On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Dianne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
Thanks to all that have commented. I just have a question, for those that reccomended acrylic paints, do you use oil paints at all? One of my thoughts here, is that we have some evidence that fabrics were painted on for clothing prior to 1600, if only for children's or special occasion clothing that wasn't worn more than once or twice. There is the painting of Elizabeth from Bess of Hardwick Hall fame that looks to be painted fabric - though whether that was a real dress is not certain either. Anyway, it would seem like the oil paint would have been what was used to permanently mark fabric. I have only just begun working with oil paints myself, so I don't know how they handle in this case, whereas I have used acrylics on fabric. I had found that if the paint is thinned it doesn't crack or flaked, but the chance it will soak to areas you don't want, can be problematic. I suspect that I will be marking out the outfit I am making on my fabric, and then I'll test painting techniques on the scraps. Purchasing additional/specialty paints and dyes at this point is cost prohibitive when I do have these other paints in house and I'm sitting at home right now waiting for the plumber to show. thanks alex -- "I'm buying this fabric/book now in case I have an emergency...you know, having to suddenly make presents for everyone, sickness,flood, injury, mosquito infestations, not enough silk in the house, it's Friday..." ;) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
