Watercolor Tile

Designer: Mike Harbridge

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Instructions

  1. Begin with properly fired shelf cone 04 bisque. Moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
  2. Dilute about a quarter size amount of the Stroke & Coat® colors in separate small cups with two parts water to one part color.
  3. Dab the diluted colors randomly over one half of the vase doing a small area at a time, and wet into wet. You want the colors to bleed into one another, so don’t do blotches of one color in select areas over the entire surface, because the color will dry before you add the two additional colors. You don’t need to wash the brush between colors.
  4. Pick the vase up and allow the colors to move. For additional movement, gently mist the wet colors with water using a mister bottle. Be careful not to add too much water that you completely wash out the color.
  5. Add additional dabs of diluted Stroke & Coat® in some areas to get more intense color.
  6. On the bottom half of the vase, apply three coats of non-diluted Stroke & Coat® color of your choice with a Fan Brush. Stroke & Coat® becomes more opaque with each additional coat and will block out any drips of color on that area.
  7. While the coats of Stroke & Coat® dry, apply optional lines of White Designer Liner following the outlines of color blotches.
  8. When all the colors are dry, apply two coats of clear glaze over the entire tile.
  9. Fire to cone 06.

Supplies

Form 

  • 6″x6″ tile

Colors

  • SC027 Sour Apple
  • SC033 Fruit Of The Vine
  • SC076 Cara-bein Blue
  • SG402 White
  • S2101 Clear

Decorating Accessories

  • Script Liner Brush
  • Soft Fan Brush

Miscellaneous Accessories

  • Sponge
  • Water
  • Paper plate
  • Small cups
  • Mister bottle
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