I got a call from Penelope recently who was rather stressed out that her dyes kept flowing OVER the gutta lines, so I shared three possibilities with her for when this might happen:
The absolute best silk for beginners:
If you’re starting to learn about silk painting, you will be hearing or seeing the word “gutta” (which is pronounced “gootah”). It’s on of the traditional products used for thousands of years and was originally made by collecting the sap from specific trees, then turning it into a liquid form which could be squeezed through nibs attached to plastic squeeze bottles.
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Ciao ciao!
Teena
In case you missed my latest news, I’ve recently moved to Melbourne and am still getting organised in my new apartment :-)
Please click the video below to watch my silk tips video – and don’t forget your DISCOUNTS shown below the video – woohoo!:
View on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew25Fju3__I
How are you? Have you been painting on silk or being creative since my last email? I’d love to know which projects you’re working on – if you’d like to share some photos, I’d love to put them on the website so others can share as well; that’d be fabulous! I’m settling in nicely in my new Silk Studio – I’ll post some photos soon, I promise:-)
I’ve created a very short video tutorial to show you how to create a heart for your silk painting projects.
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:
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:
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.
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
I’m so thrilled that my Online Silk Painting Course has been so well accepted by the first batch of students from around the world! Here is one Student’s silk piece:
We’ve had so much fun getting to know each other, and to watch my students explore, learn and create over these past weeks has been such an honour and a joy – I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been to see some of their handpainted silk results!