Hello Clara and thanks so much for the excellent instructions. Very detailed and easy to follow. I look forward to signing up for your classes. Thanks again!
Clara - yours is the best description of how to do each phase of painting that I have found in the two years I've been trying my hand at silk painting. The details you provide are extremely helpful. Thank you!!!
Hi Clara, Thanks for your lesson and advice. I wonder what type of silk are you using? Maybe I missed this information. Or what type of silk do you suggest is the best. I am new to painting on silk. Thank you
Hi Clara, thank you so much for your wonderful videos on silk painting. I recently made a silk blouse and I have remnants I want to paint. I can't wait to get started! But I have a question about your fabrics. What do you do about the edges? Do you hem them yourself or do you buy already-hemmed pieces? I tried to machine-hem my silk pieces and it didn't come out so well! I'm curious as to how you finish the squares before you begin painting them. Thanks for your great advice!
Thanks for your questions RebeccaBaileySandlin. I work on 100% silk Habotai, 10mm. I purchase yardage, cut, hem and paint the silk myself. You can purchase finished lengths of silk scarves and shirts, as well. I purchase all of my silk painting tools from Dharma Trading Company, which is based in California. This company caters to artists and crafters, and are very helpful indeed, because they too are artists. They also ship internationally. As far as getting a ‘square’ scalf, I pin the silk to a corrugated cutting board, making sure that the fibers are perpendicular to each other, forming a cross; that is, the straight grain of the fabric, should be parallel to the selvage, and the fibers in the weft, must be perpendicular to the selvage and straight grain. Failing all if this, I suggest you purchase the size silk you need. I do hope this helps. Check out more of my work on my website at:- www.claradesigns.com and my Instagram page at:- @claradesignsart Enjoy!🌺🖌️
@@claramitchell746 Thanks for your response, Clara! Do you hand-hem your silks or use a machine? Do you have a special technique for getting that silk to behave? How big is your hem? I am just full of hemming questions!
Thank you Clara, 🥰😇 I appreciate your detailed instructions with the silk mediums. I am a professional artist, work in all mediums. Had done a couple of silk projects years ago. Your explanation of how those mediums, water based gutta & the paints work is a great help.With the waterbased resists you let them dry completely before you paint ? Also, you said the water based Gutta will dissolve on the silk when you are painting so move fast and don't get the gutta too wet or it will dissolve ? Thank you so much you are a great teacher 🥰🙏😘
Thanks for your kind words, Cheryl Whitestone. Happy to help. Many of the materials have been enhanced for the better! Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have, at:- clara@claradesigns.com. Continue to enjoy!🖌✨
@@claramitchell746 Thank you, I am so happy to have found you. New people learning art can also benefit from your videos. Blending, washes etc. My Mom was an artist in CA where I grew up, I was lucky to have her teaching me, and all her artist friends. One was Asian so I learned Sumi Painting & how to work the brushes at 11 yrs old 😀push down for thicker strokes lift up & pull for fine strokes. What a lot of fun 🖌😍I was working on paper then. Thank you for giving so much 🥰 🤗💗art is therapeutic too. As I said earlier you are a great teacher 💟💗
Good Morning Cheryl, Thank you so very much for your kind words. I come from a line of teachers, and became one before coming abroad to study Textile Design. Since I began doing workshops, I have come full circle, and really enjoy imparting my knowledge to those who are willing to learn. Like you, I enjoy learning new techniques and applying them to either my printmaking skills or to the silk painting technique!👌🏾🖌 Keep learning and experimenting! Do keep in touch!🖌🖌🖌✨✨✨🌺🌺
Good Afternoon Kavitha Murugesan, Thank you for your kind words. You may purchase the adjustable metal silk-painting frame from Dharma Trading, or … you may use painter’s stretchers, like I do, which come at varying lengths, or … you can make them yourself. If you know the size of your piece, make certain that the silk fits in the ‘well’ of your frame; that is, the inside of the frame. For example, if your silk measures 12” x 48”, your frame should measure, at least 14” x 50”, or 15” x 51” I try not to have the silk touch the frame once it has been pinned. Hope this helps.🖌✨
Hi, thank you for these instructions. If I were to silk paint a saree which is 6 yards long and 45” wide, what kind of frame should I use? And how would you recommend doing a flat wash on a larger area like that?
