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Calendar of Events

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Calendar of events for silk painting with Teena HughesTeena’s Upcoming Calendar of Events

Oct, Nov, Dec 2012

Silk Painting Workshops are now available in Melbourne, Australia! Woohoo!

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Paris, France – ooh la la!

The June/July trip to Paris was absolutely fantastic! If you’d like to join me next year in late July/August, that’d be fantastic!

2012 – June & July

Paris, France!

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  1. Textile Retreat – Learn to Paint on Silk in Paris
  2. One Day Silk Painting Workshops in Paris
  3. One Day Textile Tasters (no painting) in Paris
Questions? Post a Comment below – I’d love to chat to you about Paris :-)

Free Silk Painting Video Tutorials 002

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Silk painting video tutorials with Teena Hughes of HowToPaintOnSilk.comI love making silk painting video tutorials to share with you – I do hope you enjoy them! You can also view more on Free Silk Painting Video Tutorials 001 >>

CLICK A SMALL VIDEO IMAGE and it will jump to the top of the page, and start playing.  Under each thumbnail image below is a number – this shows how many minutes the silk painting video tutorials run for, so you can work out if you have time to watch now or later :-)

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If you’ve enjoyed my silk painting video tutorials, please do write me a comment below – I love to hear from others who like to paint on silk :-)

Free Silk Painting Video Tutorials 001

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Free silk painting video tutorials with Teena HughesI’m so excited to be able to share my silk painting video tutorials with you – I do hope you enjoy them! You can view more on Free Silk Painting Video Tutorials 002 >>

CLICK A SMALL VIDEO IMAGE and it will jump to the top of the page, and start playing.  Under each thumbnail image below is a number – this shows how many minutes the silk painting video tutorials run for, so you can work out if you have time to watch now or later :-)

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If you’ve enjoyed my silk painting video tutorials, please do write me a comment below – I love to hear from others who like to paint on silk :-)

Video Tutorials

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Watch my free Video Tutorials

Free Video Tutorials for silk paintingOver the past few years I’ve created all kinds of video tutorials for different elements of silk painting, and I’ve uploaded them to Youtube and other sites.  I believe that sharing information for free is something which we can all do, and I’m pleased to have received so many comments from delightful people around the world. If you’re one of them, “Thank you!!!”

On these two pages you can see the videos I’ve created:

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  1. Video Tutorials #001 >>
  2. Video Tutorials #002 >>
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Can’t see the links? Not a Free Member yet? It’s very quick and easy to join:

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How to Create a Heart for your Silk Painting

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How to create a heart for silk painting - use as a templateI’ve created a very short video tutorial to show you how to create a heart for your silk painting projects.

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Video not working? You can also view on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-nu-I2sFrg

In the video I show how to use a triangle shape and a circle or two semi-circle shapes to create a heart. Sketch onto paper or cardboard, cut it out, and then use it as a template for your silk painting projects:

  • create several hearts in different sizes
  • create some hearts wider or longer than others, for variety
  • paint them in different shades of the same colour, or in different colours
  • use for Valentine’s Day, Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Babies, and special occasions of all kinds.

I’d like share a Silk Painting question I’ve received from a few people …

Q: “I’ve never painted on silk before – is it really possible to learn from videos?”
A: My answer is, “Yes! You can definitely learn from videos!”.
I believe that this is a marvellous way to learn, and it actually has many benefits over a classroom situation:

  • in a classroom, you are one of 8 or 10 people vying for the teacher’s attention; with a video, you can pause and play as many times as you like, until you get it right
  • in a classroom, you generally need to take your own notes while the teacher is talking; with a video, you receive documents to download which include lists of products, step-by-step instructions, checklists etc
  • in a classroom, you have a set time-frame in which to learn, paint, test the techniques, pack up; with a video, you can take as long as you like, and paint in your pyjamas or in a sarong – at midnight, dawn, 5pm – whatever time suits you.

You can go back to your videos/DVD as many times as you like and HEAR the instructions as well as watching them again; in a classroom you don’t have this luxury, if you miss what’s been said, the time has passed.

Next email!!

Stay tuned for my next free lesson on painting on silk! If you have a question or comment, please fill in the form below, or use one of your preferred places to post messages – I’d love to hear from you! Here are some of the other ways to connect with me:

Cheers
Teena

UPDATE on the Early Bird Silk Painting DVD

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“When will the first Silk Painting DVD be ready???”

