Painting Flowers on Silk Painting Flowers on Silk By Mandy Southan Publisher Search Press Edition Paperback Size 204 x 260 mm Illustrations 137 Pages 80 Mandy Southan trained at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design where she gained a degree in Fashion and Textile Design. She designs and produces printed and hand-painted silks for retail and commission. Mandy is a founder member and chairman of the Guild of Silk Painters. She teaches art, silk painting and design at Hastings College and she gives silk painting demonstrations to art groups and societies. Mandy lives in Hastings and exhibits in galleries in East Sussex. Exotic lilies, crimson and creamy white oleanders, exquisite Christmas roses, clusters of white jasmine...all these and more are illustrated in this beautiful practical guide in which Mandy Southan explains the techniques required to create a stunning range of flowers. A series of projects with complete step-by-step photographs show how to capture the beauty and translucency of orchids, daffodils, tulips, irises and poppies. The techniques are many and varied - they include using outliners and wax, blending colours, overpainting, painting on to dry and damp silk, painting with broken colour, etching on silk velvet and discharging. The glorious pictures will inspire all those interested in silk painting and textiles to explore the versatility and breadth of this exciting medium. # Popular trend appealing to embroiderers, patchworkers, quilters, batik artists, as well as silk painters # Flowers - popular subject amongst textile workers # Author wrote Search Press's best-seller 'Beginner's Guide to Silk Painting Book Contents Introduction, Materials, Colour mixing, Complementary colours, Fixing dyes, How to start, Basic techniques, Oleanders, Using gutta resist, shading and blending, Christmas rose, Using clear gutta over painted silk, Lilies, Using metallic outliner, Jasmine, Using wax with a brush, Orchids, Using wax with a tjanting, Daffodils, Painting on to damp silk, Mallows, Painting on to dry silk, Tulips, Painting with broken colour, Irises, Using etching on silk velvet, French marigolds, Using salt crystals, Hibiscus, Using thickener on the silk, Amaryllis, Using diffusing medium, Anemones, Using thickener in the dyes, Index. The Textile Directory Bookstore postal charges: UK 1 book = £2.50 2 books = £4.50 3 books = £7.00 4 books or more = £9.00 Overseas 1 book = £6.00 2 books = £10.00 3 books = £14.00 4 books or more = £18.00 Price: £8.95