Summer is the perfect time to experiment with clothes. Original T-shirts, T-shirts and shorts will always be appropriate and will help you get into the summer mood. The most interesting transformation may be painting T-shirts. After imagining a little and showing your Creative skills, you can turn an inconspicuous piece of clothing into a real masterpiece. Such a T-shirt will make you pay attention not only to your friends, but also to ordinary passers-by.
Preparation for work and selection of materials
To paint a T-shirt with your own hands, you need to carefully prepare for the process itself. Before starting work, you need to prepare everything necessary materials so as not to be distracted by small things later. In addition, it is important to choose a pattern that matches your character and matches other items of clothing.
Before you sign your T-shirt acrylic paints, necessary correctly select all the materials and tools necessary for the work. An attractive person will depend on this appearance finished garment. For creative work you will need the following items:
- Plain cotton T-shirt. It is better not to use any other material, as over time the T-shirt will stretch and deform the design. A new and unworn item is suitable for work. However, beginners can try their hand at some unnecessary piece of clothing.
- Brushes with natural bristles. Any other options are unacceptable, as they may leave stains on the material.
- Special acrylic paints for fabric painting. They can be found in any specialty store that sells goods for artists.
- Black marker.
- Simple pencil.
- Stationery clips.
- Clothespins.
- Palette for mixing paints. For these purposes, an ordinary plastic plate or a piece of unnecessary cardboard is suitable.
- Board for stretching the material. You can use high-density cardboard instead.
Methods of painting on fabric
There are five main ways to paint T-shirts and plain T-shirts, they allow you to transform your T-shirt and make it stand out from hundreds of others.
Such an exclusive wardrobe item will become your constant companion and help you become more noticeable.
Options for painting various items of clothing:
- Abstraction. Based on your preferences, the T-shirt is rolled into a knot, roll or bundle. After that, it is impregnated with batik paint (you can find it in stores selling handicrafts). After drying, the T-shirt straightens and smoothes out. If you did everything correctly, then abstract symmetrical patterns will be visible on its surface. The finished product is tied with a ribbon, which makes the design more complete.
- Outlines or markers. With their help, you can apply an image with clear outlines to clothes. There are markers for dark and light fabrics. Acrylic contours- these are tubes with special paint, which is intended for painting on fabric. Their only disadvantage, compared to markers, is the need for uniform application. Before starting work, the T-shirt is stretched onto a smooth surface. Then the image you like is selected and transferred to the fabric using a simple pencil. The edges are outlined and the drawing is colored.
- Stencil. This option is perfect for pop art lovers. First of all, a sketch of the future image is drawn on cardboard. After this, it is laid on a stretched T-shirt and completely painted over. Then, the cardboard sketch is removed, but the image remains.
- Imitation of a suit. IN Lately The design of clothing items in the likeness of costumes of cartoon or movie characters is gaining popularity. A white tie, pockets and buttons on a black or dark blue T-shirt will look very original.
- Image on the entire surface. Great option clothing decoration will have a pattern running across the entire surface of the T-shirt. For example, the image will start at the front and end at the back. T-shirts with animal images are often designed in this style.
Painting on T-shirts with acrylic paints allows you to express your creativity. In order to reveal them fully, necessary take into account the advice of experienced professionals and not repeat their mistakes. The following tips should be highlighted:
- Before starting work, be sure to wash and dry the item of clothing that you are going to paint. After this, it is ironed and stretched onto a batik frame.
- If you want to get a drawing without any clear outlines and with smooth color transitions, then you can use the free technique of applying the image. It consists of randomly applying several shades. After that, they are allowed to spread over the T-shirt.
- To obtain an image with clear shapes and boundaries, you should use the cold or hot batik technique. In the first case, the details of the drawing are outlined with a special compound that prevents the paint from spreading beyond the boundaries of the drawing. In the second case, the light parts of the image are impregnated with wax, which prevents them from coloring. The drawing is applied with strict adherence to the sketch, starting with light details and ending with dark ones.
