Though painting on porcelain is similar to watercolor there are significant differences. One difference is that the piece is fired in the kiln after painting. Painting porcelain is actually much easier than you may be thinking. You may be asking yourself, "How can I paint porcelain?" This series is for you.
In this free video series learn how to paint porcelain from artist Sharlee McCulley. Sharlee will give you artistic tips for painting on porcelain such as what medium is best for painting on porcelain. She will demonstrate how to mix the paint powder, how to use turpenoid and denatured alcohol to clean paint brushes and porcelain, how to select porcelain to paint, how to use wipe out tools when painting porcelain, how to load a paint brush for painting porcelain, how to add more color to your porcelain painting, how to paint flowers on porcelain, and how to add detail to your porcelain paintings.
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Finishing Details for Porcelain Paintings
Adding details to flowers in a porcelain painting is important for making the final shapes of the flowers. Learn how ot add the finishing touches to porcelain paintings in this free video. Now we're going to go in, and cut out the stems, and the way you do that, is you take a wipe out tool here, ...
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How to Add Detail to Flowers in a Porcelain Painting
Adding detail to flowers in a porcelain painting is easy with tips from an artist. Learn how to add detail to flowers in a porcelain painting in this free video. Now we have our flower and our background and a suggestion of leaves. Now I'm going to finish up the details on the flower. You need to ...
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Selecting a Subject for Porcelain Paintings
Many painters use real subjects when painting porcelain, while others use pictures or photographs. Learn how to choose a subject for your porcelain painting in this free video. We are getting ready to paint a picture. But to do that, you need something to look at as a reference guide. When I'm ...
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Common Porcelain Painting Techniques
Cross Hatching, C Strokes, and Feather Strokes are common painting techniques used for painting porcelain. Learn these essential porcelain painting techniques in this free video. Now I'm going to show you three of the strokes that I use the most. One is called the C stroke, and I'm going to use ...
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How to Add More Color to Your Porcelain Painting
Using the cross hatch technique is a great way to paint more color on your porcelain painting. Learn how to work more color onto your porcelain painting in this free video. I'm Sharlee McCulley, and as you can see we have our pansy blocked in with the purple color and now I'm going to add the green ...
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Using Wipe Out Tools to Shape Flowers in Porcelain Paintings
Wipe out tools can be used to create accents or shapes in porcelain paintings. Learn how to use wipe out tools to shape flowers on porcelain in this free video. And now we're going to form our flower. We're going to add a little more depth to it by mixing in some more colors. So I'm going to start ...
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Painting Background Colors onto a Porcelain Painting
Working background colors into your existing porcelain painting can be done using the cross hatch painting technique. Learn how to paint background colors onto a porcelain painting in this free video. Now I'm going to show you how to incorporate some of the background colors in. And I like to use ...
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Using Wipe Out Tools for Porcelain Painting
Wipe out tools can be used to create shapes in porcelain paintings. Learn how to use wipe out tools for porcelain painting in this free video. I'm going to show you in the porcelain painting another tool that we use called the wipe out tool. And you have harder wipe out tools, like this, and you ...
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Selecting Porcelain to Paint
The porcelain you use for your painting should be free of nicks and cracks because paint will gather there. Learn how to choose the right porcelain to paint in this free video. And I want to tell you a little bit about the porcelain. You need to have a nice piece of porcelain. If it has little ...
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Porcelain Painting
Painting porcelain is similar to water coloring in many ways but is still very different. Learn about porcelain painting in this free video. I'd like to give you an introduction into porcelain painting. This is a porcelain tile, 8 X 10, that I painted, and the pattern came from a piece of fabric. ...
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Using Copaiba as Medium for Porcelain Paint
Copaiba is a great medium for porcelain paint because it is a fast drying oil that will stay open for days and adds substance to the paint. Learn how to use Copaiba as a medium for porcelain paint in this free video. I've explained how we mix our paint with a mineral oil and put it on our palette. ...
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How to Paint on Porcelain
When applying paint to porcelain you must paint towards yourself. Learn how to paint on porcelain in this free painting video lesson. We are actually ready to paint a flower. And I'm going to start with a purple pansy. I will be adding a little bit of green around it, which will later become ...
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Cleaning Porcelain & Paint Brushes
Turpenoid is used to clean paint brushes used to paint porcelain and denatured alcohol is used to clean porcelain when painting. Learn how to clean porcelain and paint brushes when painting porcelain in this free video. I'd like to tell you about the ways to clean your brushes now. There's two ...
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How to Load Paint Brushes for Porcelain Painting
Your paint brush must be laid flat when loading the brush for porcelain painting. Learn how to load your paint brush for painting on porcelain in this free video. Now I'd like to show you the proper way to load your brush to get ready to paint. It's important that you lay it flat and you pull out ...
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Mixing Porcelain Paint
To prepare porcelain paint, the porcelain paint powder must be mixed with heavy mineral oil. Learn how to mix porcelain paint to prepare for painting in this free video. I'd like to tell you a little bit about about the porcelain paint itself. There are several companies all throughout the country ...
