Silk painting is a popular craft and offers artists a satisfying technique for colouring fabric.  The smooth weave provides a good surface which diffuses the colour evenly (find out more about the George Weil silk fabric range) and colours flood the fabric the moment they are applied. In this Silk Painting section we offer an extensive range of silk paints, silk dyes, gutta and outliners, and other mediums such as effects salt and primers for all silk painting techniques.

Silk painters may choose to use a gutta outliner or resist to outline elements of the painting and contain the colours, or they may prefer to treat the fabric with a primer to help control the flow of the paint or dye.  Sprinkling wet paint with salt crystals will result in the colour being pulled towards and absorbed by the crystal, while dripping with water will push the colours away, and in some cases remove it.  Find out more about Painting and Printing >