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Batik Batik continued.........
Making the basic sketch. With a dark pencil or charcoal, begin to
sketch your design on the cloth. It does not have to be elaborate-just a few
guidelines.
You can draw the first subject that comes to mind, or try the simple tree sketch in
figure 1 below, which will give you some idea of the freedom of batik yet provide a basic
guideline at the same time. The tree motif illustrates another useful principle in
batik-that it is often a good idea to work the surrounding spaces with wax rather than the
object which is being depicted. So, in the case of the tree, it is the sky or the space
around the tree that matters. This can be a whole new way of looking at things.
Figure 2 below shows a simple geometric design which can be made using round household
objects, like cups, to make the curves between the straight charcoal lines. You can add
other shapes and innovations to this basic design as the illustrations show (figs.3,4).
Remember that you must always decide in your design whether you want the present
color
of the cloth to be the background or the design itself, since this will determine where
you apply the wax.
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