk painting workshop in Puerto Vallarta with a woman named Carol Anne, who owns the http://www.oopsperfect.com art studio.
Besides loving her to bits, I loved taking her course.
1. One starts with a long, hemmed oblong piece of white silk. Draw on the silk with a water soluble dressmaker’s pen.
2. Cover the lines with a dye resistant, thick liquid called gutta. The gutta remains on the silk, and it comes in a wide variety of colours. Let dry.
3. Brush in your colours of dye carefully between the lines letting the dye run up to the resist.
4. Let dry. Wash. Iron.
Silk scarf painting
16 Thursday Feb 2012
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