by Mickey Lawler. List: $24.99. Highly recommended for silk and fabric painting. Besides silk painters, this book is also useful for quilters.
Mickey's playful and relaxed approach shows you how to create skies, earth, seas and gardens. Useful "Paint Color and Mixing Chart" helps take the guesswork out of mixing paints and dyes. For Mickey Lawler, the sky is never the limit! Mickey’s Skydyes fabric is well known among quilters and fiber artists as the finest individually hand-painted cotton available.
Publisher's note:
Perfect for beginning fabric painters, as well as those who have dabbled with fabric paints Straightforward instructions explain Mickey’s painting techniques Easy-to-follow exercises show how to create skies, earth, seas, and gardens Learn how to choose appropriate fabrics, paints, and applicators Handy “Paint Color and Mixing Chart” Includes an easy quilt project that uses fabrics you create in the exercises
Skydyes A Visual Guide to Fabric Painting Mickey Lawler ISBN: 1-57120-072-x C&T Publishing Book (Paperback) $24.95 8 1/2 x 11 112 pages 162 color illustrations September 1999