I have an idea of two paintings I want to do using fabric paints and salt with some fabric dye. I will chart my progress for you to see how they develop. This may be of interest to students currently taking my Fabric Painting class at Quilt University.
The first picture is the enlarged drawing on the fabric I will use. Taking a picture and expanding it 10x is not hard for me to do. Some people need to use a projector which is fine. Some people take the picture to a printing company that can make the "cartoon" enlarged and ready for a light table. If you can draw it out yourself so be it.
Here is the fabric on the stretcher bars and held in place with silk clips. I love these things! Poking holes in fabric gives me the creeps; like nails on a chalkboard, especially when pinning down silk. These clips leave no mark and I like using them so much that I bought 5 bags of them. Dharma has them if you want to place your order. Good investment. I prop up my corners using upside down yogurt containers to make the whole thing higher. Even though it is on my high, slanted drafting table I still like my work closer to my face so I don't get a pain in my back or need to wear my glasses.
In this picture I am applying the first coat of fabric paint. Because I apply so many layers, I like to start with fairly bold, deep color and then lay down thinner layers of color as I go along.
About 10 minutes later this is how it looks....
Monday, February 18, 2008
Fabric painting start to finish-
...and about 1 hour into the first day of painting, I am going to stop and let this part dry. I want to think about the next pass and what I will be doing with the background so letting it "brew" for awhile is the way to go.
I'll show you more tomorrow. Happy painting everyone!
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3 comments:
What a spectacular beginning. The painting already has depth and the colors are lovely.
Do you have any trouble covering the darks when you start adding lights?
Do you ever begin a fabric painting on a colored ground rather than white? I am thinking that you use these paints much the same way I am learning to use pastels. The darks need to be well established before the lights can be developed.
I will keep watching the paintings development.
Thank you, Carolyn, for your nice comments about the painting so far.
I like to build up lots of layers with these paints so purposely putting down a dark and then coming back over it is something I like to do. Yes, it is hard to cover them once you have committed a dark portion to the fabric but not impossible to completely cover if you change your mind.
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