Silk painting cannot be called an ordinary hobby, since in addition to desire, it also requires artistic taste and the ability to draw. But many people often overestimate the complexity of painting on silk. Yes, certain skills in working with silk are needed, but this does not require super complex equipment. In addition, silk provides endless possibilities for color mixing and visual effects, and its shine makes the painting truly alive. On silk you can paint not only a landscape or abstraction, but also a stylized scroll painting in chinese style, paint a scarf, shawl or decorative pillowcase. Silk painting is very popular among children.

The art of silk making was discovered in Ancient China more than five thousand years ago, long before the invention of paper, and quickly spread throughout Asia. In the Middle Kingdom, fabric was used as the main medium in painting and writing and free painting on silk was more often practiced, while in India the hot batik method was used, when the lines of the design were outlined using wax, which prevented the paints from spreading and mixing. Silk allows colors to remain vibrant for much longer than other fabrics or paper. At the turn of the millennium technique
silk painting came to Indonesia, where batik flourished the most. At the end of the 19th century it was opened cold method batik: the juice of a tropical plant, which had the properties of rubber, was used as a reserve composition. The juice of the plant (gutta) is still used in cold batik, although there are reserves of other compositions. The secret of silk painting only leaked to Europe at the beginning of the 20th century thanks to Russian emigrants. Already in the 20s, hand-painted silk became the favorite material of Parisian couturiers.

So, what will you need for your first experiments in silk painting? Of course, the silk itself. There are many types of silk; it is best to opt for a smooth, thin fabric white. Silk should be pre-washed and ironed, as the fabric tends to shrink.

There are special paints for painting on silk. Paints are divided into different kinds according to the method of fixation: steam, a special solution, a hot iron and long-term drying. For beginners, we recommend focusing on the last two types. All paints are dissolved with water and mixed in the same way as when drawing on paper, you can get a watercolor effect.
The reserve composition (reserve) can be transparent and multi-colored. It is sold in bottles with convenient attachments that allow you to freely apply a drawing in a continuous line. For beginners, it is better to use a 0.5 mm nozzle. Some types of compounds are completely washed off when washed (only transparent ones), and some leave a rubberized mark, it’s better

Consult the seller. There are kits on sale for beginners (from 500 rubles), which include 5-9 colors of water-soluble paints for painting on silk and a reserve; for your first experiments, you can buy silk with the outline of the design already applied.

The silk for painting must be stretched tightly, so you will need a wooden frame to work with, you can try with a large embroidery hoop to start with. The silk must be stretched tightly (like a drum) and evenly - this plays an important role for even and clear application of the pattern. It’s not difficult to make a frame yourself (from soft wood), you can also buy a special frame for batik in a store; frames with adjustable sizes are very convenient. The silk is secured using buttons, nails, pins (for painting finished products) or special clips. It is better to stretch silk when it is wet - as it dries, the tension becomes even greater.

Choose brushes for painting on silk that are round and have a sharp tip. Ideally, brushes are made of marten and squirrel fur - the paint does not drip or splash from them. For fancy stains and priming the background, wide sponge brushes are used.

The preparatory phase takes the most time, but only for the first time. Silk is painted very quickly, so everything you need should be at hand. If you are not confident in the accuracy of your hand, practice on paper first, as silk does not tolerate corrections.

So, let's start painting. For your first acquaintance with silk, try free-form silk painting. To make the colors spread less, you can pre-soak the silk in a 20% salt solution, dry it and iron it, but this is not necessary. You can start with abstract color spots or stripes that completely cover the surface of the fabric (scarf, shawl), this process takes a little more than one minute. Using ordinary table salt you can achieve original effects on silk. Salt has the property of attracting water, and with it paint, so you need to sprinkle the silk with salt when it is still completely wet from the paint (the salt must completely dissolve), otherwise unsightly contours may remain. Small and large salt crystals create different effects. If salt attracts water, then alcohol, on the contrary, tends to repel it. If alcohol is applied to pure silk, then by passing a brush with paint over this area, we get White spot, which can be painted over in a different color when the silk dries. Using cotton swabs, you can make patterns on already painted silk, which results in a highlighting effect.

