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Author: Li_Newton, Contributing Editor
| LINE UNDERPAINTING AND ALCOHOL BLENDING
For artists who come to silk painting from other painterly mediums, the limitations of the white gutta line or the stagnant colored gutta line can be frustrating as they can detract from the depth and fluidity of an image. To resolve these problems, you can establish form and dimension in your painting by using a technique called linear underpainting. Begin by outlining your subject with thin dry brush lines of dye in the appropriate colors for your subject, keeping in mind where your light source is. In the following example of a sea turtle, the light source comes from the upper right so the lines on the top and right are of lighter value than on the bottom left. This brushwork is then covered ( and therefore saved ) with thin lines of clear gutta applied with the applicator tip. Using this technique, you create a more painterly foundation of many hues and values from which you can develop and build a more integrated design. Once the outline is established and the gutta lines are set, you can begin the process of shading and establishing form and texture within the subject. Using alcohol within your subject to slow the flow of the dyes, you can create very subtle shading. |
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