Art Class

For the past couple of weeks Kieran and I have been taking an art class at the Panaga Club. The class was called Painting on Silk. Because this was our first attempt we both decided to do the beginner project. Basically, you start with an empty piece of silk that is attached to a wooden frame. From there you trace out your design using a carbon pencil. Next you apply a material called Gutta which is basically clear glue to the pencil lines you traced. This stops the paints from bleeding into each other. Finally once you've chosen your colours you wet the area of silk where you are painting then apply the paint. The silk does all the work for you. It blends in such a way that makes you look skilled, which I am not! The texture on the trees is done by adding salt while the paint is still wet. I'm not sure Kieran loved the class, but it fullfilled an art requirement for homeschooling, and I had fun doing it! By the way Kieran's painting is on the left and mine is on the right.