| Fabric painting is the most customized work of art. | | | | indiscriminate manner in areas you prefer to be |
| The artist is at liberty to use as canvas any textile and | | | | painted. Speed up the drying of the paint by |
| for whatever purpose, whether a towel, apron, or | | | | dry-blowing it. |
| casual attire, you can fit it in with a fabric painting. | | | | Until it is dry, spray water all over the cloth and apply |
| Ideally, cotton fabrics will be used in this variety of | | | | the second layer of colored paint. In this stage, you can |
| painting and importantly, it must not be loosely weaved | | | | already apply the rock salts or alcohol to give you dark |
| for it will percolate in other threads, giving you a | | | | spots and stronger edges. |
| staggered, smeared painting. | | | | You can be creative in the artwork by using other |
| When you start putting your paintbrush on the cloth, | | | | objects in stamping off on the cloth. Leaves, grains, |
| the water-based paint starts to spread over the cloth, | | | | sponges may be used in order to give the design you |
| that is why, 100% cotton is recommended because it | | | | want. Leaves are the most common. |
| immediately absorbs, and the design then becomes | | | | All you have to do is paint the leaf and place it on the |
| stable. | | | | cloth until it leaves a mark on the fabric. If you are |
| Due to the tendency to spread over the cloth, you can | | | | working on a t-shirt, place a cardboard under the first |
| coat the initial paint with a primer and allow it to dry. | | | | leaf of fabric to prevent the paint from being |
| The effect of which is that it is, as if there are no | | | | contaminated in the other parts of the shirt, and from |
| threads and spaces with which it can spread. It works | | | | sticking on it. |
| like a paper. | | | | Marbling is one good technique in fabric painting. It is |
| First wash the fabric you wish to paint on in order to | | | | done by sprinkling considerable amounts of paint, |
| prevent wrinkling in the surface, it might be difficult to | | | | allowing the paint to drift on the cloth. The artist is free |
| paint on it. It is advisable to dampen the cloth so that it | | | | to move the foundation or the cloth in either direction |
| will be vivid which colors are best applied in it. | | | | creating an abstract design. |
| Dampening the cloth will hearten the flowing of colors. | | | | Use it with a combination of brilliant colors to give it a |
| Like any other painting, stenciling is always necessary, | | | | festive look. Dye Painting is a more popular technique |
| if not, best. A slick fabric print is specially designed to | | | | in fabric painting. Dye may directly be applied on the |
| give and burnished and glistened appearance, while a | | | | fabric, or you may opt to dissolve it first in water |
| puffy fabric paint gives you the embossed result on | | | | before it is applied on the cloth. |
| the cloth. | | | | To give the dye a paint-like outcome, thicken it with an |
| Dampen cloth and sprinkle colored paints in | | | | insoluble colloidal acid. |