Painting on Fabric

Practice makes perfect

2010-08-20T13:57:00.000-07:00

Painting on fabric is not like painting on paper or canvas. Fabric tends to move with the brush unless properly secured and the paint tends to saturate at a different rate. That being said, you need to practice and practice some more before you try painting on your final item. How you do that is <!-- google_ad_client = "pub-2068119563778590"; /* inpost white */ google_ad_slot = "8114890786";

Painting flowers, a nice technique

2010-08-13T12:28:00.000-07:00

In my prior post I showed an example of a poorly done technique and idea about painting on fabric. Now here is a good one. In the video acrylic paints are used but you can easily substitute oil based paints or fabric paints that are guaranteed not to wash out. The artist in the video shows him painting on paper but his technique could be easily used on non-stretch fabric such as white linen or

Fabric painting - the wrong way

2010-08-13T11:58:00.000-07:00

I found this video on YouTube and thought it made an excellent example of how not to paint on fabric. As you watch the video below take note that the artist mentions putting LOTS of paint on the design to make it more permanent. Wrong, wrong, wrong, what she will be doing is making the the artwork so stiff that it cannot be worn or even used as a pillow or anything flexible. She is also using

An easy way to learn fabric painting

2010-08-04T20:11:00.000-07:00

When I was in my late teens I use to paint on fabric with oil paints. I chose those tube oil paints because I knew that they would not wash out of the t-shirts that I would paint. I learned how to paint seagulls and lots of ocean waves, since they were the easiest for me to paint on fabric. Then I took a long break from painting - years in fact. When I finally wanted to get back into painting on

Using an air brush on fabric

2010-06-28T09:49:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thought about using an airbrush to paint on fabric? Until 10 years ago, I never did. That was when I saw a man at the local county fair painting sweat shirts for people while they waited. I don't know if he used a special fast drying paint or not. I just can't imagine wearing something that I had just painted only an hour or 2 earlier. Never mind the fact of wet paint, it did give

A new blog, a new beginning

2010-06-26T11:23:00.000-07:00

Fabric painting, I love it. Oils are my medium and t-shirts are typically my canvas. My specialty is seagulls but I am learning to paint other things and designs. Even though I started out with oil paints, I am learning to use fabric paints made for fabric.