What You Will Learn!
- At the end of this course, students will understand the elements of design, emphasising line, tone and colour.
- Students will feel confident in producing a design suitable for painting on silk.
- Students will learn how to draw, emphasising line and tone.
- Students will learn how to use colour together with line and tone.
- Students will learn the skill for using gutta on silk to provide line and control of colour.
- Students will learn how to prepare and maintain silk through the steaming, washing and ironing process.
Description
This course will ensure that you acquire the necessary skills in drawing and design to become a proficient silk artist. Learning to draw using pencils and pen will give you the confidence to handle the difficult medium of gutta, which is used in your painting on silk. Your drawing skills will then allow you to develop a design which will suit the colourful dyes used in silk painting.
Who Should Attend!
- This course is suitable for people willing to experience new concepts and ideas, and putting them into practise when painting on silk.
- People who want to take the easy way out and simply produce paintings that are 'coloured in shapes' will not find this course suitable.
