This is an experiment of dyeing with “imprimatura” — in the case of clothes dyeing, I mean dyeing colored clothes. I’m currently dyeing an ivory-colored shirt.
★ If you are interested ~~
If you are a painter, you might use some “imprimatura” in your paintings. Yes, I’m talking about the “tinted priming” you make in the beginning. Then, you apply layers of paints on it.
When painting on paper or canvas, my palette usually carries some bright colors and not many “earth ones.” For instance, I love priming with lovely rose and bright lemon yellow and white arranged in an “informel” way. Then, when the priming dries, I apply a layer of, say, very transparent ultramarine, to enjoy the “depth and clarity” that result.
So, this ivory-colored shirt has posed a challenge to me, in two senses:
1) Dyeing clothes with, in a way, “imprimatura”
2) Using earth colors
So, let’s see what comes out, after all the dyeing is done —
Photographed with my cell phone camera, so please excuse the photo's poor quality
