Look at all those Cattle Dogs!
Do not ask me... I do not know how many, as whole bunch of the
is wandering all over the background.
It was fun (and long!) project to paint.
But now I'm finished.
Showing posts with label silk painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silk painting. Show all posts
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Another silk scarf.
Just a snap shot of my new work in progress -
one more what I do for my dear friend, Karen.
Karen owns a bunch of those adorable rascals,
called "Australian Cattle Dogs".
I love those guys (almost as much as my schnauzers).
This will be a scarf with portrait of her dogs.
Something special what she will not be able to get any other way...
Much more work to do and I enjoy this work.
Friday, August 14, 2015
"Koi Play", Crepe de Chine.
Another finished silk piece, this one is Crepe De Chine,
very different "canvas" to work on... but it was fun.
I will be holding another silk painting class later this fall.
Please feel free to contact
The Art Center
for more information.
for more information.
Monday, July 27, 2015
"Starry Night". Silk painting.
"Starry Night", 11 x 11",
Dupont silk dyes on Habotai silk.
Latest silk piece, made as demo for my students.
Double-steamed to preserve background effects. Enjoy!
Saturday, July 11, 2015
"English Garden", Silk Painting.
"English Garden", 11 x 11"
Dupont silk dyes on Habotai 8 mm silk.
Happy to share my first silk work done with those famous French dies...
I hear a lot about those basically main things was -
not to be compared to anything else...
Guess what?.. That is right! Love that stuff! Totally amazing possibilities.
Need to mention, being a primary pastel artist, I'm lazy when it comes
to color mixing... However I only bough a primary pallet of French dyes
to try those out... So it was whole brand-new experience for me.
Yes, it CAN BE done only with 3 colors, however I would add black to it.
Little reminder:
I'll be instructing silk painting class at
Mechanicsburg Art Center and Gallery.
You still have some time to sign up!
Thursday, July 2, 2015
"California Poppies", finished!
"California Poppies", 54 x 8"
Silk fabric, dyes.
Finished and steam silk painting.
It was a total joy to work with.
More will be coming.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Poppies in silk... almost finished!
One more update on my poppy painting...
The painting part is done. Tomorrow evening I'll steam it and then
it will be truly finished.
It will be one more update posted for this work, as it is nearly done...
Stay tuned!
Monday, June 29, 2015
More progress with those poppies!... Silk painting.
Last night I steamed my poppies, what set colors in
and now I have permanent underpainting.
I leaf along background and treated flowers with
flow-stopping agent. As soon it dried, I finished all details.
You can see the difference in blocked in side (on the right) vs
finished one (on the left). After second side will be finished,
this piece will be steamed one more time and my work with it will be done...
Probably will take me two more days. Stay tuned!
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Silk Poppies in progress.
Another update on my silk scarf with poppies.
Now it is all blocked in and ready for steaming.
I'm going to do second touch-up after that,
but mean while... keeping my fingers crossed
that steam will do good job...
More updates will be coming in a day or two.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Poppies on silk. Work in progress.
"California Poppies", dyes on silk.
One more painting in progress. Will post more as it goes.
Enjoying those reds on rainy day.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Two more silk pieces - finished!
Happy to share with You those two newly finished pieces -
Iris Garden motif - green version
and second reproduction of my "Spring Joy" design with schnauzers.
Same as my first one "Spring Joy II" already has an owner.
Irises are still available. Contact me about this one, if interested!
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
More silks in progress.
This week I'm working on two silk pieces at once.
One is actually sold already, even it is not yet finished.
Those are the same design I used before, but with some modifications.
I'm posting a fragment of one of those works. Tomorrow it is going to steamer,
as well as second piece, what is almost done.
Keeping my fingers crossed on both... hope they turn out beautifully!
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Silk Painting 101.
I will be offering Silk Painting class for beginners at The Art Center School and Galleries of Mechanicsburg.
Classes are starting at July. All supply will be provided by Instructor. Call to the Art School, reserve Your seat and let have some fun this summer! No experience necessary.
Classes are starting at July. All supply will be provided by Instructor. Call to the Art School, reserve Your seat and let have some fun this summer! No experience necessary.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
"Purple Irises", painting on silk.
Last night I finished my latest silk painting with purple Irises.
Still need to steam it one more time, but guess what?...
It will have to wait as today we managed to run out of propane!
If we will be lucky enough, we may have it delivered next week,
or I'll have to figure out something else...
Silk steaming is important, but so is making of food.
So we need that propane, of working hot plate,
or some other sort of kitchen solution.
Sooooo.... I can not fix those things at the moment, but I still can paint those!
Above - detail of Iris-painting on habotai.
Above - first stage of painting vs second stage.
You can clearly see the difference.
I think I enjoy working in two sessions to get the maximum
from my painting.
Hope You enjoy those!
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Purple Irises, Day 2.
Second day of me working on this scarf.
It is ready now for steaming session to set the colors.
Above - elements of painting.
Below - scarf on its stretcher frame.
I'm ready for more, but that will be tomorrow.
Monday, April 27, 2015
More silk paintings in progress.
Today got to work a bit more on my silks.
Finished my rose painting (below). Now it waiting to be steamed.
Spent some time working on design of purple irises
for another scarf. Made it work and even blocked whole thing to the silk.
Tomorrow - steaming of roses and finishing of blocking those irises.
Looking forward to it... Should be very exiting!
Friday, April 24, 2015
"Fire and Ice", work in project.
Last week was busy and I didn't work much on any of my art projects.
However, now I'm back to another silk painting.
I call it :"Fire and Ice", as it is going to be a portrait of white and red rose.
It is still in progress, about half-way done. I think I'm just going to frame this one.
Stay tuned!
Next week I'm going to post finished painting.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
"Spring Joy", update.
Posting updated painting of my latest art project...
Dyes are set, scarf is washed and ready to wear!
Time to enjoy!
If interested, You can order Yours, with possibility of customization!
Thursday, April 16, 2015
"Spring Joy". Silk painting.
My latest art project was another painting on silk.
I wanted to make something very different from just regular
"wall-hanging" piece of art, therefore I made it
to be wearable one.
I made one of my schnauzer-dog into my model
and added some bright tulips from the last spring photoshoot.
I love my dogs and I love my flowers!...
I combined both and got beautiful idea for this piece
what I called "Spring Joy".
This is a hand-painted with silk dyes one-of-a-kind scarf
decorated with spring blooms and pictures of dogs.
It is finished now and I only have to steam it in a day or two to set the colors.
I'm ready for the next project and ready for spring!
Saturday, April 4, 2015
"Pure Innocence", silk painting.
"Pure Innocence", 12 x 9",
Silk, dyes.
I wanted to try it for a while, but never did...
Last month I got bitten by creativity and finally purchased
modest set of American-made silk dyes and some fabric
to test it on... Plus of course some chemicals...
This is my #1 try out on silk painting.
Model for the "Innocence" was our Fox Terrier "Sasha",
who being a Fox Terrier is anything, but "innocent".
I enjoyed my painting session, no pressure of any sort,
just do it and let see what happens...
I still need to "fix" those dyes, so piece will be washable.
Didn't get a chance to do that yet.
Hopefully that will work out well....
Mean while I'm thinking of starting next piece.
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