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Drawing Your Design
- It is best to start drawing at the top of the silk, on the part which is
furthest away
from you and work down, to avoid touching the gutta and smear your arm.
- If you are tracing from a design you have previously drawn onto a
paper you can
trace it onto the silk with a pencil first, then go over it with gutta.
Place the drawing
underneath the silk, close enough to see the design through the silk.
- Draw the design onto the silk.
- Let the gutta dry before applying the paint. Spirit- based gutta does
not have to be
totally dry but if properly diluted it should only take a few minutes.
Dry it with a hair
dryer if you are in a hurry.
- Once dry, water-based gutta may need to be ironed before it will hold
the paint. If
so, turn the frame upside down and iron the silk on the wrong side.
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