Paintings : Fabric Painting Instructions

hello friends...
like to share the way i learned painting...
lemme start with simple fabric painting
hope this will help the beginners...in proceeding further



Materials Required:

1. Cloth
2. Fabric Paints (Fevicryl)
3. Brushes (different numbers)
4. Frame
5. Palette
6. White Tracing Paper
7. Design
8. Pencil
9. Water
10. Waste Cloth

Procedure :

1. Rinse the cloth to remove its starch.
2. Iron the cloth in order to make it wrinkle free.
3. Using a white tracing paper, trace the design onto the cloth.
4. Fix the frame around the design on the cloth.
5. Always paint the complete design with white colour as a base before using other colours, to give a better finish to the design.
6. Now choose your colours and paint the design. Always paint the lighter shades first then the darker ones.
7. Let it dry for 24hrs.
8. For the painting to last longer, iron the back side of the design. The ironing should be done only after 24 hrs.

Tips :
Here , have painted on a white cloth and used the colours white (For Base), orange, green and yellow. After painting the white base, start painting with other colours while it is still wet. If the base is completely dry wet the design slightly with a brush dipped in water. Mix orange paint and white paint together to get a Light orange shade for the petals.
Brushes are available in different numbers depending on the thickness of the bristles. You can use thin brushes in narrow spaces and thicker brushes on broader areas at your discretion.
Ordinary fabric paints can be mixed with water but metallic fabric colours have to be mixed with a medium. Medium can be bought from shops. The consistency of the mixed paints should not be too watery.

hope this will help ...
cheers...!!:)
ashu

thanks a lot for teaching fabric painting

This is just wonderful! Thanks for the tips!!!

Regards,
Anitha

hi... friend
u r welcome
ashu

Originally Posted by virajitha

thanks a lot for teaching fabric painting

thanks a lot for teaching.. good work.. keep it up

Hi Ashu

Your explanation with pictures has helped a lot. It will be gr8ly appreciated if you can share a few designs for fabric painting if you have the same.

Thanks
Manjula

hi bhuma n
u r welcome...
cheers...!!!:)
ashu

Originally Posted by bhuman

thanks a lot for teaching.. good work.. keep it up

hi manju...
sure ...i have lots of finished framed work... but i dnt have digi cam r a mobile to take a snap n upload...
pls gve me some time so tht i can take pic , develop, scan n thn upload...
sry
cheers...!!:)
ashu

Originally Posted by ManjulaPrasanna

Hi Ashu

Your explanation with pictures has helped a lot. It will be gr8ly appreciated if you can share a few designs for fabric painting if you have the same.

Thanks
Manjula

Hi Ashu,
Wow, you know so many different paintings.. Ceramic,fabric etc
Thanks a lot for sharing on how to do the painting for beginners.
It really giving me some inspiration .
Looking forward for few more designs from you so that I can hijack and do on my own just kidding

Keep posting :)

Cheers
Sarada

hi sarada...
thanx a lot for ur words...thanx for being kind ....sure u can....
cheers...!!!:)
ashu