Thanks for your question @Gayanichathu. You will have to wash the starch out of the sari, and then iron while damp. Since it is a sari length, it may be best to dye the sari first, with a very light colour, before you begin to apply the 'gutta' and then paint. NB. You should add water to the colour, and make a big batch to dye the entire sari length. Depending on your design, you may have to paint the sari in sections, on a screen measuring 38" x 48" Hope this helps!!! All the best!!!
thank you so much! Could you also please tell me, apart from being easier to use and set, what is the biggest difference from dye-na-flow and regular silk paint. Does dye-na-flow give the same color intensity as well as the same after-feel of the silk fabric?
Good Morning Kavita Kalda, thank you for your interest and for your question. ( For your information, I am based in New Jersey, USA) I use ‘stretchers’ which are the frames that artists use for their canvasses. I will describe this in my upcoming video, Trying ‘Gutta Serti’ For The First Time. I am also thinking seriously of starting classes online, since this pandemic. I will let you know. Hope this helps.
Hi. I have a question. I’m new and I’m going to be using DyNaFlow. Do I wet the silk (mist) after the Gutta dries and before i start painting? Thank you. BTW, do you teach classes in Northern California?
Thanks for your questionTanya S. Please check out my TH-cam video:- Silk Painting: Stretching Silk Onto the Frame. This short video will be quite helpful, but you may contact me with any other questions or concerns that we may still have. All the best!
I’ve often wondered how this is done, thank you ever so much! Very informative, my question is, does the goatta permanently stay on the silk ? Or does it wash out?
Good Morning Crystal Thursby, Thanks for your kind words. Please check out the ‘finishing’ video, where I explain when and how to wash our the ‘gutta’. Remember, I use water-based gutta, with Dye-Na-Flow silk paints. Hope this helps, and continue to enjoy!🖌✨
Good Morning Mymsgerdy, I have never used 'no-flow' products, as I enjoy the movement of colour, and surprises they create. As explained on the directions for these 'primers', they work with certain silk paints and dyes, NOT ALL, and there is a permanent change in the 'hand' or feel of the silk, which is not a desired effect for me. Based on this information, I am not certain that I will be using 'no-flow' for my wearable art. It could be used on a wall-hanging, if I deemed it necessary. NB. This is why, one must plan the design beforehand; the colours to be used; the techniques to be used, and the end-product. I find that the process is quite revealing, and shows one the best way to go. Enjoy experimenting! Hope this helps. You may also enjoy some of my pieces on my Instagram account, @claradesignsart
Dear Ronnie, The silk fabric that I purchase, is ready for painting, so there is no preparation required. However, if you purchase the silk from a fabric store, you will have to wash off the 'sizing', or starch, and iron it, before you begin your work. You may use the industrial detergent called Kieralon or Synthrapol, which can also be purchased from Dharma Trading, win California. They also ship internationally. Hope this helps!
Hi Want to know what is the use of sprit for wetting the silk can't we do it with water only pl reply though your videos are very detailed and informative 😊 thanks
Hi there Asha, Thanks for your kind words. I use the spritzer bottle to CONTROL the spray of water onto the silk. The silk fabric should NOT be drenched with water, otherwise it will begin to sag, and create other problems. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your interest Kala Brown, I can only say it should, since the silk worms feed on the mulberry shrub. To be safe, test a piece of the silk to be certain, maybe 12” x 12”. Hope this helps.🖌✨
Thanks for your question @lisafoucart7281 I purchase my hooks from Dharma Trading, a company based in California. I urge you to check out their website, to see what these hooks are, and if you can possibly get them in a store close to you. NB. Dharma Trading caters to artists and crafters alike. Please be advised that some silk artists use a combination of PVC pipe frames along with plastic clothes pins. Hope this helps.🌺🖌️
Good Afternoon Katrina Superville, Thanks for your question. I purchase my silk by the yard, from Dharma Trading in California. The silk is Habotai 10 mm I cut and hem my scalf lengths myself, but you may purchase finished scarves, as well as different silks, from them as well. ( They also ship internationally.) Hope this helps.🖌✨
Thanks for your question, but I am not sure what you mean, as this is my instruction for a Beginner's Silk Painting or 'gutta serti' class. Hope this helps.