- To give reality to the drawing, it is necessary to supplement it with a volumetric contour.
- You can use fabric markers to write pre-designed words.
- You can cut out an inscription template or symbol from thick paper and paint it with acrylic paint.
- You can decorate a T-shirt with various stamps, which can be any vegetables and fruits with a beautiful structure and shape. To do this, the fruit is cut into two parts, one of which is dipped in paint. The finished stamp is applied to the desired place on the T-shirt.
Coloring clothes
Each of us is an individual with our own individual character traits, ambitions and needs. Therefore, many strive to stand out from the crowd and become different from everyone else. Wearing originally designed clothes made with your own hands will help with this.
It will be impossible to buy such a thing in a store, so you will immediately become noticeable among the general crowd.
Simple option
This option for decorating wardrobe items is perfect for beginners. It is simple, does not require special skills, so even a child can handle it. In order to turn old thing For an exclusive piece of clothing you need: a plain T-shirt, a sheet of cardboard, a brush, acrylic paint, fabric spray, a felt-tip pen, a stencil of the selected design.
A painted T-shirt is made as follows:
- A plain T-shirt washes well. This also applies to a new item, since a special impregnation may have been used in its manufacture, which may prevent the paint from being applied evenly.
- After drying, it is carefully ironed.
- Take a sheet of cardboard and insert it between layers of clothing. It is important not just to put it on, but to tighten it. This is done so that when painting the front of the T-shirt, the paint does not leak onto the back. For greater convenience, the cardboard can be wrapped in foil.
- After this, the working surface is prepared. To do this, it is covered with old cloth or newspaper. To prevent the T-shirt from slipping, you can glue it to the table with tape.
- Now the drawing process begins. If you have artistic abilities, then you can apply the image yourself using sprays, acrylic paints and felt-tip pens. If you have never drawn serious drawings, then it is better not to experiment and use prepared stencils.
- The finished product is left to dry for a day.
- After this specified period of time, the cardboard lining is removed from the workpiece.
- If you need to apply the design to the back of the clothing, then you need to repeat all the same steps again.
Acrylic paints
If you are a creative person and have a lot of ideas for decoration, then you can take a simple T-shirt and paint it with acrylic paints. This is a difficult and long process that will require patience and accuracy from you, but you can rightfully be proud of the end result.
Acrylic is perfect for such purposes. It is well absorbed into the fabric and retains all its properties for a long period of time.
If you search a little, you can find paint that glows in the dark or has a matte effect. When purchasing this material, you need to consider the suitability of the type of fabric you choose.
Master class on T-shirts painted with acrylic:
The finished product can be washed within two days after finishing work. Washing should be done in warm water with the addition of soft detergents. For a T-shirt painted with acrylic, the same modes are used as for fabric that requires careful handling.
Batik painting
This painting option is not available to everyone, as it involves the use of expensive and rare materials. They cannot always be found even in a specialized store, so they are replaced with more affordable analogues.
To paint with batik you need to follow these steps::
- A special frame is taken onto which the source material is stretched.
- The surface of the T-shirt is wetted using a large brush.
- While the material is still wet, the design is applied. There are no preliminary sketches in this technique, so only those people who have artistic abilities should take it on.
- After this, the entire surface of the T-shirt is sprinkled with urea or salt.
- After the material has completely dried, the salt or urea is removed and the T-shirt is removed from the frame.
- To fix the design, the T-shirt is steamed for two hours.
- Then it is removed and washed in hot water with the addition of detergent.
- Finally, the fabric is ironed while wet.
T-shirt painting is a fun and rewarding activity, with which you can bring old and out-of-fashion items of clothing back to life. If you correctly follow all the tips and recommendations, you can make an exclusive item that will appeal not only to you, but also to your friends.
