Sun West Art Club

Workshops are nonrefundable.

Watercolor Batik is a technique that combines melted wax and watercolors on rice paper that creates an exciting and interesting painting. Your choice of image is traced onto the rice paper with a .05 Micron pen.
Apply liquid hot wax to anything that you want to stay white, just like masking fluid. Use the watercolors to add color to your design and as these areas dry you will brush on melted wax. Once all areas are painted, dried, and waxed, crinkle the paper up to create lines. Shake off excess wax and apply a dark wash of color to the paper. Once your work is dry, cover it with newspaper and use an iron to remove the wax and reveal the beautiful
results.

Supplies

• Line drawing of the design you want to use for the project.
• Look for pen and ink drawings as they work best.
• Your favorite watercolors and various sizes of watercolor brushes.
• Acrylic paint can also work
• Water container
• Newspaper

Supplies provided by the instructor

• Awagami Ginwashi Rice Paper size 10 x 13 Extra sheet at provided at a cost per student
• Micron Pigma .05 black pen
• Wax/Paraffin Melted in small crock pots /Provided by instructor.
• Assorted old brushes for the wax pots/Provided by the instructor.
• Irons
• Newspapers

I will provide some ideas for batik but participants can bring ideas, too.