Tag: HOW TO PAINT
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Make Batik Wax
By Rain Blanken Batik is a beautiful method of dying that can produce large abstract designs or intricate pictures that tell a story. Learn how to mix your batik wax so that you’ll get the batik look you want. There are a two kinds of wax traditionally used: Beeswax Paraffin wax (as used in most candles) […]
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Soy Batik Wax
By Rain Blanken Microwaveable soy wax is changing the way many crafters do batik. Soy wax is becoming more common among dye enthusiasts because it’s so much easier to work with than the traditional paraffin and beeswax mix. Here are some of the truths behind soy wax and how to use it in your batik projects.Why Use Soy […]
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Painting on Colored Grounds
By Marion Boddy-Evans Blame mass production for your inevitably being faced by the often-intimidating, bright white ground of a new canvas. It’s easier and cheaper to produce canvas primed in white, which artists can then color themselves, than to sell canvas primed in various colors. (Think about how many colors pastel paper comes in!) Unfortunately this means many people […]
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Review of Pebeo Setacolor Fabric Paint
By Lesley Shepherd The Bottom Line Pebeo’s Setacolor fabric paints are a range of 40 colors that can be mixed together and painted or screened onto natural and man made fabrics. They thin and clean up with water and can be heat set in an oven, with a hair dryer, or an iron. After setting, the […]
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Is There a Medium for Acrylic Paints that Makes it Suitable for Silk Painting?
By Marion Boddy-Evans The stiff but pliable, normal acrylic medium used in most of our paints and mediums is often too stiff for comfortable use on wearables. And, as any artist knows, once you get some acrylic paint on a fabric, it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. But as it gets laundered the aggressive action of […]
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Fabric Stamping or Fabric Printing: An Alternative to Fabric Painting
So you don’t fabric paint because you say you can’t paint? Have you ever tried fabric stamping or fabric printing instead? The daisy shown in the photo was created with only four elements — a circle and a petal-shape stamp (cut from plastic erasers), a real leaf from the garden, and a toy wheel for […]
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How Do I Heat Set Fabric Paint with an Iron?
By Marion Boddy-Evans Fabric paints need to be heat set if they’re painted on something that’s going to be washed. The process is the same asironing a garment, except you’ll iron an area for longer than you would to iron out creases, and you shouldn’t use any steam. Set the iron on a medium to hot […]
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Readers Respond: How Long Does It Take You to Complete a Painting?
Why Ask? Give anyone who asks this, the answer that Whistler gave to someone when asked how long it took to do his “Nocturne in Blue and Gold”. He said, “It has taken me a lifetime to get to where I can even begin to do this”. —Guest Flora Ideas Progress as Art Does I […]
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Tips on Painting Ideas
By Marion Boddy-Evans I think one of the most important things to do is keep receptive to ideas. Open your mind so you visualize compositions. You have to always be thinking about painting. I see something and say how can I paint this? If you only copy from a photo eventually that’s all you will be […]
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Bubble Prints
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Bubble prints are like fingerprints, except made with bubbles. You can make bubble prints and learn about how bubbles are shaped and how pigments combine to make different colors. Bubble Print Materials Bubble prints are made by coloring bubble solution, blowing bubbles, and pressing paper onto the bubbles. You need brightly-colored […]
