1. “Pink Water Lily”
2. Working Drawing
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Silk Painting Designs using "Hidden" Gutta Lines
Water Lily
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1. “Pink Water Lily” |
2. Working Drawing |
Start by painting wet into damp, the foremost petal (1) in the centre of the picture, a very pale tint of your chosen colour. Shade its left side and base with a darker tone of that colour. Outline the petal with clear water-soluble gutta.
Apply shading outside this outline, around the base and sides of the petal. Dampen the silk each time you paint.
The sequence unfolds outwards from the starting point. Deal with each petal in turn and then the stem. Shade the petals and stem before you draw their gutta outlines.
Fill the stamen area in one application of orange paint. Outline and shade each stamen one at a time starting on the right hand side.
Paint the background last. Work anticlockwise starting from the right hand side of the stem.
Rose
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3. “Yellow Rose” |
4. Working Drawing |
Start by painting the turned edge of the foremost petal indicated (1). Paint this area a very pale tint of your chosen colour. Lighten its left side using clean water. Dry quickly. Outline this turned edge with clear water-soluble gutta.
Apply very pale shading along the left side of the outlined area. Paint, highlight and outline the three adjacent turned petal edges in the same way.
The sequence unfolds outwards from the starting point and inwards to the dark tip of the rose. Paint, shade and outline each area in turn including the stem.
Paint the background and shadows. Outline and shade the stripes one at a time, starting from the left hand side. Draw the stripes freehand on the silk or on the working drawing before attaching it to your frame.
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5. “Peonies” |
6. Working Drawing |
Start by painting the foremost lower petal edge (1) a very pale tint of your chosen colour. Shade and blend its lower half with a darker tone of that colour. Outline the petal edge with clear water-soluble gutta.
Deal with each petal edge shown in red in the same way. The sequence unfolds outwards from the petal edges.
Deal with each petal in turn. Paint it your chosen colour. Apply shading against the outlined areas and to the base of each petal. Outline each petal as it is finished.
Paint and blend the outer petals with matching colours.
After the painted silk has been fixed and washed, pin the silk back onto your painting frame. Use diluted gold permanent gutta applied with a brush to paint the stamen in the centre of each flower.
Copyright ©2010 Leonard Thompson Paintings on Silk
Last revised: May 03, 2010