Using the reserve, you can create more specific designs, since the solution prevents the paint from spreading. When using a transparent reserve, you get a white outline around the design, but you can apply a background color to the silk, then the outline will not be so contrasting. Important condition: The reserve line should be continuous, for beginners it is better to use a colored reserve that makes the line visible. If you are not very confident when applying a drawing in reserve directly to the fabric, then you can use an invisible marker, which disappears a few minutes after application. By painting with a dry brush, you will achieve finer lines when working with paints.
This is just a small introduction to the technique of painting on silk, or rather the tip of the iceberg. Silk painting is a very expressive art that requires improvisation and quick reaction, since unwanted stains and smudges, especially at first, are not uncommon. Here are some practical tips:

• be patient! If you are working with a reserve, wait until it is completely dry and only then apply paint. If you are applying reserve to an already painted silk, That dye must also be completely dry. To speed up the process, you can use a hair dryer;
• Always keep a sheet of paper handy and before touching silk brush, blot off excess paint(to avoid stains and splashes);
• You can check the continuity of the reserve line using water: if water has leaked beyond the contours drawing, then you need to look for a “gap”;
• If dye If it has spread, you need to act very quickly. Always keep cotton swabs and alcohol on hand. You need to try to block the flow path paints using a stick soaked in alcohol, while simultaneously collecting excess leakage paints dry cotton swab;
• areas affected by alcohol appear lighter when applied paints, there is a way to “wash out” these stains. To do this (before applying paint), wipe the area with a 50% alcohol solution. Give silk let it dry before applying paints try to blur the contours of the spot brush. Very often such lapses become the most original places in the finished canvas;
• wet drawing somewhat darker and brighter than dry.

Geisha. December.

Svetlana Loginova- an artist in the true sense of the word, a person who composes and creates! And it creates, first of all, emotions and mood.
In her magical works, space and air are palpable. Saturated and at the same time soft colors send the viewer a stream filled with light energy and harmony. Everyone who looks at the artist’s paintings is visited by that feeling of joy that gives us a direct feeling of the world and real art, breaking through the mind and intellectual perception of the environment.
Despite the different themes that Svetlana Loginova chooses, her works, made using the complex batik technique, are united by genuine purity and a smile - the kind of smile with which God probably created the Earth.

Nakhodka, Russia.

Svetlana Loginova is an artist in the true sense of the word, a person who composes and creates! And it creates, first of all, emotions and mood. In her magical works, space and air are palpable. Saturated and at the same time soft colors send the viewer a stream filled with light energy and harmony. Everyone who looks at the artist’s paintings is visited by that feeling of joy that gives us a direct feeling of the world and real art.

The grace and sophistication of her silk canvases are simply amazing!

Loginova Svetlana. Silk painting "NORTHERN LIGHTS"

painting on silk

3-layer painting: the bottom layer is felt with rhinestones, upper layer transparent silk with the image of a ballerina. 3D pigments with brilliant shine are used.

Loginova Svetlana. Double-layer silk painting "Ballerina. Swan Lake"

painting on two layers of silk. The painting can be washed. Individual fragments of the image shimmer very beautifully into the electric. light and sun rays.

Loginova Svetlana. Three-layer silk painting "Ballerina. Spring"

And this picture was painted using a complex painting technique on THREE layers of silk. The bottom layer is the suit. atlas - image of curtains; the second layer is natural. crepe de Chine - image of a blossoming cherry, top layer - natural. gas image of a ballerina, light contours of the curtains.

free painting on a thick suit. silk, gold leaf is used on individual details.

Painting on dense primed silk. Durable paints.
Based on the work of K. Bang
Gold leaf was used on the girl’s jewelry. The picture looks very beautiful in real life.

Loginova Svetlana. Painting on silk DIPTYCH "Beauty fashionista on a colorful shoe"

Painting on thick primed silk with permanent paints. The painting can be washed. Based on the poster.

Loginova Svetlana. Silk painting"LILY OF THE LILY"

According to the ancient philosophy of Feng Shui, the image of flowers with a delicate scent is a fulfillment of desires. Green color greatly enhances positive energy. Lilies of the valley are the personification of purity, fidelity and love.

Three-layer painting, painted on silk. The bottom layer is thick silk, the second layer is a mesh with sparkles, the top layer is translucent silk with the image of a fairy and lilies of the valley, dewdrops... pigments with a brilliant shine are used - when light hits, individual fragments shimmer very beautifully.
Author's adaptation of the work by R. Anderson

Loginova Svetlana. Silk painting "Took a walk..."

... I've been out for a walk... all night with pussies... I need to sleep... a branch is the safest place - no dog can get it...

