Betty Busby Class - Day One

A group of ten art quilters met at Marlas house to learn various multi media techniques from Betty Busby.

The first morning we painted on silk using DynaFlow paints.

Betty is choosing a texture to place under the silk.

Silk goes on top of the textured surface.

Water is added.

DynaFlow paint is dabbed on the wet silk.

Here is a similar, yet different process:

Textured items are laid on a white garbage bag.
(Garbage bag is a slippery surface that the metallic paint will not stick to.)

Add piece of silk, wet, daub on DynaFlow and a mixture of metallic paint.

Squirt heavily with water in spray bottle to force the mica chips in the metallic paint to the underside of the silk.

Working in the shade and sun.  34C!!  Everything dries fast!

In the afternoon we painted on non-woven Reemay.   It can be cut using scissors or a hot knife (wood burning tool or soldering iron.) 

Betty uses Teflon sheets as a protection from the heat of the hot knife on an ironing board
(a chunk of glass can also be used). 

Tip of hot knife is pointed.

Easy to cut organic edges.

When fusible is on the back it will temporarily stick to the teflon enabling you to cut without the piece sliding around.
You can also burn in small dots!

Then we embellished our dried silk pieces with Shiva art sticks. 

Betty has a chunk of textured material under the silk.
She is using a gold coloured Shiva (oil paint) stick.

Some of my results:

My textured silks showing front and back.

Another piece of silk that I painted with metallic paint and embellished with Shiva Sticks.

This piece of silk was painted using a vinyl flowered rubber placemat underneath.
After it dried I used a Turquoise Shiva Metallic Paintstick to add detail.

Painted Reemay

Painted Reemay cut out using scissors (middle leaf) and hot knife (outside smaller pieces)

Notice the tiny detail that can be achieved using the hot knife!

Betty with her Reemay leaf veins and dyed silk behind made into an art piece.

Reemay leaf over a chunk of painted silk.
Could become the beginning of a gorgeous art piece.