Batik: Part I

I discovered batik at the music festivals we've attended. It's a unique style of print where it originally consisted of coming up with an image and using hot wax to draw it out on a piece of cotton fabric. then you take colored dyes and go over the fabric and wax. peel away or somehow, gently remove the wax and the image shows up with the colors not touching the outline.

 

I was reading one of those Family Fun magazines and they used Elmer's blue gel glue. As i googled more into it, i found a delightful website and followed their directions which really is like the original method of batik --- except i'm using Elmer's instead of wax and acrylic paints.

 

i cut out my muslim fabric and used my glue to create an image. allow it to dry overnight. then, take acrylic paint and paint all over it. the more water you use with the acrylic paint gives it a more water color image which i like. the less water (or no water), you get deeper, darker colors. allow that to dry overnight.