Painting on the claim. thick silk

Loginova Svetlana. Poppies, poppies, red poppies...

painting on thick artificial silk with permanent paints.

painting on thick artificial silk

signature on the claim. thick silk

Loginova Svetlana. painting on silk "Thoughtful Angel"

painting on a thick suit. silk

painting on thick synthetic silk with permanent paints

painting on silk

painting on silk, two-layer painting, three-dimensional effect. When hit by light, individual fragments shimmer beautifully.

two-layer painting, painted on silk; when light hits, individual fragments shimmer very beautifully.

The bottom layer is silk with a fantasy pattern, the second layer is mesh with rhinestones, the top layer is transparent nature. silk gauze with moths. The wings of moths shimmer very beautifully when hit by light.

Painting on thick silk acrylic paints.

Silk satin scarf. Made to order inspired by the book
K. Antarova "Two Lives".

Painting on silk with light and waterproof paints.

Loginova Svetlana. Geisha.December (from the series "Sakura Flowers")

Painting on a thick suit. atlas. The details of the picture are carefully described. Based on Morita.

signature on the claim. atlas. Based on Morita.
If you wish to purchase the work, I can send you a photo in better quality.
In reality, the picture looks very beautiful, all the details are carefully described.

The image of water greatly enhances the positive energy of health, longevity, and inner harmony of a person. Bright colors raise vitality.

Painting on the claim. satin, durable paints, if you are interested I will send you a photo in good quality.

three-layer picture, painted on silk. The bottom layer is thick silk, the second layer is transparent silk with a fantasy pattern, the top layer is natural transparent gauze with the image of butterflies. Pigments with a shining effect are used.

Painting on a thick suit. silk, based on embroidery

painting on a thick suit. silk with special acrylic paints, mixed media.

painting on a thick suit. silk.

Painting on a thick suit. silk.

Two-layer painting, painted on silk. Lower tight claim. silk with images of bubbles, algae, fish. The top layer is transparent gas - fish, algae, bubbles. Pigments with brilliant shine are used - individual fragments shimmer very beautifully in the light.

Loginova Svetlana. Irises are magnificent.

painting on a thick suit. silk

painting on a thick suit. silk, based on an embroidery sketch.

painting on a thick suit. silk with acrylic fabric paints.

three-layer picture, painted on silk. The bottom two layers are thick silk and mesh with sparkles, the top layer is natural silk chiffon (transparent) with the image of Chrysanthemums.

painting, tight suit. silk, acrylic paints.
Portrait of a Golden Retriever puppy.

Painting on silk. Three-layer painting: silk, mesh with sparkles, natural. silk-gas. Chrysanthemums are depicted on the upper transparent gauze.
The bottom layer shimmers very beautifully in the light.

painting on a thick suit. atlas.

The crane is the most popular bird in Feng Shui. Endowed with many mystical abilities - brings longevity, health, ease in solving any problems. The ancient philosophy of Feng Shui says that the presence of birds or their images in the house brings good luck.

Double-layer painting, painted on silk, three-dimensional effect. The bottom layer is thick silk with a bird's eye view of the landscape; The top layer is a transparent gas with the image of cranes.

The presence of birds or their images in the house provides an easy solution to any problems.

Painting on silk. the picture can be washed

Loginova Svetlana. Birds

painting on a thick suit. silk satin

painting on a thick suit. silk satin.

TOOLS AND MATERIALS

Silk. Various types of silk are suitable for painting, and each produces different results. The projects always indicate the silk used.
Silk dyes, fixed with steam.
They are versatile and easy to work with. The colors are vibrant and can be applied to silk in different ways to create textural effects.
Pipettes. They are used to transfer dye from bottles to the palette.
Etching dyes and brightening agents.
Dyes that can be bleached on silk using a reducing agent (bleaching salt) are called bleached. Dyes that do not change under the influence of a reducing agent are bleached. They are used to apply to the discolored area.
Brushes. Brushes are used soft (large, flat and round) and spongy. It is easier to work with brushes with soft, elastic bristles. They are washed in warm water with a little soap.
Palette. If you don't have a plastic or porcelain palette, you can use an ice cube tray. If you are signing big piece fabrics, use a palette with deep cells or small jars.

