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SURFACE
Ginwashi Rice Paper 12.5" x 10" (31.75 x 25.40 cm) #63104 Awagami factory paper, cream
PALETTE
MIJELLO MISSION GOLD WATERCOLORS
Greenish Yellow
Olive Green
Permanent Yellow Deep Red Violet
Rose Madder Shell Pink Ultramarine Deep Van Dyke Green
BRUSHES
No. 10 round (watercolor brushes work best) Old/inexpensive brushes for waxing: liner, No. 5
round, 1" flat
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) Canning (Gulf) wax
Divided watercolor palette
Eye dropper
Iron
Newspaper
Pigma Micron pen .05 Small electric frying pan Wax paper
SOURCES
Years ago a friend encouraged me to take a batik class with Dee Cochran. I enjoyed the class so much that I bought all the supplies and a number of patterns from
Dee. Shortly afterward my husband had a sudden work transfer and we relocated to England. With the move and drastic lifestyle change all my batik supplies got stored away and forgotten. By time I finally got around to painting the patterns I had purchased I couldn’t remember the process of batik. It wasn’t until Conference in San Diego when I took a class from Catherine Bonnie Jones that I was able to paint the beautiful projects that I had stored for so long. Bonnie truly rekindled my interest in batik and I am forever grateful to her. I now regularly teach batik as well as acrylic classes
at Steph’s Folk Art Studio in Lancaster, Pa. With a little encouragement I recently began designing patterns of my own.
PREPARATION
To cut rice paper, I work on a quilter’s cutting mat for correct sizing and straight lines. Place a yardstick where you want to make the cut. Then take a scroll brush loaded with water and wet along the cutting line. Pull the paper up along the yardstick, tearing it to form the beautiful furry edges.
Place the rice paper smooth side up on top of your pattern and draw in all pattern lines using a Pigma Micron .05 pen. This pen does not bleed and has shown best results of all pens I have used. Work quickly and lift the pen when it is not moving.
To mix watercolor paints use a watercolor palette. Add water using an eyedropper to the desired amount needed for each color. Then take a wet brush to the watercolor paint and slowly add paint to the water puddle on your palette. Test this mix by placing a small amount on watercolor paper,
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