First scarves are exciting, but they can also be frustrating. Resist may drip, or even explode, accidentally onto fabric. Your hands may cramp and tire from squeezing resist out of bottles. Dye sneaks past resist barriers, infiltrating areas you intended for a different color. It's here the materials just might trick you into giving up.
But silk painting is also an engaging, rewarding process. In fact, it can even be meditative, particularly while touching dye to silk, watching the flow of color as it spreads across the fabric. And the best part? Pulling scarves out of the steamer and seeing the final, vivid product.
Here are four first scarves from participants in a 3-day workshop I recently taught at The Drawing Studio in Tucson. These works are diverse in style, from the delicate to the bold, and reveal just how rewarding all those frustrating hours can be. Congratulations team!
But silk painting is also an engaging, rewarding process. In fact, it can even be meditative, particularly while touching dye to silk, watching the flow of color as it spreads across the fabric. And the best part? Pulling scarves out of the steamer and seeing the final, vivid product.
Here are four first scarves from participants in a 3-day workshop I recently taught at The Drawing Studio in Tucson. These works are diverse in style, from the delicate to the bold, and reveal just how rewarding all those frustrating hours can be. Congratulations team!
Saguaros and barrel cacti, iconic plants of the Sonoran Desert. A touch of coarse salt was used to create patterns in the sky.
This tryptic silk painting of a cicada was mounted onto mini canvases using Liquitex matte medium. The artist then used white acrylic ink to make the image crisp.Cicadas are a common Sonoran Desert insect. Their drone fills the summer air.
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