I'm taking an online painting class from Christen Brown at www.maureensvintageacquisitions.com and here are my samples from the first lesson.
We are using Colorhue dyes. The pieces are silk crepe scarves that I had left from a time when I was painting and selling scarves.
The colors are my usual ones, but I wanted to save those for painting lace in the next lesson. The dyes come in small bottles but are very concentrated.
I managed to do a couple more small pieces of fabric with the Sharpie Permanent Markers and alcohol. It pleases me to think that something that is "permanent" is so easy to manipulate.
Now I have a few pieces that relate and need to do something with them.
We both decided that we preferred the metallic colors or the iridescent. I think I was heavy handed on some of the ones below, but they will make backgrounds.
When I was cleaning to get ready for the quilt group, I found a pile of painted fabrics that had been heat set and were ready to be washed. After washing and ironing them, I decided that these are my favorites. Now what should I do with them? Suggestions?
