6. Adding Color
Now soluble colors are carefully painted into the areas outlined with gutta. Hatouf uses soluble colors from Dupont which she dilutes with alcohol or water. Once touched to the fabric, the paints are not removable, so great care must be taken not to spill or apply the wrong color to an area. Since many of her designs are dependent on a repeated pattern, any mistake here would be immediately obvious in the finished piece.
7. Drying the Painting
Hatouf lets her finished painting dry for one day before attempting to remove the gutta.
8. Steaming the Painting
Hatouf uses a machine which takes about three hours to remove the gutta using steam. She wraps her painting in old newspaper and adds just enough water to keep the painting from getting wet.
9. Finished Painting
After the steaming is complete, she just removes and unwraps her piece, and Hatouf has a finished silk painting, ready to frame!
by http://www.youngartists.com/thatouf.htm
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