Floral Foundations Plates

Foundations Opaque

1. Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
2. Using the Soft Fan with FN-013 Light Yellow, apply 2 coats to the front of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
3. Using the Soft Fan with SC-15 Tuxedo, apply 2 coats to the back of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats. (Seminar teaching – glaze the back of the plate last so that the front dries quicker. When painting front and back it traps moisture in the bisque and slows the drying process.)
4. If the front of your plate is completely dry, place AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper on top of it. Then place the pattern on top and trace with a pencil. If the glaze is not completely dry, just place the pattern on top and trace with a pencil. Check to make sure you are pressing just enough to see the pattern in the glaze.
5. Using the Script Liner with SC-2 Melon-Choly, SC-9 Jaded, SC-10 Teal Next Time, SC-45 My Blue Heaven and SC-89 Cutie Pie Coral, apply 2 coats to the corresponding section of the pattern. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
6. Using the Detail Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, outline the pattern. Use the Script Liner to make lines and dots going around the rim of the plate.
7. Squeeze around 1 TSP of SC-15 Tuxedo onto the palette. Thin slightly with water. Dip the toothbrush in the glaze. Hold the brush, bristle side down over the plate. Run the bristles across your thumb to splatter the glaze on the front of the plate. Do as little or as much to your liking.
8. Fire to cone 06.

Foundations Sheer

1. Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
2. Place AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper over the front of the plate. Then place the pattern on top and trace with a pencil.
3. Using the Script Liner with SC-2 Melon-Choly, SC-9 Jaded, SC-10 Teal Next Time, SC-45 My Blue Heaven and SC-89 Cutie Pie Coral, apply 2 coats to the corresponding section of the pattern. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
4. Using the Detail Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, outline the pattern. Use the Script Liner to make lines and dots going around the plate rim.
5. Squeeze around 1 TSP of SC-15 Tuxedo onto the palette. Thin slightly with water. Dip the toothbrush in the glaze. Hold the brush, bristle side down over the plate. Run the bristles across your thumb to splatter the glaze on the front of the plate. Do as little or as much to your liking.
6. Using the Soft Fan with FN-009 Black, apply 2 coats to the back of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
7. Using the Soft Fan with FN-209 Floral Pink, apply 2 coats to the front of the plate, over the design. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
8. Fire to cone 06.

Foundations Matte

1. 1. Begin with properly fired cone 04 bisque. Moisten a sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
   2. Using the Soft Fan with FN-301 Marshmallow White, apply 3 coats to the front of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
   3. If the front of your plate is completely dry, place AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper on top of it. Then place the pattern on top and trace with a pencil. If the glaze is not completely dry, just place the pattern on top and trace with a pencil. Check to make sure you are pressing just enough to see the pattern in the glaze.
   4. Using the Script Liner with SC-2 Melon-Choly, SC-9 Jaded, SC-10 Teal Next Time, SC-45 My Blue Heaven and SC-89 Cutie Pie Coral, apply 2 coats to the corresponding section of the pattern. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
   5. Using the Detail Liner with SC-15 Tuxedo, outline the pattern. Use the Script Liner to make lines and dots going around the plate rim.
   6. Squeeze around 1 TSP of SC-15 Tuxedo onto the palette. Thin slightly with water. Dip the toothbrush in the glaze. Hold the brush, bristle side down over the plate. Run the bristles across your thumb to splatter the glaze on the front of the plate. Do as little or as much to your liking.
   7. Using the Soft Fan with FN-009 Black, apply 2 coats to the back of the plate. Allow glaze to dry between coats.
   8. Fire to cone 06.