With the modernization of painting the art of fabric painting has seeped into our day to day lives. Though one may think that it has come up recently and is a form of modern art, it should be noted that it has been in existence from the rise and modernization of early civilizations. In fabric painting, the basic idea is to put color designs on objects that may be considered showy.

 

Background:

 

In earlier times people used block prints of stone where they carved out the design on a stone block and filled the design with color pigments. Once this was done the block was applied in addition to another object, which readily took the form of the design along with the color. By this method we could easily obtain the same design or craft with varying colors of our choice.

 

Evolution into different branches:

 

It so happens that the basic idea remains similar until the date but the technique keeps varying over the period of time. The general fabric painting techniques used is nowadays are like the ones of tie-dye, siberica and batik prints. The batik style holds back to the previous forms of block printing whereas tie-dye is a little different art, in which a cloth is tied up in different manners, and then it is put into a dye. With this great feature available to us fabric painting has evolved considerably over the times.

 

Properties enhancing its popularity:

 

The fabric paint obtained is generally water resistant and is put on material considering the fact that it would be washable. The fabric paints unlike that of watercolors or oil paints are used for designing rather than painting realistic paintings or abstract ones.

 

Many of the clothing that are designed these days are styled by fabric painting where the piece of cloth may be given a new face due to the painting on it. These fabric paintings may be done by hand or blocks with the design already engraved on it. This feature is also applicable to vases and other show-piece items that have fabric painting done on them to give them a new look.

 

How it is made use of:

 

People, who are in love with the art of color and painting, often buy clothes that are bland in nature. However, they decide on a design of their own and paint it on them to give it a completely different show in comparison to its original self. This art has been taken up by many as their profession as a person, who buys such shabby clothes, may not be able to style it, themselves, and they need the help of others.

 

Thus, if a person can design clothes with his own work of art, he would want it to be credited for. On certain occasions they style others clothes with fabric painting without a charge but some may take a small amount in return of the favor. It is the same with show-pieces with the exception that they come along with the fabric painting already done on them by the craftsmen than an individual trying to work at it.