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Step 1
Gather together the supplies you will need. For this example, it will be a piece of tile and the blending of a sky and background. The supplies should include an unfired tile, white and blue glaze, a large square paint brush and paint holder. Make sure you have a clean, protected work surface.
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Step 2
Pour a little of each glaze color onto two different places in the paint holder. Do not mix the paint colors. You will be applying them separately, as well as blending them together.
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Step 3
Dip the brush in the white paint and start about 3/4 of the way down the tile. You want to leave room for a horizon line and the ground below the sky. Put a good heavy two coats of the white almost all the way up the tile. Then, double dip the brush to start blending. Double dip by placing one corner of the brush into the white paint and then dip the other corner of the brush in the blue paint. With the white on bottom and the blue on top you are ready to make a blending line.
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Step 4
Pick a spot for the line and run the brush across the tile. You will notice some blending immediately, then you are going to dip the brush into the blue only and start putting in the sky. Take the blue all the way to the top, making it darker as you go. You can use the blending technique a little more until you have the desired effect.
