Here are some more of those Woodland Sunflowers from Vail, Colorado. This time they are painted in blue.
I dyed SilkPaint! brand resist to make dots in the centers of each flower. After it was steamed and washed twice, some of the centers still seemed a little stiff. I don’t know if the stiffness will wash out eventually.
This year was the most beautiful year ever for my Hydrangea. I think it is because we didn’t really have much of a freeze this year. Usually it only has about 5 blooms and they are kind of hidden under the foliage. This year the bush was full. I took this picture before the blooms got heavy and weighed down the branches making the plant look droopy.
Doesn’t this scarf remind you of the Hydrangeas? There is blue, purple and pink with a little green thrown in for the leaves. This hydrangea scarf is painted on Chiffon silk. It is very light-weight and airy. I love it! New favorite?
Last summer I had the privilege of visiting the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail, Colorado. It was beautiful! When I took some pictures of the flowers there, I had no idea I would be turning those pictures into silk paintings.
I’ve looked and looked on the internet to find a name for those cute little yellow flowers. The closest I could come up with is Woodland Sunflowers. I’m not sure that’s right. In fact the Woodland Sunflowers I found on the internet didn’t have the two-color petals.
I traced the picture of the Sunflower onto the silk.
These pictures were taken before the scarf was steam-set. You can’t really tell that the top is a light green color (really that should be on the bottom) to simulate leaves and the bottom (which should be the top) is light blue to simulate the sky.
This is my first attempt at using resist to create the outline of the flowers.
This scarf was given to my Dad’s cousin. She is an artist and I was so honored that she wanted one of my scarves!
Rainbows in Waterfalls 