Drawings in my sketchbook spurred me to a new series in process now. Working on silk coated with Magic Sizing, and using a brush with very little dye, I can work with a linear quality I usually find in my pencil drawings. 
After steam setting this drawing, I can rinse out the Magic Sizing and start on the next layer. I’ll be adding some color, so I will need to preserve the tree outlines with my water resistant gutta. 
After the gutta dries, I can add color. 
After adding my silk dye, I tried to add a bit of texture with some salt, with little result on this painting. My next stage will be some shadowing on the trees. This painting is looking a bit underfinished to me, but I do like the direction it is heading.
Let's talk silk painting! 