Originally Posted by Farm Quilter
Originally Posted by catrancher
Last night I "sacrificed my quilt (it's for learning, right?) to experimentation with Shiva paint sticks. What a cool medium! I've had the paint sticks for quite a while, but never tried them. Now I'm ready to start again, and I'll use this first quilt to experiment with shading. Your feedback has been invaluable. Thank you for taking so much interest. Your words of encouragement have been so uplifting!
Pretty please, can we see what you have done??? With sugar on top!!!!! :thumbup:
Okay, okay . . . I'm still not happy with this, but it's a good way to practice with these. The Shiva Paintstiks, if you aren't familiar with them are like oil crayons. They develop a film that can be wiped off with a paper towel when you want to use them, then after using them they reseal themselves with a new film so that they never dry out. They can be stenciled, rubbed, whatever . . . depending on what you're trying to achieve. I only have the irridescent colors, and not enough choices to achieve the colors I want. I was just messing with them. This morning, I ordered another set with more colors, including white and black.
Here's a link if you're interested in learning more:
http://www.sewthankful.com/PaintstikInstruct.html
Without Paint
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With Paint--The mountain is too blue (a limitation of the color I have), and the grass is still not quite right (limited in my choice of colors). But I like the way it toned down the color in the house! I used a sort of bronze colored one for that.
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Shiva Paintstiks Irridescent
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New set--more and better colors
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