Contouring agent and applicators

Transparent water-based gutta-percha. After the dyes have set, they are washed out of the silk. Used as a light contouring product.
Transparent alcohol-based gutta-percha. This liquid latex rubber is used as a contouring agent and is insoluble in water. Remove with a dry, stiff brush or white spirit.
Alcohol-based gutta-percha can be stored in a screw-top jar with a small amount of mineral spirits.
Essence "F". The alcohol sold with gutta-percha is alcohol-based to dilute it to the desired consistency.
Colored gutta-percha and metallic outliners. Sold in tubes or jars.
Gutta-percha can be poured into a special bottle with a tip. Thin nibs are designed for fine lines, thick nibs for metallic outliners and wide contours.
Wire. Used to protect the thin nose of the tip from gutta-percha drying out and clogging the pen.

Materials for creating special effects

Etching gel. Dissolves glucose. Used when working with mixed fabrics made of viscose/silk, as well as with fabrics such as velvet. The gel “burns out” the viscose pile without damaging the silk base.
Grease-repellent agents O. Used when working with silk to prevent dyes from spreading. You can prepare this product yourself by mixing the thickener with water.
Diffuse agent. They are added to dyes to make them easier to apply to silk and to obtain a uniform consistency when mixed. It can also be used instead of water to create a variety of shades of color and applied to painted areas of a pattern to create stains and different textures.
Coarse salt. Helps create vibrant images when sprinkled onto wet, dyed silk and allows for more subtle shades.
Bleaching salt. A reducing agent that “kills” the color.
Thickener. Mix with dyes or bleaching salts and brightening agents to prevent dyes from bleeding. Used as water-based colored gutta-percha.

Equipment for working with wax

Electric potty. Used to melt wax. It maintains the required temperature of the melted wax.
Universal batik wax granules melt in a wax pot and use as a contouring agent. They are sold in specialized stores. You can also use cheaper paraffin wax.
Tianting. Japanese brass or copper instruments with bowl-shaped recesses and thin noses. They are used for painting with melted wax on silk.
Natural bristle brush. Used to apply paint to melted wax
Iron. Used to level wax and smooth the product. Place a clean cotton cloth or newspaper on the ironing board.
Old newspapers. Used to level wax. Do not use fresh newspapers as they may stain the silk.
Paper towels. They wipe brushes and remove excess dye from waxed areas.

Additional tools

Silk is fixed on the frame buttons to prevent it from coming into contact with the work surface during paint application.
Pins for silk with three prongs or ordinary pins and rubber rings. Used to secure silk, especially with non-rolled edges, and velvet to a frame.
Templates with drawings, which are placed under silk, can be protected with polyethylene.
You can paint on silk self-disappearing marker. The lines disappear on their own after a few hours or immediately after wetting. To draw on silk, a soft graphite or charcoal pencil is also used, drawing thin lines, which will then be covered with paint.
Spray. Used to moisturize silk.
Silk being cut scissors or make a notch and then tear it along the fibers.
Brushes are washed in jar of water. While working, you should have at least two jars of water nearby, one of which is used for mixing colors.

USING COLOR

When depicting a flower, carefully mix the dyes different colors more necessary than in writing any other subject. There is nothing sadder than trying to create something extraordinary. purple pansies, when the result is something dirty brown or gray in tone! For beginning artists, mixing colors can be a frustrating process. The most important thing here is to choose the right initial colors.

Primary colors
Use a range of six primary colors: orange-yellow, green-yellow, green-blue, violet-blue, violet-red and orange-red. They can be mixed to create countless shades. All projects in this book use only the primary colors: blue, red and yellow, which must be mixed before starting to create other colors.

ADVICE . You can create shades by adding water or a diffuser to the paint.

Additional colors
If the colors of the spectrum are distributed in a circle (color circle), then complementary colors are located opposite each other: orange and blue; green and red; purple and yellow. These extra "pairs" of colors are very important when painting and are used to create many effects.

Gentle colors
When you mix complementary colors, you get a superb range of browns, grays and even blacks. If you want to weaken or enhance the color, then add an additional shade to it. Try to add a little at a time until you get the desired tone. Never use black - it just drowns out other colors.

Enhance colors
If complementary shades are located next to each other, they usually enhance each other.

Transitional tones
If you create additional pairs of colors (see spectrum) that are close in saturation and tone, you get soft color transitions (you can appreciate them by squinting slightly). With this technique you can achieve amazing effects.

