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1. Introduction : Did you know that you
can paint on silk? Silk is such a beautiful
luminous Canvas. Hello, I'm Linda. I've been painting on
silk for about 20 years. I started up painting on scarves because it's
art that you can wear. I have created many scarves
with florals, abstract, and geometric
designs that I have sold at art fairs
and on my website, I went on to create
other wearable art such as ponchos and Kim
mono style tops. I also have put my art
on lamps and pillows. I used a no flow technique
on some of those items. Usually a resist is used to keep the dye inside
are drawn object. I will teach you an easy technique that eliminates the need
for the resist. You will learn to paint
a scarf in the colors of your choice using an
inexpensive NetFlow product. In this class, you
will paint a scarf that you can wear with your
favorite shirt or sweater. Scarves also make awesome gifts. I will lead you through
putting together a simple and
inexpensive frame to painting two designs where no
drawing skills are needed. You may want to buy two scarves, but this is optional. This class is for people who are new to sell painting and for silt painters who haven't
tried to no flow technique. I've designed this class
to be fun and stress-free. So let's get started.
2. The Project : In this class, you will paint a scarf and the colors
of your choice. When you are finished
with this class, you will have art that you can where there are many different. So painting techniques. For this class, I
decided to teach you a no flow
technique that simple. I came up with this idea of when I was in production mode, creating many products to
sell at art festivals. Details, scarfs are beautiful, but take a lot of
time to complete. I experimented with an
inexpensive no flow product. To come up with the
quakes scarf painting, I'll show you a frame
that's easy to put together that holds
the scarf YOU painted. Our provides you with illustrations that you
trace on your scarf. I'll show you how you can
paint the whole scarf with one color by creating
different color values. E.g. brown, sienna is a warm, dark brown when it's undiluted. If you dilute it, you can get a peach
color out of it. Or you can buy several of
Jakarta beautiful dye colors. The first thing you
need to buy is a scarf. There's a list of where
you can buy the supplies. Check under resources. If you have any questions about anything in the
class, please ask. Under discussions. Please post photos of your finished scarf
in the projects. I'd love to see them.
3. Art Supplies: Hey, let me tell you about the supplies you're going to
need for this scarf project. Of course, you're going
to need a wide scarf. This scarf is a mommy habitat. The eight mommy refers to
the weight of the silk. I recommend you buy a 54 inch long or somebody
inch long scar for this. Actually, this scarf is
only about 52 " long. And I think that's because
of when they make the hymn, you lose a couple
of interests there. You'll need a frame to suspend
the scarf off the table. I make a frame out of PCP pipe. And you're going to
need two lengths, long length, the length
of your scarf plus 2 ". And then the width
of your scarf. You're going to need
two legs for it. And my scarf is 8 " wide, so these two ends are 10 " wide. Then to put it all together, we've got some corner
couplers here. These have three openings
and they fit in. So these poles are
347 inch in diameter. So that's what you want
your couplers to be. Also, at most of
the big box stores, they will cut it for you. You will need some
sharp straight pins. These are labeled as ultrafine and 1 " wide masking
tape or painter's tape. A ruler. Scissors are also on the list. In this project, we will be using a no flow product
to control the dyes. And this is it, this is magic sizing. You'll love the price of this. It's only $1.99. You'll also need to have
some paper towels and a small jar and a
hair blow dryer. And I prefer using the
diffuser attachment to it. So it doesn't blow away. But it is optional. And also you'll need a pencil to trace over one
of the designs. You can use a number two or
number three regular pencil. And I also use a pencil called generals sketch
and Warsh pencil. But a regular pencil
will be fine. So we're going to be using
two cards, cell dies. And these come in many, many colors that you
get to choose from. You need to buy the
green labeled die. I will show you how many
different values are colors you can get from
one bottle of dye. You will need a set of
measuring spoons to measure out the dye and sizing. You could use a palette like
this to put your dies in. I like to use small
plastic containers with a lid like this. The lid helps to keep
the die from drying out. I use watercolor brushes,
painting and silk. These are black velvet brushes. They're good quality brushes. I will be using size 108.2. You will need some Jaccard's
dissect concentrate to set the dyes on your scarf. For one scarf you'll be using
two tablespoons of this. Iron is needed to press out the wrinkles in your
scarf after you wash it. And this is an iron
cleaner in case you find black or brown
spots on your iron. You don't want that underscore. A spray bottle in case you
don't have a sprayer on your iron and cotton swabs in case you need to
wipe up excess dye. This doesn't happen too much. Sometimes I use this plastic
container for setting the die of the scarf or you
could use your bathroom sink. You will also need
a measuring cup. That's it. Now go order your scarf
so you can paint.
