Saturday was a busy day with our member, Ann Loh, dropping by to try out a western-watercolour T-shirt painting technique.
We started with a quick line sketch of monkey cups or pitcher plants (Nepenthes macfarlanei) from a painting by artist Marni Zainodin using a fine brown fabric pen. Once the ink lines were dry (so that the fabric colouring dye wouldn't blot) Ann started painting the lightest shades and colours with quick washes. We used a hairdryer to dry the initial washes quickly before Ann could add the medium tones and colours.
We took a short break while waiting for the dye to dry and then Ann finished off the painting with the darkest greens and purples on the plants. The entire process took nearly three hours but it was worth it, don't you think?
We have classes for T-shirt printing with local leaves and flowers, painting in both Chinese spontaneous single stroke watercolour and western watercolour techniques as well as bottle recycling every Saturday from 1.00pm to 4.00pm for members of the public.
Please call our Outreach office or email us to book lessons with us.
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