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.
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 