4. Preparing the Scarf: The first thing
you need to do to your silk scarf is to wash it in some room temperature to slightly warm water and use
a couple of drops of soap. I used this soap. But you really need to limit
the soap because otherwise it can be very difficult to get the soap out of your silk scarf. Asked me how I know. So leave it in this
for about 25 min. When you take our
wire, it, twist it. Then I put it on my
hanger like this and make sure that you're
spread out the scarf because the word spread out the less wrinkles
you'll have. And then I just hang it in
my shower to let it dry. This is a pretty thin scarf, so it will dry pretty quickly. Probably about 20 to 30 min. This scarf is very
wrinkled because it wasn't spread out on the hanger
while it was drawing. Use the silt setting on your
iron and the steam setting. If you don't see a silk setting, set it once setting lower than keep moving the
iron around on the spot. A little water from
a spray bottle or the iron will help get out
those persistent wrinkles. The iron can get
brown or black spots on it from the
minerals in the water. If you see these used the iron cleaner that I showed
you in the art supplies. I've sometimes had rusty water come out when the iron heats up. So it's a good idea to let some steam come out
before starting to iron. Just keep moving the iron down the scarf until you
get to the end.
5. Pinning Scarf to Frame: This is how you put together
the PCP pipe frame. The corner couplers, keep
this scarf elevated up from the table. Pretty easy. The right side of the
scarf should be showing on the top when it's
pen to the frame. The ham is layered on the
underside of the scarf. Pin all four corners
of the scarf in first. First measure out 4.5 "
for each piece of tape. Turn under each end of the tape. The tape goes on the
underside of the scarf. Try to get both
corners of the scarf. And it can be a little tricky. For the rest of the frame used for inch long strips of takes. It's good to have
a few ready to go. Measure out 3 " from
the end of the scarf. This is where you pan in the
first tape to the scarf. Try to pin the tape through
the hammer of the scarf. Then measure 3 " in-between each tape pin to the
scarf on that side. When you go to the other side, the tape needs to be
closer to the end to offset the space on the
other side of the scarf. Then measure over 3 " to place the tape where it
will be in-between. The tapes are placed
on the other side. This balance is the
tension in the scarf. Then continue to measure 3 " in-between all the tapes
that you pan to the scarf.
6. Spraying on Magic Sizing : Before we can paint
on this silk, we need to spray on
the no flow product, which is magic sizing. This is not a starch, it's lighter than a starch. Before I start, I need to
point out some tips for you. You need to hold the cam
about 15 " from the scarf. And you need to hold it at about a 45-degree angle to the scarf. And what you're gonna be doing, you want to visually break up your scarf into
about four sections. So I'm gonna be spraying from
here to about right here. Starting out. Hey, i'm, I'm going to move
the can back-and-forth like this so that we
cover all the areas. If I just spray it like this, we might miss something. I'm going to start
out here for you. This is coming up really, really, really, really foamy. Alright. So now we need to look into, look at your scarf. And do you see any puddles? Can you see where
it kinda puddles? So if we have a little bit
too much in some areas, and then also you probably can
see some of the foam here. So I need to take some off. So I'm going to take
the paper towel and put it against
the edge here. And if this edge is getting wet, then I can just turn it around
and use the other edge. I'm going to start over
here and slowly move. And then move down the line. Still water right there. After you spray, it may start
sinking and that's when you need to go back and pull
on some of the tabs, but pull on both sides. So they're both even. I'm still seeing a little bit more than I want right here. I'm going to pull this back. And down here. This end down here, still has a little bit too much. You just want to take
it over lightly. You don't want it to come
in and push down on it and dry it off. Now, what may happen is
that you may look at it and it looks like maybe you missed a spot or two somewhere. Now what you wanna do for that, you want to come back in
with a very short spurt. Just go all the way
down and then back up. I see something right here too. It's very dry right there. So just very short spurt pushed down on the nozzle
and right back up again. Alright. But that left some foam. Little bit too much. So let's go back over
that. How's it looking? I see a dry spot right there. I didn't see before. Okay. Yes. The frame should be flat down. I'm just picking it up to see
where it's at. Right here. I miss any others
maybe right there. See some extra here. It's pulling up quite a bit. Alright, so then from there
you'll go on to spray femur. Few more sections down the line. Okay, next I want
to teach you how to dry the sizing on the scarf. Now you want to make
sure that you're not going straight down
like this because it will push away the sizing in that area and we want the
sizing to dry evenly. So what we're gonna do
is we're going to have the hairdryer at an
angle like this, and you're going to keep it
moving around your scarf. Okay, so just continue down, all the way down your scarf
until you have it all dry. It needs to be bone-dry
in order to start. Okay.
