Launching Norfolk Island Silk Painting Week with Teena Hughes 2016 — woohoo! Fantastic news! Registrations are now open for anyone who would like to fly from Brisbane to Norfolk Island for a week-long adventure where I teach silk painting over five days!
Well howdy doodee! Here we are at the end of August 2015 and I cannot believe how FAST the time is flying by!
I hope you’ve been dreaming of painting on silk — I know I have, and just imagining the beautiful colours and feelings I have when I’m painting makes me feel fabulous. I hope you do too :-)
Here is a small selection of photos in a Photo Gallery video — in some of the photos I am showing people how to paint on silk, in other photos the designs have been created by my gorgeously talented students in one of my How To Paint On Silk Workshops.
The absolute best silk for beginners:
Today I answer a question regarding painting on silk, mobility and health issues — our listener suffers fatigue (tiredness), less mobility for holding paintbrushes, and cannot sit or stand for long periods of time. I came up with a suggestion on how best to still be able to do silk painting for short chunks of time. Perhaps this might help you or someone you know.
I surround myself with colour every day, as I’m sure some of you do too — I’d love to ramble about the things which make my heart sing, as I paint on silk and make gorgeous designs.
In today’s podcast I answer two questions from people struggling with their silk painting and Gutta (the resist, a gum-based outlining produce to draw on the silk) pronounced as “Gootah”.
Got any suggestions, tips or questions you’d like to share?
Please send a message via the Comments field below, the Contact form, the Facebook page or the Voicemail button on the right side of the website. I look forward to hearing from you!
Today’s podcast is a question from Angie about experimenting with different types of resist (gutta) with her new Air Pen.
Got any suggestions, tips or questions you’d like to share?
Please send a message via the Comments field below, the Contact form, the Facebook page or the Voicemail button on the right side of the website. I look forward to hearing from you!
I’m testing out some more Podcast options and I think I’ve found one I like!
To test it out I’m using a previous Podcast interview with Lynne Taylor, so let me know if you have any feedback — I know Lynne’s audio isn’t very clear, but next I’ll know better how to ask my interviees which software to use. Fingers’ crossed!
Do you have any suggestions for this silk artist, or any questions? Please send a message via the Comments field below, the Contact form, the Facebook page or the Voicemail button on the right side of the website. I look forward to hearing from you!
Hello my happy silk artists and lovers of silk, thought I’d make a VERY fast video and just send a quick HELLOOOOO! It’s Sunday 7th April 2013, life a fabulous and full of joie de vivre (joy of life)!
Cheers,
Teena Hughes
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PS Silkworms — if you’re already on my mailing list, you will have received a special Coupon Code for a 50% OFF the price of my 6 Hour How To Paint On Silk Course – if you sign up, I hope you thoroughly enjoy learning tips and tricks about this wonderful amazing ancient art and technique. Enjoy!
Joann wrote to me and wanted to know whether to use paint our gutta / outliner to create black lines in her design.
This will depend on how WIDE the line needs to be; if it’s half an inch or 1.25cm wide, that’s way too much gutta (“gootah”) or outliner to put on the silk, so opt for paint in this case.
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Have you tried to do either of these? Did it work well for you? I’d love to hear your experience so we can all share and learn together — please post a comment below or leave a voicemail (button on the right side of the screen).