Silk painting class (traditional techniques)

Attending this 3-hour class you’ll be learning to paint on many types of silk fabrics such as silk chiffon, silk habotai, and thicker silk for instance luxurious silk, mixed silk with cotton or linen.

Luna will be teaching you to create your own design, how to transfer the design onto the silk fabric of your choice, and then to color it using different painting techniques such as using gutta, salt, silk dyes, silk paints, water, alcohol, dilutant or thickener.

After the class, you’ll come home with whether one piece of a hand-painted silk scarf or a piece of silk fabric to then tailor it into a garment that you desire. It can be a skirt, a blouse, a pair of trousers or even a jacket if you choose to paint on a large piece of fabric.

Applying this technique, you’ll then be able to make many different silk scarves for yourself or your loved ones by giving them as a meaningful gift.

What else are you going to take away from this class?
- How to choose silk paints or dyes, different types of silk fabrics, stretcher frames, and other art materials.
- How to save cost when starting out this technique, and suggestions on where to buy the required products online.
- How to fix the colors on the fabric permanently.
- How to make your art piece become a wearable silk scarf if you didn’t get the hemmed one.
- How to stretch the painted fabric onto a wooden frame for displaying on the wall.

Who this course is for:
- Art lovers or anyone who wants to learn and paint on all different kinds of silk fabrics.
- Students who want to create their own selection of silk scarves, home decorations, or paintings to hang on the wall.
- Students who want to learn traditional silk painting techniques, to create their own hobby or master it and then be able to teach others.

For silk fabric pieces bigger then 180 x 45 cm an additional fee will be charged. This price will be between €10 and €30 euros, depending on the size.

Do you want to follow this lesson in a larger group or online? Send a message for the possibilities!