Creating a piece of silk painting is not so difficult as you think.  All you have to do is scatter a few beautiful colors across the silk.  Then let it dry. 

                                ------- by Sanchia Lin

If you would like to further develop your silk painting into a more complex designs such as the above silk painting, you might look into Silk painting 1 for helpful suggestions.

To get started, you need the following supplies:
. a piece of plain silk
. stretch bars to stretch silk
. some pushpins
. a few colors of silk paints-primary colors and night blue color
. 12 plastic cups for mixing colors
. a spray bottle with 70% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol
. some silk salt
. brushes and foam brushes 

Before you start painting, use pushpins to stretch silk onto the stretch bars.  Then, mix the primary colors to create a set of color-wheel for your painting.  You also need to setup a flat working area for your silk creation.  Easel is not good for this approach because you are going to work on a water color method-wet onto wet-for your silk painting. 

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