Hello Clara and thanks so much for the excellent instructions. Very detailed and easy to follow. I look forward to signing up for your classes. Thanks again!
Thank you for that. It was a very good demonstration and tutorial 👌
Clara - yours is the best description of how to do each phase of painting that I have found in the two years I've been trying my hand at silk painting. The details you provide are extremely helpful. Thank you!!!
Thanks for your kind words Sherry.
I will be doing a few updates and a class soon.
Keep experimenting and enjoying the process!🌺🖌️
Super nice lady… your way to explain the steps are perfect!!! Gracias!
Thanks for your kind words Linda Ruiz, there will be more videos coming soon. Hope they help. Enjoy!🖌✨
Thank Clara ... excellent instruction ... much appreciated.
You are so very welcome!
Do check out my Instagram page @claradesignsart for more examples of my work. Enjoy!
I appreciate your excellent information in your instructional videos.
You are very welcome.
Do check out my Instagram page @claradesignsart for more samples of my work.
Enjoy!
Enjoyable and informative! Thanks.
Vicki,
You are so very welcome.
Continue to enjoy the technique!
More videos coming soon!
All the best!
Obrigada, adorei😊😊😊 😊
Thanks you’re terrific!
You are so very welcome! Continue to enjoy!
It’s nice to look ur work
Here u r using silk colours or colour dyes
This one is quite informative
Thank you
Thanks again Asma. I do hope that you will try it as well. All the best!
Hi Clara, Thanks for your lesson and advice. I wonder what type of silk are you using? Maybe I missed this information. Or what type of silk do you suggest is the best. I am new to painting on silk. Thank you
Nice one, dude!.
Hi Clara, thank you so much for your wonderful videos on silk painting. I recently made a silk blouse and I have remnants I want to paint. I can't wait to get started! But I have a question about your fabrics. What do you do about the edges? Do you hem them yourself or do you buy already-hemmed pieces? I tried to machine-hem my silk pieces and it didn't come out so well! I'm curious as to how you finish the squares before you begin painting them. Thanks for your great advice!
Thanks for your questions RebeccaBaileySandlin.
I work on 100% silk Habotai, 10mm.
I purchase yardage, cut, hem and paint the silk myself.
You can purchase finished lengths of silk scarves and shirts, as well.
I purchase all of my silk painting tools from Dharma Trading Company, which is based in California.
This company caters to artists and crafters, and are very helpful indeed, because they too are artists.
They also ship internationally.
As far as getting a ‘square’ scalf, I pin the silk to a corrugated cutting board, making sure that the fibers are perpendicular to each other, forming a cross; that is, the straight grain of the fabric, should be parallel to the selvage, and the fibers in the weft, must be perpendicular to the selvage and straight grain.
Failing all if this, I suggest you purchase the size silk you need.
I do hope this helps.
Check out more of my work on my website at:-
www.claradesigns.com and my Instagram page at:-
@claradesignsart
Enjoy!🌺🖌️
@@claramitchell746 Thanks for your response, Clara! Do you hand-hem your silks or use a machine? Do you have a special technique for getting that silk to behave? How big is your hem? I am just full of hemming questions!
Thank you Clara, 🥰😇 I appreciate your detailed instructions with the silk mediums. I am a professional artist, work in all mediums. Had done a couple of silk projects years ago. Your explanation of how those mediums, water based gutta & the paints work is a great help.With the waterbased resists you let them dry completely before you paint ? Also, you said the water based Gutta will dissolve on the silk when you are painting so move fast and don't get the gutta too wet or it will dissolve ? Thank you so much you are a great teacher 🥰🙏😘
Thanks for your kind words, Cheryl Whitestone. Happy to help. Many of the materials have been enhanced for the better!