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Fabric painting for junior schoolchildren
Working with paints and textile materials in technology lessons, fine arts or extracurricular activities for school students of different ages. Completion time is 45 minutes.
Goals and objectives:
Learn: work with paints and brushes,
draw on fabric
organizations workplace,
apply painting with acrylic paints in practice.
Develop: perseverance,
diligence,
accuracy,
patience,
hard work, diligence,
sense of responsibility and mutual assistance,
creative abilities of the child.
Bring up: love for beauty
caring, thrifty attitude towards your things,
aesthetic taste,
support children's motivation for success in their creativity.
Repeat compliance with safety rules when working with paints.
To work we need:
Materials: fabric, here it is a children's white T-shirt without patterns,Drawing – a sketch on A-4 paper, chosen according to taste and desire.
For example, like this one
Tools: marker (self-disappearing),
acrylic paints for painting on fabric,
brushes (hard) No. 2 and No. 4.
Progress of the lesson:
I got up early today.She sat quietly at the table.
I took out the paints with a brush
And - the picture began.
I took on the task boldly!
I painted for five hours!
I even served my ass
And I was sweating down to my panties.
1 step: Lay out a white T-shirt on a flat surface.
2 step: Take a sheet of A-4 paper with the selected design and insert it inside the T-shirt, so that the design is clearly visible through the fabric.
3 step: Calmly and slowly draw a marker along the contour of the visible sketch. (Don’t be afraid to go beyond the edges of the drawing; the marker line will disappear after it comes into contact with water.)
4 step: Let's start working with acrylic paints. Let's decorate. Using brush No. 4, we apply paint to the design on the fabric and try to rub the paint into a thin layer.
Step 5: The paint from the brush can be washed off in a jar of water. And color the drawing in different colors as desired.
The rainbow hung merrily in the sky.
The rainbow in the sky is like a rocker.
Look, people, what a beauty!
A colored rainbow plays above the ground.
Step 6: When the work has dried (this takes very little time), you need to take black paint and use brush No. 2 to follow the outline of the design. This way the work will look brighter.
I plunged into work
I painted and puffed for half a day,
And my talent returned to me,
My talent found me.
Step 7: The paint on the T-shirt will dry quickly.
At the end, the work can be ironed from the wrong side.
And so your individual and one-of-a-kind T-shirt is ready! You can wear it yourself with pleasure, or you can happily give it to someone.
You can also paint your other clothes using this fabric painting technique.
Create boldly and with inspiration!
I wish you all creative success!
Painting on fabric.
We create unique things with our own hands!
Part 1.
Concept development.
This lesson is based on a very specific piece of work I've been doing lately. A very good friend of mine has a birthday soon. He is an artist, a graffiti artist, quite old. A long time ago, I had the idea to paint a T-shirt for him (fortunately, the size is known).
All that remains is to decide on the concept.
Because people are our apple of the crop, I decided to emphasize this in my work. I'm probably the wrong artist) This time I didn't even make a sketch. But I clearly determined for myself that:
The composition will be located from bottom left to top right.
the whole picture will be splashed paint of all colors with beautiful droplets, in which other objects are mixed.
the paint will fly out of... the banana)))
the person’s name will be present at the work (or rather, the name under which he draws)
That's all. Because I have a problem with letters, I asked my boyfriend to help me in drawing up a sketch with the name of the birthday boy.
When the sketch is ready:
I scan it and start preparing my workspace.
Part 2.
Preparing the workspace.
There is nothing complicated or lengthy about this.
first, what we need is of course - t-shirt(or any other textile - jeans, shirt, long sleeve).