FIXING DYES

After applying the pattern, the dyes must be fixed with steam. Steam treatment allows you to get brighter and more saturated colors, and silk regains its gloss. Even if your item is not washable, the inks still need to be cured to make them lightfast. Dyed silk is wrapped in cotton napkin or paper, then steamed generously to allow the dyes to penetrate into the fibers of the fabric. The steam from the iron is not enough. Sometimes the product is even boiled for this purpose. The process of fixing dyes is very simple and is carried out in several ways. Remember, you need a lot of steam - not water! - to roll up a roll of dyed silk. Always store silk steaming utensils separately from food utensils.
After steaming, rinse the silk in cold water to remove excess paint. If you used clear, water-based gutta-percha, soak the silk for a few minutes. warm water to remove traces of it. Pat the silk dry with a towel or squeeze lightly, then iron to smooth out wrinkles and restore shine.

ADVICE. If you used salt, you need to brush off all the grains before steaming. Water-based gutta-percha sometimes sticks to steamed fabric. Immerse the silk in water for a few minutes and it will come off. Steam treated fabrics can be washed.

1. Cut a piece of clean, dry cloth (thin cotton is ideal). This cut should be larger than the piece of silk you want to steam, approximately 10 cm on each side. Place the silk straightened out in the middle of the fabric and smooth out any wrinkles. Roll the fabric and silk into a loose roll.
2. Roll the roll into a ring.
3. Tie the bundle with rope. Tuck in the loose ends of the rope.
4. Cut four circles of baking foil to fit in the steamer. Place two circles on the bottom of the steamer, place a package on top, and the remaining two circles of foil on top of the package. Fold the foil over the sides of the package into an umbrella shape.
5. Pour 1/2 volume of boiled water into the pan. Place the steamer on the pan and close it with a lid. Steam for 1-2 hours, depending on the size of the piece of silk. If you have to replenish the water level during this time, use boiled water for this. After steaming the silk, unwrap it and rinse it in cold water to remove excess dye.

HOW TO START

Carrying out work based on drawings
If you have no artistic experience or little confidence in your creativity, you can use the patterns from this book. Patterns can be transferred to silk with a soft graphite pencil, self-erasing marker, gutta-percha or contouring agent. If you are copying a photograph, remember: the image must be transferred accurately. The design can be changed by adding a flower or eliminating a petal. To enlarge the drawing, use a photocopier. Or you can write on silk right away, without preliminary drawing.

Carrying out work from photographs
Some artists who depict flowers like to work from photographs, because during the painting process, real flowers sway and change, and sometimes wither before the painting is completed. Photos will help you out in the winter months when the flowers are gone. Suitable images You can find them in books on gardening and horticulture, in flower catalogs, or use your own. But first you need to study the structure of a flower.

Drawing flowers from life

I prefer to draw flowers from life. Before applying paint, I make black and white or colored pencil sketches, first creating the silhouette of each flower. I try to express the “essence” of each flower in the drawing. First, you should carefully examine the flower. Twist it and examine the structure of the petals, understand how the leaves are attached to the stem, how the buds open, because all the details in a flower are unique. When you feel that you have grasped the essence, make a linear drawing on a large sheet of paper. Copy the contours of the petals, stem and leaves. While drawing, try to almost never take your eyes off the flower. As your eye traces the contours of the flower, your hand should follow these contours with a pencil on the paper. A quick glance from time to time is enough to make sure that you are still drawing on paper and not on the table. It's amazing how simple and fun this method is, and the results are great.

Now do the second drawing. This time look at the paper more often. As you draw, compare the contours and connections between parts of the flower. For example, pay attention to the distances between leaves and petals and try to immediately mark them in the image so that your drawing is more accurate.
You can paint directly onto the silk or use a paper template.

Silk painting
As you gain confidence and observational skills, you will be able to easily sketch directly onto the silk with a self-fading marker and then, if desired, apply contouring product along the sketch lines; or you can draw directly with a contour tool. Last method requires special care, as irregular lines are difficult to remove. Drawings made in this way are more original and natural than those copied.

ADVICE. If you drew on silk with a self-disappearing marker, then the contour lines must be drawn quickly or lightly outlined with a pencil until they disappear. If you want to shade the background without a contouring agent, then draw on the silk with a pencil - the self-disappearing lines will dissolve when the fabric is first moistened.

Parables and legends of past centuries tell about luxurious life kings and traders. One of the signs of wealth in those years was silk clothing, and the material was brought from afar, and it was very much valued.

The masters of antiquity learned to make drawings on silk and inscriptions using ink and special paints. The skill was passed on to subsequent generations, and now the artist Elena Reshetova is fluent in batik, a silk painting technique.

The work requires accuracy and perseverance, because the material is quite capricious and not everyone obeys (it is not cheap). The master must have a good feel for its structure so that the colors do not float, but it is no coincidence that the result of the efforts delights the audience.

