More Shiva Paintsticks
I was playing around in my studio yesterday with my new Shiva Paintsticks. I tried a number of techniques, but one that I think is really successful is to rub a paintstick over fabric that has been placed on some type of texture. I have some texture plates, but couldn’t find them anywhere because my studio is currently in a state of uncontrolled chaos and must be straightened up before I do anything else…toute suite!
Do you know how it feels when you know you have something and can’t find it anywhere. Then you end up making more of a mess in your desperation to find said item? That’s what it was like for me today, except that I did come across some lino-cuts that I had made in college from a print-making class. Perfect for placing under the fabric for an interesting design.
I should see if I can find any of the prints that I made using this particular lino-cut and share them with you. I also found two unused 18″ x 24″ pieces of Golden Cut Linoleum. I should cut these into smaller pieces and make some custom rubbing plates for myself. Of course, I would need to find my palm grip carving tools. They’re around here somewhere.
Now, I must wait for these fabric samples to dry. In the meantime, I started stitching this.
Observations: When I was painting the backgrounds onto the fabric I did try the Shiva Colorless Blender, which works pretty good. I think that I would go through one of these pretty quick, however, so I think I’ll stick with some type of oil based medium. I have also identified the colors that I will run out of fastest and the colors that I would like to have such as true pink, purple, lime green and maybe a few others to round out my palette.
