Acrylic will make it stiff. -----Original Message----- I have a length of silk taffeta that has an embroidery pattern that is invokative of an Elizabethan pattern, except that it is all off-white on off-white. I would like to add color to the flowers without embroidering them all. So I was thinking of painting dabs or washes of color to those flowers. I know that there are special paints that are typically used on silk, but I was wondering about using paints closer to hand - watercolors, gouaches, acryllics and oils? >>
I can't imagine that watercolors or oils would work well at all. I would either use acrylic, heavily thinned with a textile medium, or bite the bullet and buy silk paints from Dharma. Dianne _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
