So I really like to paint ceramics and dry brushing is my favorite technique. Sometimes it is hard to find things that have the detail to paint. I saw this cat in the store and it was 50% off! Well you know I love a deal! Only one problem, it is plaster and not ceramic. Plaster paints totally different and doesn’t really hold up to the dry brush technique. I thought this had enough rough edges that it would.
It did not hold up well. The plaster flakes off as the dry brush applies the paint! Well I had to make it work because I was determined to get it to!!! lol lol lol I used black for the base on it all and it took one more coat than it should have. Then I used gray and blue on the stones and that went without too much problem. Then I used purple and gray on the cat. This was where it really started to have problems. Just the pressure of the dry brushing made the black come off in a lot of places. I just kept going and came back in with more gray or purple trying to cover the white spots.
So it took a lot longer to do and more days of it sitting and then looking for fresh white spots but eventually this was the result! I like it now that it is done but will try to find ceramic in the future!!
We originally went to the ceramic shop to paint a piece together that would have to be fired again. We decided to do a platter with flowers on it! Steve was quite the trooper since this doesn’t exactly relax him!! We didn’t get it done the day we were there so I went back and finished it on my own! We finally have it back and so we thought we’d share that with you today! I really like how it turned out except for the leaves need to be a different color and have some better definition! But for our first try in years, we think it turned out pretty!!!
It has been a while since I have done any ceramics and I wanted to do this spider and web plate the minute I saw them!!! I know it is a long time until Halloween, but dang it I’m going to be ready!!! I want to do a whole family of them in all different colors!!! If I get to I will post more pictures!!!
We got to see how the vinyl ribbons look on the girls helmets!! Thought we’d share a photo!
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