Beginner's Guide to Silk Painting

by Mandy Southan

Book Overview

Renowned silk painter Mandy Southan demonstrates all the techniques you need to get to grips with this intriguing medium, beginning with clear artistic advice on materials and using color and then... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0855328029
• ISBN13: 9780855328023
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Search Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A really good book!

The Beginner's Guide to Silk Painting is a joy! Easy to read with lots of demonstration illustrations. For the beginner, the book offers a number of easily understandable techniques and projects that give you a sense of accomplishment. A great purchase!

SILK PAINTING

I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THIS BOOK, I JUST COULDNOT WAIT TO GET STARTED. NOW I'M HOOKED!!!

Love this book

An excellent addition to your silk painting reference books. Colorful pictures. Simple directions and traceable patterns. Simple steam fixing directions too.

great for beginners

The author teaches various silk painting techniques step-by-step. For each project she provides a picture of the finished piece, a drawing of the design that can be photocopied, a materials list and pictures for each painting step. The instructions are clear, the projects appealing. The book also has one of the clearest instructions how to make your own steam-fixing device and how to steam fix. It's a great book that will get you started.

If your just getting into silk painting this book is a must.

This book clearly sends the novice silk painter through the basic techniques of this exciting craft. The colour photographers are brilliant, showing step by step ways to acquire the skills needed for silk painting and so complete the various projects within the book. Add this to the shopping basket now it's a must!