The criteria by which I choose textiles:
a) ratio price quality- the item should be moderately cheap, while good quality. Preferably cotton fabric with minimal stretch fiber content. This way, your finished work of art will not crack when subjected to strong stretching (for example, when putting it on).
b) there should be no pattern on the clothes - embroidery, printed designs, etc. I believe that all this can interfere with the drawing and the process of applying it.
this item is optional, although it is recommended. We need to find some kind of surface or hoop where we can stretch our item. Some people use a shelf from an old closet for this, I used to use an ironing board and pins. Now I’m too lazy to pull it on) and I draw just like that, laying the thing out on the table)
So, the next point is for lazy people like me:
Need a simple one blank paper A4 format or larger. For what? Even if you pull a T-shirt anywhere - on a shelf or on an ironing board - it is better to place a sheet of paper under the place where you are drawing. So, if the paint leaks, the paper will only stick to the T-shirt, not the shelf or ironing board. If the paper is stuck and does not want to come off, you can carefully tear it off around the stuck area. It comes off easily the first time you wash it.
The most important point is paints.
There are many paints, domestic and imported. Of course, many imported ones are good. But they generally cost a fair amount of money. So my choice fell on domestic paints. There are paints for textiles, acrylic, companies GAMMA. But I honestly didn’t like them, they looked more like paints that needed a contour. They flow strongly through the fibers.
I also found in the paint shop of the St. Petersburg plant "Nevskaya Palitra". These are paints with a name DECOLA. I haven't tried anything better than them. They are moderately thick, do not flow through the fibers.
Sold in sets of 6, 9 and 12 colors, as well as individual 50 ml jars of all sorts of different colors, including fluorescents and metallics.
brushes Equally important. I love working with acrylic core. Even more than synthetics. I have a lot of brushes, but I usually paint with the thinnest ones available - 1, 2 and 4. In general, I don’t need more.
Palette. My palette looks very scary) This is a simple square tile that my dad gave me back in 1999) About 8 years ago I stopped washing it) And now it is covered with a thick layer of semi-rubber dried acrylic) You can also use just a white sheet, but this not the best option.
Very important element - diluent for acrylic on fabric. It costs a penny, it is also sold in a container of 50 ml.
and lastly, a ballpoint pen for sketching.
Part 3.
Drawing a sketch on the canvas.
As I already wrote above, I don’t pull the T-shirt on anywhere, I just lay it out on the table, put a white blank A4 sheet inside and get to work.
The whole concept is kept in my head, but part of the sketch is drawn. These are letters. The word is SEAN. In order not to spoil the sketch itself, I scan it, clean it in Photoshop and print it again. The drawing should be quite large and I print on the entire A4 sheet. Next, I arrange it as it should be on a T-shirt and I pin it with pins so that it does not fidget and the drawing does not slip.
How to transfer an image to clothes, which I use, will seem wild to someone)) But it is universal for both black and colored and white things.
I take a ballpoint pen of any color that writes, and I begin to push and tear through the paper in those places where there are lines in the sketch.
Don't be afraid, you won't ruin the fabric if the item is thick enough and not stretchy. This method is also universal for clothes of any color because the pen doesn’t just draw on the fabric, it leaves pressed grooves and even on black clothes they are clearly visible. After painting and washing they will naturally disappear. In the next photo you can clearly see the mark from the handle and a small groove. And it’s also difficult to get confused about what’s already circled and what’s not) 
In this way, I outline the entire drawing, except for the smallest details, which will not be difficult to complete later. It looks something like this.
Some lines are hard to see. Some only have grooves left. In order not to get completely confused when painting, I circle the questionable areas with a pen. Also, with the same pen, I mark the main movement of the composition, the main elements, such as a can of paint, a banana, dynamically flying paint and other little things, without going into details.
Part 4.
Painting.
When the rough sketch is ready and the letters are circled in the right places, I start painting.
I don't have a strict painting system. I start with those places that seem simplest to me and that I like the most)
It is better to apply paint in more than one layer. Let the first layer dry, then apply another one. Then, if desired, you can apply a third one. This way the paint will be juicy and won’t seem like it has been absorbed into the fabric. In addition, the areas covered with paint will appear as if they are made of rubber.
