Spider webs are not all spun like the ones we see drawn for
Halloween. Different species spin different designs, some interesting
enough to be framed and hung on the wall. A captured web can also provide
many small bits as models for your china painting. These little sections
can be copied to enhance or tie a design together. I am going to tell you
how to capture one, and how to draw it .
Choose only a dry web; if it is covered with dew, the paint will not adhere. Allow the paint to dry for at least 5 minutes.
Spray a piece of postercard or heavy white paper with hair spray, holding the can a couple of feet away so that you can get an even coating and don't break the web.
IMMEDIATELY hold the paper facing the web; now push it gently thorough the web and you have captured your masterpiece. If the paper is fairly light, back it with a piece of cardboard or it will be too flexible to pass smoothly through the web.
(NOTE: Both of these products can be obtained from Jean's catalog on our PPIO website. Go to the homepage, scroll to the dropdown catalog menu and click on Jean Beebe )
First you must rub a tiny bit of oil of any kind where you want the web. Then you draw the web, using your captured one as a guide. The pen material will skip and bead along forming a broken line.
Use a very fine pointed penpoint and just barely touch the china with the point... do not press... go slow.
Pictured are a web drawn with E-Z Pen Magic mixed with black paint over a tile rubbed with cooking oil.
The black tile has also been rubbed with oil, then the spiderweb is drawn with White Lace .
This method is great when making lace or fine veins in butterfly, fairy or angel wings.
Any questions or comments, write to me.
beebe@wave.net
