here's what ur gonna do. ur gonna get a plain tshirt from anywhere. from ur closet or ur dad or the thrift store or whatever. then ur gonna go to the dollar store or whatever equivalent u have in ur country. ur gonna get fabric paint and a sponge. ur gonna go home and take a cereal box or a cover of a magazine or something similar. ur gonna draw a design on it [or words. or print out a picture and trace it onto the cardstock) and cut out a stencil. then ur gonna use the sponge to dab the paint onto the shirt using the stencil. ur gonna do that thinly in 2-3 coats until it's opaque but not too stiff. then ur gonna let it dry for 24 hours. ur gonna cover that shirt with a thin towel and press an iron against the design for 30 seconds. then ur gonna wash it & wear it. got it?
Yang Feiyun, b 1954, Big Plant (大植物), oil on canvas, 1995.
Yang Feiyun is an acclaimed figure painter born in Baoton, Inner Mongolia. His muse is his wife, Peng Peng (芃芃), a fellow artist specialising in still life, whose open face and large eyes make Yang’s loving portraits instantly recognisable.
I felt like this was unfinished before- & it made me sad because it looked like a portrait of a chopped down tree- which wasn’t what I was going for.
I had intended on drawing a crow or a squirrel but It wasn’t turning out tight- they were too realistic for the scene. So I went back to it later & I love so much- look at him!! He’s just a little guy!!