Hi Folks,
Many of you have been asking me to give some tips to paint on a Fabric. Here are few tips.Never paint on a fabric that have starch on it. Wash the starch and then paint otherwise the paint will get washed with the starch and it doesn't allow the paint to go into the fabric.
1.First of all Fabric is not a very easy surface to paint on.
2.Make sure you have a cardboard or plastic sheet under neath so that the paint wouldn't bleed through the fabric and mess the other side.
3.Stretch the fabric.Make sure it doesn't move while painting try to fix it. U can use the embroidery frame .
4.A Good thing about fabric is ,the paint does not dry as quickly as on a paper or cardboard so u have some time to blend on.
5.While painting on Denim and thick fabrics,I would suggest to scrub some paint as a base coat and then do your stroke work on top of it that way you can paint neat strokes.
6.Watch your strokes outline for a smooth and neat edges.
let your paint dry for 24 hours and reverse the fabric and iron it or you can cover it with a cotton cloth and iron it.
I am posting a picture of the Fabric I painted. I took the cotton fabric and not very thick one but smooth and neat to paint on. Did the brush strokes straight away.( but if you find it difficult try to do your stroke twice.)
7.Do not rush while painting.Take your time and try to do it carefully. I think u can do it.
Good luck !!
Enjoy and happy painting.
Many of you have been asking me to give some tips to paint on a Fabric. Here are few tips.Never paint on a fabric that have starch on it. Wash the starch and then paint otherwise the paint will get washed with the starch and it doesn't allow the paint to go into the fabric.
1.First of all Fabric is not a very easy surface to paint on.
2.Make sure you have a cardboard or plastic sheet under neath so that the paint wouldn't bleed through the fabric and mess the other side.
4.A Good thing about fabric is ,the paint does not dry as quickly as on a paper or cardboard so u have some time to blend on.
5.While painting on Denim and thick fabrics,I would suggest to scrub some paint as a base coat and then do your stroke work on top of it that way you can paint neat strokes.
6.Watch your strokes outline for a smooth and neat edges.
let your paint dry for 24 hours and reverse the fabric and iron it or you can cover it with a cotton cloth and iron it.
I am posting a picture of the Fabric I painted. I took the cotton fabric and not very thick one but smooth and neat to paint on. Did the brush strokes straight away.( but if you find it difficult try to do your stroke twice.)
7.Do not rush while painting.Take your time and try to do it carefully. I think u can do it.
Good luck !!
Enjoy and happy painting.
hi sheelaraj
ReplyDeletehappy to see your paintings..i have also done a few..but i love your all works while iam going thru your pages..a tip from me-i will brush white paint as a background of the design first and let it dry..then will paint it as usual..i think this painting will last forever..now iam a follower of you..
Thanks Leela. Your tip works better on dark colored thick fabrics like black and other dark colors. And that is called painting in layers. I prefer to paint directly.
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