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| layered technique with golds, white |
Hi Taryn.
Just to confirm, the following watercolor mock-up is the design we will be following for all three sets; the gold/white, green, and purple.
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| watercolor sketch of green banners. |
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| example: brush stroke technique |
and the above picture of the "brush stroke technique" is what we will NOT be using in any of our banners.
In order to translate the above green watercolor sketch into
silk dye on silk I have two techniques to use and will be using them both in all the banners. One technique blends the colors softly together, and the other, a layering technique, makes some beautiful organic changes between and with the colors. This second technique I 'll be adding in judiciously to keep all 16x2 feet of banners beautiful, dynamic and interesting.
The gold and white horizontal piece at the top of this post is a 60" x 7" scarf I made this weekend with only the layering technique, and the dyes I will be using for our gold/white pieces. Below is a detail of this same piece. These are pretty intense examples. Remember that they are small and close up. Seen from a distance and on a much larger piece, and mixed in with the soft watercolor technique, the effect will be much toned down. The advantage is that I have a tool for guiding the eye, and we are using a beautiful quality of the silk itself to our advantage.
I've got two beautiful gold dyes, one more yellow and one deeper, closer to brown but still gold. I've added for a little more color variation a bit of green and a cool red..
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| detail layered tech. with golds, green and cool red |
Below is just another scarf I made with greens and blues and a gold.
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| layered technique with greens, blues, golds |
I didn't make a scarf combining the two techniques, as my main purpose was to play with the colors and give you an idea of this second technique.
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