Painting on fabric is an ancient art,allowing you to create unique works. The roots of this kind of artistic processing of tissues goes to the countries of Southeast Asia - Japan, China, Indonesia. Old masters often painted silk, on which strange birds and flowers came to life. Fabrics imported to Europe with hand painted were valued very highly, they could be afforded only by representatives of the aristocracy. The technique of painting on cloth began to develop in Europe only in the 20s of the last century. All kinds of manual work on dyeing fabrics are called "batik". This word came from Indonesia, it means literally "a drop on the fabric." There are various techniques for creating drawings on tissues.
This is the most complex method of painting and one of the mostancient. To create a multicolored pattern, the desired areas are treated with wax and dipped in a hot dye. Under the wax drops, the fabric does not change its color, therefore, painting a part of the pattern in one tone, apply wax lines again and color the next color. And so many times, until you get a complex pattern. Such a painstaking work on one canvas can last for weeks. The finished fabric is stretched to dry and the wax is finally removed.
In this technique, a special composition (reserve)a contour of the pattern is drawn, inside which the fabric is painted in different colors. Only after applying all the colors, the fixing composition is removed and the contour is drawn. To get a quality painting on the fabric, it is usually stained on both sides.
This method is available to all.It is very simple - knots are knotted before staining. You can do this in chaotic order, but you can think of a special drawing. The fabric thus prepared is subjected to boiling in a color solution. This method is suitable only for tissues withstanding high temperatures.
Painting on fabric with airbrush or acrylic paints
This is a modern technique, it requiresspecial acrylic paints for fabrics. They can be applied with a normal brush or with the help of an airbrush. When performing drawings in this way, you can use different stencils or
Painting on wet cloth
Such works are very unusual - the colors are smoothflow from one tone to another, it turns out the effect of the airiness of the picture. Canvas can first be kept in saline solution to prevent ugly stains.
Modern designers to create uniquemodels of clothing are turning to new technologies, allowing to create a printed method of painting on the fabric. The photo, transferred to the silk cloth, became a fashionable technique for leading couturiers.
