Painted Ceramic Plate

Petroglyphs is a pretty cool place to work on and complete creative projects.  From plates, mugs, piggy banks, tiles to knick-knacks, etc., there are endless ways to express oneself in paint and pick-up one's colorful and functional or fun piece once fired!  The store makes bisque available for customer purchase.  With a purchase, customers get to sit and paint to their heart's delight with Petroglyph's special paints.  All tools, instruction, and the firing are also provided.  Whether for a party, a Dad and daughter or son outing, a date, or even solo work, there is something for everyone.  

Over the holidays, I made a plate doing free-hand painting as well as used my own created stencils to draw certain shapes and then paint them in.  

To see how this works, below are progress pictures of my recent project.  The top left is a journal sketch of what I was originally thinking, and the top right is the finished piece.  In the second row (l to r) is an example of the paint, the first application of color, and the embellishment of the blue and green areas plus pencil shapes made in the gray areas.  In the third row (also l to r)  is the completed border, the lettering being outlined, and the plate ready for firing.  The transition from painted bisque to fired piece can be significantly different as you can see (because of the number of layers of paint applied).  

If you've worked on painting bisque, are there any tips you might like to share?

Link to find out more information about Petroglyph's:  https://www.petroglyph.com