The Korotkevich Museum displays some of the artist’s works. She creates beautiful canvases filled with light and warmth, and the entire exhibition looks like a blooming summer garden. Here you can calm your soul and be filled with new meaning.

The exhibition “Windows of Light” is dedicated to free painting, cold and mixed batik. The artist depicted antique and oriental motifs using natural silk and artificial satin.

Elena doesn't just fantasize - she is familiar with the traditions and mythology of many countries. She reflected her knowledge in her work “The Wheel of Time,” which depicts the Sphinx and Egyptian pyramids. Other ideas are embodied in the canvases of “Greek Motifs”, “Celtic Rhythms”, etc. Eat Marine theme, floral and desert.

Each contains a specific idea, so that visitors feel the tenderness of roses or the breath of a breeze on seashore. This is not the master’s first exhibition - earlier, viewers of the Moscow international exhibition “Yin-Yang” admired his works.

Elena's creative path began at Vitebsk University at the Faculty of Art and Graphics, but the artist continued to improve herself in interior design. She has experience in teaching, and now she works in Moscow as a graphic designer.

People express it differently inner world, and not everyone manages to pour it out in some works that delight viewers. To do this, you need to master certain equipment at a high professional level. Elena managed to reflect the movement of the soul in the paintings, and it captures thoughts. Her works are like a book that awakens wonderful emotions in people. will create many more pages that are hidden in her heart.

An ancient art that came to us from the countries of the East, a type of batik (painting on fabric). Using this technique you can create stunningly beautiful products, of course, after some practice. The Country of Soviets will introduce you to the basics of silk painting.

Silk painting can be used to create both paintings and wardrobe items(scarves, ties, shawls, stoles, pareos, shawls, bags, etc.). You can paint a silk skirt or blouse, make an original curtain or bed linen set. It will look very beautiful in the interior of a room with painted silk inserts.

Almost all types of silk fabrics are suitable for painting.: crepe de chine, crepe satin, chiffon, organza, faille, etc. The main thing is that it is natural silk, and not an imitation of polyester or viscose. Beginners are usually advised to use plain light silk of medium density, since it is easier to paint, and the paint will adhere perfectly to such fabric.

Silk painting is done with special fabric paints.. In addition to paints, the kit for painting on silk includes a paint thinner (distilled water or alcohol depending on the type of paint), a contour composition (reserve) and a thinner for it, as well as an applicator for paints. You may also need auxiliary tools: a fabric frame, pins or buttons, a soft pencil, natural bristles brushes, pipettes, a palette, a spray bottle, etc.

Before you start painting on silk, the fabric needs to be washed.. Please note that after washing, silk will shrink about 2-3 cm per linear meter. Therefore, if you plan to make a product of a certain size, you need to take this shrinkage into account when purchasing fabric. After washing, you need to iron the silk and stretch it onto the frame, securing it with buttons or pins.

Eat several silk painting techniques. You can choose the appropriate technique depending on the desired result (abstract drawing or clear ornament), as well as which technique is easier for you.

One of the simplest techniques is Guta technique, which involves the use of contour composition. After stretching the silk onto the frame, draw the outline of the design with a soft pencil (you can draw it yourself or use a stencil). Then the boundaries of the drawing are outlined with contour composition (the contour must be closed). When the outline is dry, you can begin painting. Main principle- go from lighter to darker areas.

Watercolor technique allows you to get abstract, semi-blurry drawings with smooth color transitions. After stretching the silk onto the frame, it is soaked in water using a brush or sponge. When painting on wet silk, the paint spreads, resulting in smoother transitions. The watercolor technique is used both to create finished products and to prepare the background for painting on silk using other techniques. The outline is not used in this technique.

The knot technique, displacement technique and salt technique are also used for painting on silk. Each of these techniques allows you to create unusual impressionistic effects.

Be very careful when painting: Silk does not tolerate patching, so try to avoid accidental splashes or stains. To do this, you need to blot the brush with paper to remove excess paint before touching it to the fabric.

Silk painting must be completed by fixing the paints. Different types paints are fixed in different ways: with steam, using a special solution, a hot iron, or simply long-term drying. If you have never painted on silk before, it is advisable to choose one of the last two types of paint.

A wonderful hobby that allows you to create incredibly beautiful things. Even if you do not reach the level of skill of Chinese craftsmen, the process itself will bring you great pleasure. The main thing is to be patient and careful, and the necessary skills will certainly come with practice.