Flowers and Fabric

Different ways to paint on fabric...

Bouquet of Roses painted with pearl paint and acrylic.

With cut lady's finger dipped in paint. Just like painting with small blocks.

Remember the ones with cut beans I had posted here

Using small round brush with just a single stroke.

Using dots to emphasize.

By dipping on two colours and using it in a single stroke.

Painting with lines.

Using three colours.

Using flat brush to shade

Using stencil

With shapes

Separation of colours

Using coir pieces to shade the inside of the flowers and leaves

Hope this gives you an idea of the various ways one could paint on fabric.

Remember the fabric shouldnot be one that is to be starched.

After applying paint it has to dry atleast for 24 hours. To fix the paint onto the fabric, iron nicely on the reverse. Place a newspaper on the fabric so that the heat doesn't directly affect the fabric..which may not happen always. But thats safe for the paint.

Do try when time permits.

Nostalgic Blooms From The Past

Yesterday when I was rummaging through a pile of my ol stuff I came across these wonderful flowers I had created some 12 years back. These, my friends, are fabric paiting. I had actually cut this piece of cloth from my dad's uniform cloth...It was indeed my first attempt at painting on fabric. In the first picture you could see that the paint had spread a bit coz I wasn't sure on how much to dip water.

Different styles are shown here.

The first one here is done with a bean cut.  A bean cut into two and dipped in paint and dabbed on cloth.

Haven't painted on fabric for a very long time.  I should be doing that soon:)

More to follow...

Happy Blooming Tuesday!