"SLC-S25/W3| |: Block painting 🖌️🎨||

I am @m-princess from Punjab. I felt nervous as this is my first time to take part in this challenge. I am sharing my first experience to you. This SLC-S25/W3| |: Block painting has been organized by our beloved ma'am @sualeha. This is a very interesting and beautiful competition, so I thought of participating in it this time and I wasn't very sure that I would be able to succeed in it, but when I started working, I got a pretty good final look. I hope that my work today will also be very good for you. I have seen a lot of interest in these three competitions, in which everyone showed off their skills by painting on their clothes, such as a T-shirt or trousers, so I thought I would choose something different from them, so I thought of painting a handkerchief. I have selected this handkerchief myself. Its color is light and it is in lawn fabric. I will make it and gift it to my best friend. I hope she will be happy too because I have designed it with my own hard work. So let's start.

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• First I took the fabric and ironed it and with the help of the press I made marks in the middle of it. Then I drew a diamond shape with the help of a pencil, keeping in mind the middle mark.

• 🎨After that, I chose a table on which I would paint my handkerchief. I spread the cloth on the table and started my painting with Ladyfinger. I cut the okra and removed the seeds so that my flower could be shaped easily. After that, I took black paint color in a bowl and mixed a few drops of water in it and mixed it well and I applied the black paint on the lady finger with the help of a brush and after that I printed my flower on the mark made on the cloth. Similarly, I made four black paint flowers around it with the help of ladyfingers and after that I drew a flower on top of the potato and with the help of a knife I cut it. And so I prepared my raid to paint over the potato. Then I took the pink color in another bowl and added a few drops of water to it and mixed it well. After that, I applied this paint with the help of a brush on the design I would make on the potato and I covered the flowers made on the potato around these small flowers. That's how I completed this step.🖌️

• 🎨After that, I covered a small flower with the help of okra. Then I made another different design on top of the owl, so on top of that I started printing a more beautiful flower with the help of pink paint color. In this flower, I have used two shades of pink and blue, so I printed this flower on all four sides, and in the same way I completed this procedure.🖌️

• 🎨After that, I drew a beautiful big leaf on top of the potato and with the help of a knife, I cut it out like a stencil so that it would be easier for me to print the design. So, I gave this leaf two shades as well. I took dark green color in one cup and light green color in another cup. I added a few drops of water to both of them and mixed them well, giving the leaves both half-shades. I printed one leaf each in the middle of the four fabric flowers.🖌️

• 🎨Then, using the same method, I printed three types of leaves on top of the four flowers, like leaves.🖌️

• 🎨After that, I made a flower with round leaves on top of the potato to print. Then I took orange color in a small cup and after mixing a few drops in it, I applied it on top with the help of a paint brush and in between each leaf and flower, I printed a flower of orange color. As I applied different types of prints to this handkerchief with the help of painting, its appearance became even more beautiful.🖌️

• Then, to give the handkerchief its final touches, I started printing beautiful red flowers in a diamond shape on top of its design. You can see in the picture how much effort I put into completing my painting with such beauty and neatness, by shading it with such a design. The red flowers I printed in this diamond shape made my handkerchief look even more beautiful. You know guys when I showed my painting to everyone at home after completing it, everyone admired it a lot because it was my first experience, but I was able to achieve more success than I thought.

• Now friends I kept this handkerchief for about a tow of hours so that the paint on it could dry well. When the paint on it was dry, I turned it upside down and ironed it. After ironing it well, you can see the final look. It looks pretty good. I hope you also liked my work today.

After that, I will peeko it well on all four corners and bring it, but it is not available in our village at the moment, so I will have to go to the city for it, so I will peeko it well later and give it as a gift to my friend.

After that, I followed the rules and wrote my username and today's date. And took a selfie 🤳.

Yes, I faced difficulty to find wooden block for my painting project. I searched in near shops but I couldn't . I asked from my friend, he told me about one shop. I went there but it was not available. I disappointed because I was excited for taking part in this challenge. So I decided to make my own block. I took two potatoes and cut it into half.I made a simple design with a lead pencil. Then I carved it with the help of knife. This was tricky and need much care, it worked well. This challenge teach me that creativity does not depend on expensive materials. Only on ideas and effort. I felt proud after made it successfully.

Yes, the outfit looked much more beautiful after I did the block painting. Before painting, the fabric was very plain and simple. I selected bright colours that matched the fabric and used my potato block to create patterns. When I stamped the design, it gave a totally new and fresh look to the outfit. The colours added charm and the design added style. It felt good to use something that I created myself. My family appreciated my work and said it looked store bought. I was surprised how such a simple painting could change the entire look. Block painting really brings life to old or dull clothes.

Yes, I believe this weekly course is a great way to improve fabric painting skills. With every new challenge, I am learning useful tips like how to control colour, handle fabric properly and try creative methods. Making my own block from a potato this week was something I never tried before. It helped me build confidence and creativity. Each task teaches something different. Also, watching others’ entries gives me new ideas. Weekly practice keeps me motivated and focused. Slowly, my control on brush, paint mixing and design planning is improving. If I continue with these lessons, I know I will become much better in fabric painting step by step.

May all my all steem for nigeria members always be happy🤗 and remember me in your prayers🤲.

Thank you for being with me.

@m-princess

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