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have, at:-
clara@claradesigns.com.
Continue to enjoy!🖌✨
@@claramitchell746 Thank you, I am so happy to have found you. New people learning art can also benefit from your videos. Blending, washes etc. My Mom was an artist in CA where I grew up, I was lucky to have her teaching me, and all her artist friends. One was Asian so I learned Sumi Painting & how to work the brushes at 11 yrs old 😀push down for thicker strokes lift up & pull for fine strokes. What a lot of fun 🖌😍I was working on paper then. Thank you for giving so much 🥰 🤗💗art is therapeutic too. As I said earlier you are a great teacher 💟💗
Good Morning Cheryl,
Thank you so very much for your kind words.
I come from a line of teachers, and became one before coming abroad to study Textile Design.
Since I began doing workshops, I have come full circle, and really enjoy imparting my knowledge to those who are willing to learn.
Like you, I enjoy learning new techniques and applying them to either my printmaking skills or to the silk painting technique!👌🏾🖌
Keep learning and experimenting!
Do keep in touch!🖌🖌🖌✨✨✨🌺🌺
❤
Hellow
App k Kam bohet hi khoobsooret hoty hian
Hi Clara
I am Kavitha from India
Love you explanation
How should I buy the best frame
Please suggest me
Thank you
Good Afternoon Kavitha Murugesan,
Thank you for your kind words.
You may purchase the adjustable metal silk-painting frame from Dharma Trading, or
… you may use painter’s stretchers, like I do, which come at varying lengths, or
… you can make them yourself.
If you know the size of your piece, make certain that the silk fits in the ‘well’ of your frame; that is, the inside of the frame.
For example, if your silk measures 12” x 48”, your frame should measure, at least 14” x 50”, or 15” x 51”
I try not to have the silk touch the frame once it has been pinned.
Hope this helps.🖌✨
Hi, thank you for these instructions. If I were to silk paint a saree which is 6 yards long and 45” wide, what kind of frame should I use? And how would you recommend doing a flat wash on a larger area like that?
Thanks for your question @Gayanichathu.
You will have to wash the starch out of the sari, and then iron while damp.
Since it is a sari length, it may be best to dye the sari first, with a very light colour, before you begin to apply the 'gutta' and then paint.
NB. You should add water to the colour, and make a big batch to dye the entire sari length.
Depending on your design, you may have to paint the sari in sections, on a screen measuring 38" x 48" Hope this helps!!! All the best!!!
thank you so much! Could you also please tell me, apart from being easier to use and set, what is the biggest difference from dye-na-flow and regular silk paint. Does dye-na-flow give the same color intensity as well as the same after-feel of the silk fabric?
Hello maam ..... Ur way to explain step by step is perfect..... How do u make the frame....... Do u take online classes
Good Morning Kavita Kalda, thank you for your interest and for your question. ( For your information, I am based in New Jersey, USA) I use ‘stretchers’ which are the frames that artists use for their canvasses. I will describe this in my upcoming video, Trying ‘Gutta Serti’ For The First Time. I am also thinking seriously of starting classes online, since this pandemic. I will let you know. Hope this helps.
Hi. I have a question. I’m new and I’m going to be using DyNaFlow. Do I wet the silk (mist) after the Gutta dries and before i start painting? Thank you. BTW, do you teach classes in Northern California?
You explain this process so well. I have never done silk painting at all. For a beginner who has never done this how expensive is it to start?
11:26 11:26 ❤❤thank you
Are you going to explain the frame and the “fork holders” that are holding your fabric taute? Also, it would you tell us where they can be purchased?
Thanks for your questionTanya S.
Please check out my TH-cam video:-
Silk Painting: Stretching Silk Onto the Frame.
