The High Priestess

Today I started painting her. For this one, I'm using Procion fiber reactive dyes.  I buy them from Dharma.  I thicken them so I can paint small details with no bleeding. To thicken, I use sodium alginate blended with urea and distilled water.  My fabric is Pimatex PFD.  I add the soda ash (dye fixative) right before I use a color...since it starts exhausting as soon as it mixes with the dye.



the skin... I combined 3 colors of dye to get this tone: misty rose with just a tad of peach and chamois added



the hair and eyebrows...the darker color is truffle brown...the lighter is dark brown



the lips and nails...Chinese red



pupils...black #39



irises...turquoise



bodice and skirt...also turquoise





And done for the day...wrapped in vinyl to keep the dyes wet overnight to "batch".



Not a bad day's work!  I think she will look wonderful on Vicki's Twilight gradient that I used to piece the background of this quilt!