VCU Community Classes - Silk Painting - Rashmi Agarwal

Famous fine silk artist Rashmi Agarwal will be conducting Silk Painting Classes at VCUQatar

Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop for in-person registration.

Course participants will learn basic and more advanced Silk Painting techniques, i.e. various stop flow methods, 'Serti' technique using water based resists and gutta, wax effect, free flow techniques, and embellishing works with salt crystals.


Start: Friday, 9 October, 2015

End: Friday 27 November, 2015

Lessons: 8 

Days: Fridays

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Location: VCUQatar, Rooms 177

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 850 / US$ 233.50

Class Outline

• Stretching the silk on adjustable frame, use of pencil lightly for drawing design onto the silk and applying resist on silk
• Apply of Silk paints and use of salt technique and wet on wet technique effect
• Removal of salts, fixing paints, washing and ironing
• Start of new painting with another technique, i.e. Stop-flow, or No-flow primers technique and also white blending effect technique
• Use of wax technique including Batik
• Removal of wax for all and fixing wax designs with heat and Introduction of silk craft with silk pencil colour bar.
• Completion of silk craft item and start of new painting it with clear resist technique and no flow.
• Clearing and completion of clear resist painting and theory notes and certificate distribution

For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/36-silk-painting