7. Tracing the Illustrations: Now we need to trace over the illustration so
you can paint it. First, makes sure that the design is centered
on the scarf. So you have a
little bit of space on each side in order
to tape these together. Lift up the paper and put half
of the tape on the paper, have on the scarf. Another option to keep the design with the
scarf is to use sharp, straight pins, pin, paper and scarf
together on this side, going through the
ham if you can. What really helps in
tracing is that I place a book under the frame and
scarf when I'm drawing on it, it will give the scarf some support when it
gets pushed down. With just a few places
where it's attached, I feel that the
illustration is secure. I'm using the general sketch and wash pencil to trace
over the illustration. You can use other pencils. Just use a very light touch. It's best to trace
as light as you can so it doesn't show
through the paint. I'm starting on the circle. You'll notice that my
tracing is rather dark. I'm doing this so you
can see what I'm doing. And the camera can pick it up. Use short strokes to
draw around the circle. I'm using my fingers to
keep the silk smooth. Even though the silk
is suspended wet the tape silk is soft
and may move slightly. Short strokes around the
swirls work best for me. I will continue to trace the
swirls and you can watch me.
8. Mixing the dye: Now we need to mix up our
dyes and a no flow technique, no water is used. It would wash away the sizing, which is the outflow product. Here is an example of the difference in using
a no flow product. There was no sizing
used where they're fat lines on the
right side or painted sizing with sprite
on the area on the left side where the smoother skinnier
lines were painted. So grab a jar or small plastic container to spray the magic sizing into it. It might help to
hold the jar price so you can spray like this. Sometimes when you're
going down like this, doesn't come out as well. Can you see this red
line right here? You need to make
sure the nozzle is pointing straight at it. To get a good spray. I'm using scarlet red dye. It is possible to get many different values
from the same dye color. These are all the values
that I got just from. Scarlet red. Value refers to how
dark or light color is. Your darkest value
di needs to be mixed with at least a
one-to-one ratio. That means if I was using
a half a teaspoon of dye, then I would put a half a
teaspoon of liquid sizing. For lighter tints. We add more magic sizing. I'm mixing up some dye
and liquid magic sizing at a one to four ratio for
painting some flowers. Stirrup the liquid magic sizing before mixing
it with the dye. Measure out the sizing first for one half,
teaspoons full. This way the dye on the
spoon doesn't contaminate the sizing and pour out
one half a teaspoon of dy. It doesn't take very much
tied to paint a few flowers. So makes up just a
little at a time. So you don't have wasted die. These are the two
illustrations that we will be using on the scarf. I'm painting a
monotones to show you all the variety that you
can get from one color. I'm also thinking of having scarves that match
certain clothes. If you would like to paint
the stems and leaves, green and the flowers, all different colors go for it. This is where you make your
own creative decisions. I showed you how to mix the die with the liquid magic sizing. Here are the mixtures that I will be using for this scarf, for stems and leaves. 123, tulip style flower wonder for swirled
lines one-to-one. The dots just used
one-fourth a teaspoon for these and add just one
drop of black to this. And the multi petal
flower is one-twelfth. This will make a pink color.
9. Painting the Flowers : I'm going to be painting
the flower on this side, and I'm back to using
the tip brush and the paint as a ratio
of one to four. The first petal is
the center petals. I start by making a C curve and adding
width with my brush. Then finishing it off with a curve to create
a teardrop shape. I'm using the tip
of my brush to make an outward current
line that comes close to the other petals,
but doesn't touch it. Then paint alongside it to widen it and finish it off
with the cleansing line. Go back with the tip of
your brush and paint a teardrop pedal that
overlaps the central pedal. Then go back and fill it in and make a pedal
between these two petals. I start with the point of my brush to outline
and other pedal. This pedal will overlap the two pedals on
either side of it. Fill it in with the side
of your brush and the tip. Using the tip of the brush, paint a thin line to smooth
out the bottom of the flower. Make another petal that
overlaps the far right pedal. Using the tip of your brush,
drawing inward curve, go to the tip and drawn inward, dip and then curve outward. This is like the pedal
to the far left. Then fill it in with the brush. Paints his gym using
a size eight brush, using the one to three
ratio of the dye. Start at the bottom of the stem and follow the curved line
upwards to the flower. Pushing down on the
lower part of the brush. Oops, it looks like
we need some more dy. I'll go back in and
paint over the line. I'm using the tip
of my brush to make curved lines from the bottom
of the flower to the stem. Then we've got the
curve down here. Using the tip of my
brush, I outline it. And then pushing
down on the tip, I paint in the curve. Remember to wipe off excess dye when you put
your brush in the die. Hey, from the wet area out, leaves our next touch, the tip of the breast and silk. Then as you move it towards this **** push the
brush down and then come back and smooth off the edge with the
tip of your brush. That's a good idea
to start painting on the far side of the
stem so that you don't get paint on your arm and continue making lees. Same way we made the first one.