After many “challenges” between types of internet/online technologies, testing different types of DVDs, trialling different types of video formats (and a whole host of other things too long to list), I have finally been able to order a “sample” of my very first silk painting DVD – I’m so excited!

It should arrive within about a week (they’re shipped from the USA), so as soon as I see it, test it and give my approval, the complete Home Study Course Silk Painting DVD will be available online. Great news – woohoo!!

Here’s a sneak peek of my “artist’s impression” of inside the open sample DVD case:

Silk Painting DVD case opened up
Wow – those colours on the demo DVD really POP! :-)

I’ll let you know as soon as the DVD is available – not much longer now!

What’s the difference between Red Label and Green Label Jacquard silk dyes?

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Have you been using Red Label and/or Green Label Jacquard silk dyes?

Wondering what the difference is?

Here’s the scoop straight from the horse’s mouth about Jacquard silk dyes, how to use them, who uses them, and what the results might be.

Dye name Beginners Professional
Silk Artists		 Steam-set Fixative bath Remains soft
Green Label Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Red Label No Yes Yes No Yes

Green Label Jacquard Silk Dyes for silk paintingJacquard Green Label Silk Dyes

  • beautiful result
  • end result is somewhat more toned downed due to the fixative bath method
  • better results can be achieved by steam-setting instead of fixative bath.

Jacquard Red Label Silk Dyes

  • are fantastic for brilliance and depth of color
  • for the serious fiber artist, used by professional silk painters
  • predictable, hardy dye yielding deep shades of colour, continuous tones, pure primaries and beautiful transparencies
  • MUST BE STEAM-SET.

Red Label Jacquard Silk Dyes for silk paintingBoth of the dyes are also easy to blend and to dilute to pastels and ‘washes’.

The Green Label is fixed using the Permanent Dyeset Concentrate and this method of fixing is very easy and leaves the silk with no hand at all.
The Red Label is fixed with steam – using some sort of steam chamber. This method gives brilliant color and no “hand” (silk remains soft), but for some folk the learning curve is intimidating.

Jacquard’s website says:

Liquid dyes for silk painting—these easy to use dyes, produce rich, transparent colors that allow the translucent nature of the fabric to shine through. All 20 colors may be blended to produce an infinite range of vivid colors that flow freely on silk.

Silk Colors are true dyes, not thinned pigments, so they do not stiffen the silk or cover the luster. All 20 colors may be blended together into an infinite range of vivid colors or diluted with water for pastels. These simple to use dyes are lightfast, odorless, non-toxic, contain no alcohol and can be hand washed or dry-cleaned.

Green Label Silk Colors can be set in one of two ways—by immersion in our Permanent Dyeset Concentrate mixed with water or by steaming. The Dyeset Concentrate method takes 5 minutes, produces excellent colors and couldn’t be easier. But for the absolute best colors these dyes should be steam set.

This predictable dye yields deep shades, continuous tones, pure primaries and beautiful transparencies. Geared towards professional artists and productions studios, you can put this dye through its paces and it will perform. Ideal for traditional silk painting or painting on cottons and rayon it is also used in many specialty applications utilizing discharges, chemical resist, printing and diffusion techniques.

Red Label colors are modified reactive dyes concentrated for economy—they are twice the concentration of our Green Label Silk Colors. Red Label silk colors are set by steaming.

 

Learn How To Paint On Silk

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Hi there! My name is Teena Hughes and I want to help you learn this amazing, wonderful, fabulous ancient skill which I’ve loved for many years!

Are you ready??? I hope so!! :-)

Learn how to paint on silk - a student in the Teena Hughes silk painting course

Above: A student learning how to paint on silk with Teena Hughes

 

Video: Learn How To Paint On Silk

In this quick video I walk you through each of the six Modules, I show you the videos, PDFs and Checklist downloads, as well as the Questions & Answers videos. I like to know upfront what I’m getting, so I thought you might too – click the video to start it playing, click it again to stop it:

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Got any questions or comments? Post them below and I’ll get back to you a.s.a.p.

Hope to see you on the inside when you decide to join me to learn How To Paint On Silk!

How To Paint On Silk Course:

Cheers
Teena