Bannockburn artist teaches silk painting

ENSCONCED in a paint speckled smock with a cuppa in hand Rosslyn Bosnar was in her element teaching the secrets and skills of silk painting at the Bannockburn Cultural Centre.

Ms Bosnar said art is a great way to make presents for loved ones.

“I love painting on silk, scarves are individual, soft and sensual and be folded and sent in a card,” she said.

Her four students were working on applying colour to silk templates Ms Bosnar had created.

Salt is applied to the silk and when it dries it gives a mottled effect to the colours on the fabric.

Inverleigh resident Faye Gibson said she had done a few classes with Ms Bosnar in the past however this was her first attempt at silk painting.

“I love attending because Ros always teaches me something I don’t know,” she said.

Ms Bosnar, who trained as a hairdresser, joined a local art group as a form of therapy after an illness forced her to retire.

Since then art has become a major part of her life, spending most of her time involved in one form or another.

Glenys Bartlett and her sister Marilyn Davidson enrolled to do something together.

“This is liker a cookery class, you make something beautiful and then you get to take it home with you,” Ms Bartlett said.

Ms Bosnar said art is a form of mindfulness which enables total concentration.

A dab hand at many different mediums from acrylics, pastels and oils, her favourite is painting with water colour.

“I tend to be a realist in my work, conveying nature’s form and colour and I like my paintings to tell a story,” she said. “I enjoy sharing my love of art and love seeing my students have fun while creating their own pieces.”

Ms Bosnar confesses to being a YouTube fanatic, spending way too much time each night watching it to gain new ideas on what and how to teach in her classes.

“I am so lucky, my husband does all the shopping and cooking so I have all the time in the world to learn, teach and paint,” she said.