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Pottery art and painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
There are 15 videos in this series:
What do stamps have to do with painting pottery? Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
Toothbrushes create a unique effect when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How to blend one color to another when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
Make a leopard print design when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
When painting pottery, use masking tape to create zebra stripes. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
What are puff paint animals in pottery art? Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
Be sure to paint pottery with puff paint first. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How to use a sponge to paint pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
Think and paint outside the lines when working with pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How to create a patchy background when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How to create a marbling effect when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How to create a patchwork effect when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How to create a feather marbling effect when painting pottery. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
How do I paint pottery with puff paint underneath? Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
A bisque pencil is another painting alternative for pottery art. Learn about artwork, painting, and creativity when working with ceramics or clay.
People have been making pottery bowls, figures and other clay ware for centuries. Pottery vessels created to carry food or water date back as far as 10,000 BCE in Japan and North Africa, and were originally hand built and fired in bonfires. The potter's wheel was developed around 6,000 BCE in Mesopotamia and completely revolutionized pottery production. Made from sand, grit, crushed shell or other crushed vessels, pottery clay could be be molded by adding water. Clay bowls, cups, plates and vases are then fired in a kiln to create a permanent change in the clay, increasing strength and hardness.
So, once a piece of pottery is made, it's not necessarily finished. You may want to add a creative design to the clay with a little bit of painting. In this free video series, a pottery expert will teach you a number of painting techniques to use on ceramics and pottery. You'll learn how to use stamps, toothbrushes, bisque pencils, and masking tape to create specific effects. You'll also learn how to use puff paint, how to paint in leopard or zebra print, and even how to create a patchwork effect! The possibilities are endless, but these techniques will really add a refinement to your creativity, so watch these videos today!
Jennifer Gravel Jennifer Gravel has worked with ceramics for nine years and owns a contemporary Paint-Your-Own Pottery Studio called Clay Café, located in Stratford, ON, Canada.dkdk
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