Next, I decided that I would paint the letters. They were supposed to be gold, fortunately I had such paint) I paint with a brush No. 2. I don't need it anymore. Neat lines are initially important to me, because... I don’t know yet how my background will be positioned.
Do you see how the yellow liquid paint was absorbed into the fabric and how faded the color became? Conclusion: if the paint is light, don’t be lazy, go over this area with whitewash first.
So, I'm trying to fix the situation:
The banana is covered with the main color) I begin to detail it. My art teacher told me that if a person does work at different levels, it means he has a problem with his head. Ideally, you need to make a normal sketch, then paint over everything with primary colors, then detail everything in the same way, and then make the final sketch) I have everything in... one place
The banana so far comes out like this:
The overall picture is still not very visible, and I'm going to fix it. I apply paint; I roughly paint over the spray can using silver and white paint)
Continuation:
I continue to apply colored spots of paint after looking at some references with color drops before doing so. Then, obeying some internal currents, without finishing painting with the main color, I began to outline the banana)
I take brush No. 2 and dip it in black paint. I must say that I usually paint with thinner, mixing it with the color directly on the palette. The black paint in my kit is fresh and fluid enough that you can do without it.
I dip the very tip of the brush so that a tiny drop of paint appears on it, and I begin to “rub” it along the contour of my banana, moving the brush back and forth with gentle pressure.
video!
The beginning was slow, I moved the camera there. But in general, it seems clear what is happening on the screen)) there are cartoons in the background
The photo clearly shows the texture of the fabric, paint application, etc. The overall picture looks like this so far:
That's it, now you can trace the letters. I don’t like how it’s turning out yet, because the picture is still far from finished and there’s a lot of work to be done. I trace the letters and paints around using the method described above, “by rubbing”. At the same time, the original sketch is open on the monitor so as not to get confused in the lines.
Once the letters are outlined, I finish the background, obtaining the desired colors by mixing with the addition of thinner.
Hooray! We're coming to the end! All that remains is to outline the brushes, pencils, jar and a little bit of paint and add the missing highlights and... voila! The work is ready:
All that remains is to dry it, secure it from the inside with an iron, choose gift wrapping and give it as a gift)
I hope the lesson was useful and interesting. Creative success!
P.S: to avoid huge amount identical questions or for those who fundamentally do not read comments:
AFTERCARE
Each box with paint or on it contains instructions on how to care for the item after heat treatment - how to wash it, and so on. Because There are simply countless colors of paints from different companies on the art market, I’ll list them here only for DECOLA paints:
Wash ONLY manual. (at worst, modern machines have a function for gently washing wool and silk. But there is a possibility that the paint will wash off/crack/begin to come away from the fabric in clumps. It is better to test a painted piece of fabric before washing a work of art there)
Washing water temperature no more than 40 degrees. Otherwise, your signature item will suffer the Punishment of Incorrect Temperature Regime.
It seems that that's all. Things can withstand many washes if you follow all the conditions and do everything carefully. I have a T-shirt that is already 3.5 years old. The paint has not cracked, although the fabric is quite stretchy. Has withstood many washes.
T-shirts with original inscriptions have always been popular, but you can’t always find what you want on sale, and companies that produce inscriptions or designs on T-shirts are not available in all localities. You can, of course, order such a service on the Internet, but we are not looking for easy ways and will do the T-shirt painting with our own hands.
Apply an inscription or design to a T-shirt at home can be done in several ways:
- Using your home printer. We sell special transfer paper for printing on inkjet and laser printers. The image is simply printed on such paper and transferred to clothing using an iron. This method allows you to put not only inscriptions on a T-shirt, but also full-color photographs. The downside is that the image will quickly peel off after 10-15 washes.
- Painting with acrylic paints or fabric markers. Our small master class will be about this method of painting a T-shirt.
Fabric paints are sold in many craft stores and are inexpensive. They come in 2 types: just for fabric and for batik (for silk).
