Brush lettering on silk

Here is the silk painting set-up.

The mount board has a circle drawn on it as a guide line
Then the starched silk is stuck to it with removeable glue spray.
I use a Winsor and Newton Cotman nylon brush, series 222, no.1 or 0. It's not too bushy and is springy. Also, acrylic paint wrecks brushes.
Lascaux acrylic is fab and the nicest I have used - I really love the metallic range – this one is "Pale Gold"
Then I have a wet palette, but here I have only made a teeny one for the gold, because I didn't need to have the colours out for that long.
I think a wet-palette for acrylic is one of the best inventions ever.

Use any dish – tupperware is great; and line it with 3-4 layers of damp paper kitchen towel. Cover this with baking parchment and put your blobs of paint on it. This will slow the drying process, especially if you put the tupperware lid on at tea breaks.
Baking parchment: you can buy this at a supermarket next to the cooking foil. Baking parchment is NOT greasproof or wax paper – it is a siilicone moisture-resistant paper so the paint stays wet for longer. It's great for bookbinding and cooking salmon. To cook salmon, rinse 4 pieces of salmon and dry with a kitchen towel. Place each salmon piece on its own large square of baking parchment. Mix 2 tsp honey, juice of one lime and 1 Tbs soy sauce and spoon half over the fish. Keep the other half to spoon over afterwards. Make parcels with the salmon - fold two ends in a "roll" then fold other two sides inwards and turn the parcel over to keep it closed. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes at 180 degrees or until fish is just cooked through. Serve with a fruit salsa of ½ pink grapefruit, 1 kiwi, and ½ a mango.
And yes, the colours are delectable.

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