DIRECTIONS:
1. Mix Lumin-Arte powders with Lumin-Arte acrylic medium for fabric to create the paints, following the instructions on the bottles.
2. Paint Habotai silk rectangle (Panel 1) with the mixed Lumin-Arte paint.
3. Lay the Habotai silk rectangle onto a felt background and machine stitch it with gold thread in vertical lines to the background.
4. Scrunch-up a square of paper toweling (Panel 2) and paint it (whilst in it's scrunched-up state) with a very dilute mix of Lumin-Arte paint and leave to dry (in it's scrunched-up state).
5. Coat a rectangular piece of muslin (Panel 3) with spackle and leave to dry.
6. When dry, paint the spackled muslin with Lumin-Arte paint ("metallic mica bronze").
7. Embellish a square of Dupioni silk ( Panel 4 ) with random running stitch and then paint the square with a full strength mix of "Lumin-Arte" paint.
8. Rubber stamp a flower image onto a tiny piece of Habotai silk (Panel 5). Lay the piece of silk onto felt and machine-stitch around the image.
9. Produce final piece by layering and gluing the panels (Numbers 1 through 5) on top of each other.
10. Embellish with eyelets and beads. 
 

LuminArte Polished Pigments™ are brilliant ground pigments mixed with shimmering micas.

 

Mix with one part Polished Pigments™ to 2 parts Simple Solutions™ to make your own shimmering acrylic paints. Create a soft sheer look by adding more Simple Solution™. A little pigment goes a long way!

Simple Solution™ #1 is for use on fabric, glass and leather. Simple Solution™ #2 is for use on paper, plastic, walls.

 

 

1. I always dilute the paint powders with the recommended medium but it is also possible to add water to make even more dilute whilst retaining the full color of the paint.
 
2. I have not yet found a paper on which it does not work. For fabric, the very fine Habotai silk accepts it well but it does tend to stiffen in the process; this can sometimes add to the effect.
 
3. If you make a really thick consistency, it is possible to etch into it.