Crocodiles, smiles & fuzzy lines

Today I was going through my computer looking for some images, and this one of one of my silk scarves appeared ... and it just makes me smile :-)

I used to be a member of an artist group called ARTISTS FOR LIFE, and we focussed on Australian wildlife. We held exhibitions in Sydney which highlighted the plight of many endangered australian animals, and one of my favourites became the ringtail possum.

I love to draw cute animals, and those who know me well know that I draw LOTS of Koalas :-)

This cheery crocodile is handpainted onto white silk habotai, using French dyes and orange gutta. The background has been layed and fused using some of my techniques, and gives it an interesting flavour.

I'm thinking it might be time to paint some more of these scarves - is this something you like?

A good size would be 35" or 40" square; when draped or tied around the neck the actual design isn't obvious, but the patterns and shades can be complementary to your outfit. Some folks might even tie a scarf like this around their hat for a jaunty air :-)

So - let me know - should I resurrect this crocodile design?

Cheers
Teena!

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Day 3 Royal Easter Show

Wow!!! What a HUGE day I had today!! I'm absolutely exhausted, my back can't believe it's over and we're home safely :D



Above: My wonderful booth, filled with amazing colours, happy faces and lots of laughter :-)



Above: boys love painting on silk too :-)

I've never taught so many people so quickly in my whole life, what an adventure it has been!

Today I drew lots of cute animals on silk for people to paint with the silk dyes, and we all had a blast!

As I packed up at the end of the show, I could hardly believe I'd met so many warm, interesting and funny people in a 3 day period. I took lots of photos and it will take me some time to get them online, but I will post a couple here too.

To see more photos, pop over to :

http://how-to-paint-on-silk.com/royal-easter-show-april-2010.html

Ciao ciao from a very tired but very happy Teena!

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Day 2 Sydney Royal Easter Show

Just got home from my second day of three, demonstrating silk painting at the Royal Easter Show.

I met an absolutely huge number of adults and kids today who tried their hand at silk painting. We played with cold wax, seaweed outliner, French dyes and painted starfish, moons, fish, cats and shapes of all sizes :D

There were even a couple of 2 and 3 year olds who had a try, with their Mums helping them.

Everyone loved it! It was such a fantastic thing for me to be part of, to share my love of silk and silk painting with so many people ...

If you came by my booth today - THANK YOU for making it such a super duper fantastic day!

The photos I took will be online by the end of the week, over at http://how-to-paint-on-silk.com

One more day to go, which is also the last day of the Show ... until next year :-)

Ciao for now
Teena

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Handpainted silk coats

As I continued down memory lane today, I came across this 1989 photo of me wearing one of my very first handpainted silk coats - turquoise and purple painted onto silk habotai, with white trim which was a bit dashing :-)


In this photo above I'm visiting with my friend Mel over cocktails.

Above: this is my gorgeous friend Anca who is my trusty model whenever I need one :-)

Anca is wearing my handpainted silk chiffon Haori jacket, painted in my Coral Reef design.

Above: Anca wearing hot pink and orange handpainted silk chiffon.

Click the photos to zoom in for more detail.

Ahhhhhh what fun to spend another couple of hours in my photo folders :-) -- does the heart good!

Teena



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