In this post, I demonstrate the how I paint on silk to create breathtaking images of the life under the Caribbean Sea. The concept is first laid out as a line sketch on paper, then the silk is mounted onto the paper so that the wax resist can be hand traced after which the silk is then suspended in a stretcher frame to be painted.
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Line art composition on bleached kraft paper.
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Silk with hand drawn resist lines suspended in a stretcher frame.
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Silk being painted using water based silk paints applied with tiny Sumi pony hair brushes.
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MIRROR
The finished piece measures 30" x 40".
Silk painting demonstration.
Short video of batik silk painting.