Re: henna with a paint brush
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on April 18, 2000 at 20:51:55:
In Reply to: Re: henna with a paint brush posted by Kenzi on April 18, 2000 at 20:06:08:
I used a paintbrush for the first 8 years that I did henna. It's
great for the Arabic style florals and swirls, but not very useful for
tiny work. You can't thin out the henna paste all that much, at least
not beyond yoghurt thickness .... you just learn to apply the henna
like you're applying glaze on a pot or egg tempera thickly.
It is a great way to do bold roses, vines, ferns .... in a style like
blue and white floral Persian tiles. It allows you maximum line
variation. The natural fiber brushes get pretty gloppy, because the
henna enters the hairs and floofs them. It's a whole different genre
of henna ..... quite unlike what you may be familiar with if you're
used to seeing only henna from India.