10. Painting the Swirls: I'm using this size ten brush to paint this circle and swirls. I have found that in painting all these curves that
I have more control. If I use the tip of the brush, I'm using short strokes
on this circle. When you stop and
then start painting, go back a little into
the stroke where you ended and start
painting from there. This will give you
a smoother line. I'm smoothing out the
edges of the circle by painting on the outer
edge of the painted line. Just move an area
that looks indented. Start on an area that is smooth, and move the brush
along the line towards it and go
over that spot. For painting, it's
essential to have the scarf tight without any
sags in the fabric. If you see this in the fabric, stop and pull the tapes
tighter on both sides. As an alternative to painting. The circle freehand, you could use a lid to paint around
it with your brush. This lead has a 3 " diameter. This is your choice to make. I'm still using the
tip of the brush and short strokes
around the swirls. Take your time painting
around the swirls. I sometimes stop to
re-form the point in the tip of my brush
with my fingers. Yes, This gets die
on my fingers. Just use a paper towel
to dry off your hand. This dye does not penetrate the skin and it will wash
out with soap and water. I'm going back with the brush
to smooth out the line. I am painting on the edge
of recently painted line. Here. I am holding
onto the scarf to keep it taught for
repainting the line. You can make the lines as
thin or thick as you wish. I kept this second swirl skinny as it's in
a limited space. I painted this swirl
on the top edge of the scarf before the other two, so I wouldn't get
them messed up. The line leading to
the last worlds, I push down a little on
the tip of the brush. As I move the brush. Next, we'll paint the
flower in the circle. I'm using the one
to 12 ratio dy. So this is a pink. To create these petals, I place the tip of the brush and the center of the circle, then pull it back to the
edge of the circle where I push down and flatten
the base of the brush. Then I go back to round out the pedal using the
tip of the brush. I will make it
thicker if needed. If your petals are
skinny like this one, you may need a little
more dye on your brush. You can see how the tip of
your brush gives you control. Continue around the circle,
creating more petals. Use a darker if die to create a small circle in the
center of the flower. A smaller brush is
recommended here. I used the number two brush to make these dots along
this world line. Have fat.
11. Fixing the Dyes: Now to set the dyes
on your scarf, you're going to need some Jaccard's permanent
dissect concentrate. I'm one of the things
I want to point out is that you need to have your scarf sitting for at least 24 h after you
finished painting it, before you set the dice in this, it's important to have a ratio between the die
set in the water, which is you should have two tablespoons of dye set
to one gallon of water. I'm just using one
gallon of water. I measured out using a
two cup measuring cup. And it takes eight pints
to make one gallon. And there is a conversion
chart in this video. So I'm measuring out
two tablespoons here. When it throughout
the container. I'm going to choose dirt around. This water is just
cold tap water. Here comes the score. To put it in, push it down. This needs to be
in here for 1 min. And I liked to be moving
it around so that all the scarf is being touched by the die
set in order combination. Push it down. Okay, It's been about a
minute so I can take it out and gently squeeze it out. Squeeze out the water. After this, then you
need to rinse it out and just plain cold water
and let it dry. And then I run it.
12. Final Thoughts: You've made it to the
end of the class. I'm so happy that
you've found my class. Thank you for watching. You should have a scarf
now that looks like this. Or perhaps like this or
whatever color you chose, please post a photo of your
scarf to the project section. And if you enjoyed this class, please leave a positive review. Tell me what you liked and what could be better for
your learning needs. This is my first-class. I love introducing
people to stop painting. The good thing about this
class is that you get lots of practice on
the illustrations. I think the most important
thing to remember about this technique is to remove
excess dye from your brush. If you would like to see
more salt painting classes, click the follow button under
the title of this class. You can also follow me on
Instagram and Facebook. I'm on both platforms as Linda mayor creations post your scarf on
Instagram and tag me. And I can also share your
scarf post with my followers. See, yeah.
Linda Mayer