I have never used batik paints, but I bought several jars for comparison. They differ in that the fabric paints are thick and lie on top of the fabric like all acrylic paints, but for batik they are liquid like water, absorbed into the fabric and cannot be felt on it when touched, but are almost invisible on dense fabrics. They also spread a lot and to use them you need to use special contours (sold in the same place where paints are sold). As far as I understand, batik paints are only used for painting silk (as written on the can).
For the design on the T-shirt I used acrylic fabric paints.
First you need to come up with an inscription and its design. Since the experiment was carried out on a children's T-shirt and specifically for this article, the universal inscription was chosen: “I love everyone.”
You can draw right away without a stencil, but I’m not very good at drawing by hand, so I had to make one.
How to make a stencil? To do this, use a printer to print an image of the desired size on thick paper (preferably photo paper) and cut it out.
It is better to cut the stencil with a stationery or mounting knife, or a scalpel. Pay attention to how the letters are cut: the holes must not be cut completely so that the internal parts of the letters do not fall off.
Before painting, the T-shirt needs to be ironed; I was too lazy to do this, and it was not very convenient to paint. NECESSARILY under the top layer of the T-shirt you need place paper or film so as not to smear the other side with paint. I used a regular faux brush to apply the paint.
After the stencil design is painted over, remove the stencil and paint over the remaining spaces on the letters that were not cut out. You also need to correct the drawing if somewhere it turned out crooked.
When you are done with painting, we leave the T-shirt to dry for 24 hours (according to the instructions, I waited a little less). When the paint is completely dry, iron the design through a thin cloth for 5 minutes to set the paint. After ironing, the T-shirt can be safely washed at a temperature of 30-40 degrees and there is no fear that the paint will peel off. The drawing lasts quite a long time.
Original prints in clothes are still in fashion. You don't have to leave a lot of money at the store to keep up with trends. It is enough to have the desire and think creatively. Using fabric paints, you can create the desired print. Also, with the help of a brush and paints, you can transform not only clothes, but also hide defects in the fabric. A creative design in the form of cats on a children's T-shirt will help create individuality, as well as hide barely, but still noticeable, “handwriting” from the pen. In order to draw colored cats we will need:
Acrylic paints on fabric.
Brushes (No. 1 and No. 2).
Cardboard.
Scissors.
A jar of water.
1.Fold a sheet of cardboard in half and draw half a “heart”.
2. Cut out the heart.
3.Apply it to the T-shirt and carefully trace it with a black gel pen.
4. We begin to draw cats on the T-shirt itself. To begin with, you can practice on a simple sheet and only then transfer the design to the fabric.
5. You need to place a sheet of paper inside the T-shirt so that the pen and paints do not stain the other side of the T-shirt.
6.After all the cats have been drawn, you need to color the drawing. Since the T-shirt is for children, we suggest you paint the cats in different colors. It is better to fill with color from left to right (for right-handers) or from top to bottom, so as not to accidentally smudge the drawing with your hand.
7.When the paint on the fabric is dry, you need to paint the eyes with white.
8. We outline the heart with a black outline. It is best to do this with a special contour (it will be smoother), but if you don’t have one, then a thin brush will do.
9.When the black outline is dry, you can outline the heart with a colored outline, such as orange. Choose the color to suit your taste.
10.After all the contours have dried, we begin to outline the cats in black and draw out their faces.
11.After 5-6 hours, the drawing should be ironed through gauze or thin fabric.
12.A day after ironing, the T-shirt needs to be washed. It is worth noting that items with handmade prints can only be washed by hand and at a temperature of no more than 30 degrees! You need to wring out the T-shirt very carefully after washing. Strongly crumpled clothes can not be. When the T-shirt is dry, it must be ironed through the fabric again.
Spending a minimum of time, you will delight your child with a wonderful T-shirt with an original design!
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