Wet Brush Technique Ceramics

A brush to apply paint to the model.

Wet brush technique ceramics.

Seeking a clay body with properties to best communicate my new ideas i found myself testing every kind of clay from my local supplier. Wet brushing is a technique done with wet soft bristle brush applied in single layer as opposed to dry brushing which is done with dry stiff bristle brush applied in layers. Ajs creation by johanna recommended for you. As a result i began experimenting with additions to the clay body itself including fiber grains and paper pulp.

If you must clean the color out of a brush dry it before using it again real dry. Another brush to manipulate the paint s translucency while it is still wet. If there is an additional color to be added to the ceramic piece wait until the paint is fully dry before adding a second color also in the opposite direction of the crevices of the ceramic piece. Brush strokes is the art of creating pictures and patterns with simple strokes of the paint brush.

Every type of brush will create its own unique footprint on your canvas be it paper fabric or ceramic. Wet brushing is done with damp soft taklon brush loaded with water and paint the brush is swiped against a scratch paper to work the color into the br ush and blotted on a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Before long i had a studio full of reclaim. Basic brush strokes part i.

How to dry brush ceramics duration. Dry brush smooth areas with more color left on your brush. This brush will usually be dampened with saliva or spit. Clean the paintbrush completely in the brush cleaner and water and let the dry brush color dry.

Both accomplish results that leave depth and the crevice detail and accentuate the raised area with color. By namesake you ll need two different brushes for this blending technique. It is then applied to the piece by swiping the brush against grain keeping the paint on the raised textured and out of the crevice. Antiquing and wet brush duration.

Consider your piece of ceramic bisque as a piece of oil canvas. Without overloading the brush apply paint to the object to be painted and spread it thinly over the surface. If you are using more than one color in a dry brush technique always apply the colors on top of one another. How to use your brushes.

Apply the darkest color first and finish with the lightest color on top. Traen recommended for you. Two brush blending is a technique promoted by privateer press.