This short video will be quite helpful, but you may contact me with any other questions or concerns that we may still have.
All the best!
I’ve often wondered how this is done, thank you ever so much! Very informative, my question is, does the goatta permanently stay on the silk ? Or does it wash out?
Good Morning Crystal Thursby,
Thanks for your kind words.
Please check out the ‘finishing’ video, where I explain when and how to wash our the ‘gutta’.
Remember, I use water-based gutta, with Dye-Na-Flow silk paints.
Hope this helps, and continue to enjoy!🖌✨
Hi Clara,beautiful work! Do you ever use no flow? I’m a beginner interested in learning more about how to use no flow! Thank you!
Good Morning Mymsgerdy, I have never used 'no-flow' products, as I enjoy the movement of colour, and surprises they create. As explained on the directions for these 'primers', they work with certain silk paints and dyes, NOT ALL, and there is a permanent change in the 'hand' or feel of the silk, which is not a desired effect for me. Based on this information, I am not certain that I will be using 'no-flow' for my wearable art. It could be used on a wall-hanging, if I deemed it necessary. NB. This is why, one must plan the design beforehand; the colours to be used; the techniques to be used, and the end-product. I find that the process is quite revealing, and shows one the best way to go. Enjoy experimenting! Hope this helps. You may also enjoy some of my pieces on my Instagram account, @claradesignsart
Спасибо. Очень интересно.
Do you put any thing else in the dyen flow colour or you use it directly
how do you prep the fabric? and is there different was to prep fabric depending on the type of fabric? Thank you!
Dear Ronnie,
The silk fabric that I purchase, is ready for painting, so there is no preparation required.
However, if you purchase the silk from a fabric store, you will have to wash off the 'sizing', or starch, and iron it, before you begin your work.
You may use the industrial detergent called Kieralon or Synthrapol, which can also be purchased from Dharma Trading, win California. They also ship internationally. Hope this helps!
Hi
Want to know what is the use of sprit for wetting the silk can't we do it with water only pl reply though your videos are very detailed and informative 😊 thanks
Hi there Asha,
Thanks for your kind words. I use the spritzer bottle to CONTROL the spray of water onto the silk. The silk fabric should NOT be drenched with water, otherwise it will begin to sag, and create other problems. Hope this helps.
@@claramitchell746
Thanks for prompt reply
What I understood is spritzer means sprey bottle right?and not a sprit which is in medical use
@@ashasinha4981 That is correct Asha. The spray bottle is filled with water and is used to ‘spritz’ the water gently, onto the silk.👍🏽
Hi Clara , does silk painting work on mulberry silk
Thanks for your interest Kala Brown, I can only say it should, since the silk worms feed on the mulberry shrub.
To be safe, test a piece of the silk to be certain, maybe 12” x 12”.
Hope this helps.🖌✨
Thank you. You’re the best!
@@kalabrown7265 You ate so very welcome! Keep in touch.🖌✨
clara@claradesigns.com
www.claradesigns.com
Where do you get the hooks to attach the silk to the stretcher?
Thanks for your question @lisafoucart7281
I purchase my hooks from Dharma Trading, a company based in California.
I urge you to check out their website, to see what these hooks are, and if you can possibly get them in a store close to you.
NB. Dharma Trading caters to artists and crafters alike.
Please be advised that some silk artists use a combination of PVC pipe frames along with plastic clothes pins.
Hope this helps.🌺🖌️
@@claramitchell746 thanks!
Hi Clara where do you get your silks
Good Afternoon Katrina Superville,
Thanks for your question.
I purchase my silk by the yard, from Dharma Trading in California.
The silk is Habotai 10 mm
I cut and hem my scalf lengths myself, but you may purchase finished scarves, as well as different silks, from them as well. ( They also ship internationally.)
Hope this helps.🖌✨
Are you using a special type of salt?
Hi,what is this painting
Thanks for your question, but I am not sure what you mean, as this is my instruction for a Beginner's Silk Painting or 'gutta serti' class. Hope this helps.