Are you looking for a fun and creative pass time? Painting personalized ceramic artwork can become a family-friendly hobby. There are now over 1200 paint-your-own pottery studios spread out along the United States; there is bound to be one near you. The concept may seem overwhelming if you consider yourself not to be creative. Learn step-by-step how easy it can be to create a one of a kind hand painted pottery piece in a studio set up specifically for helping you learn to paint pottery.
Ceramic painting has become a huge industry in the last 10 years throughout the United States. Making pottery has been around for centuries where you start from scratch with clay and work your way up. In the modern industry of ceramics, they have cut out all the hard messy parts of the job so that they can get manufactured …show more content…
You will notice that the paint dries very quickly; this makes painting your three coats go by very quickly. Keeping up with how many layers you have added is very important. While you want very good coverage, it is also possible to get too much paint. Keeping a tab on the coats you have put of each color may be helpful until you get accustomed to the process. There is no need to panic if you accidently get paint on your clothes; it is all washable and nontoxic.
Although you are almost finished with your masterpiece, look at your pottery to make sure there are no stray marks or places you have missed and correct them with paint. Once you feel that it is completely perfect, sign and date your work on the back with paint. “Signing your art is an integral part of the creative process. The instant you apply your name to a piece of your art, you declare that art officially finished and ready for public exposure. No matter what your signature looks like, what form it takes or where you put it, no work of your art is complete without one.”-Alan