Sea Life Paint Cans
- Details
- Last Updated: Friday, 01 August 2014 18:13
Products Used
Bisque- MB-1404 Can It - Gallon
- MB-1405 Can It - Quart
- SC-96 Aqu-ward
- SC-15 Tuxedo
- SC-10 Teal Next Time
- SC-29 Blue Grass
- SC-12 Moody Blue
- SC-4 Salsa
- SC-79 It’s Sage
- SC-9 Jaded
- FN-033 Mediterranean Teal
- SS-81 Shimmering Silver
- CB-110 #10/0 Liner
- CB-106 #6 Script Liner
- CB-604 #4 Soft Fan
- BT-910 Synthetic Sponge
- DSS-102 Sea Life
- AC-310 Silk Screen Medium
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Palette
- Palette Knife
- Tree stencil
- Flavor Injector
Designer: Marcia Roullard
Instructions
- Begin with properly fired shelf cone 04 bisque. Moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- On the large can cut out the shape of the turtle, on the inside of the outline, then trace the outline on the can. Brush on two coats of SC-79 It’s Sage to the head and legs, and the shell brush on sporadically SC-4 Salsa, and SC-9 Jaded, two coats.
- When dry to the touch, wet with water then place on the turtle shape over the glazed turtle to act as a mask. Press in place.
- Brush on three coats of SC-96 Aqu-ward to the outside of the cans with CB-604 Soft Fan.
- Thin in a small bowl, SC-29 Blue Grass, and a separate bowl SC-10 Teal Next Time, to milk consistency.
- Suck up a small amount of color with the Flavor Injector, pull back on the plunger then squirt onto the can. Practice on paper before going to the can, you want to get a lot of force behind a small amount of glaze to get good spatters. If you get something you don’t like, just press a damp sponge to it to remove, before the glaze dries.
- Inject color around both cans using the SC-29 Blue Grass and SC-10 Teal Next Time.
- For the large can, lay the tree stencil at the bottom of the can then roll over with a small foam roller SC-29 Blue Grass, so it looks like coral. Make sure to not have too much glaze in the roller.
- Use the various silk screen from DSS-102 Sea Life for the different coral, shells, starfish, all placed at the bottom of the cans. Colors are varied with SC-10 Teal Next Time, SC-12 Moody Blue, SC-33 Fruit of the Vine, and SC-29 Blue Grass.
- To silk screen the colors, all must be thickened with AC-310 Silk Screen Medium to a consistency of peanut butter, use a palette knife to mix well.
- Use the silk screen with the grain side up, and rub the color over with your finger, the coral can be used shiny side up to get the other direction.
- The larger pieces are screened with thickened SC-15 Tuxedo, so they will stand out the most. Three Angelfish on the lg. can, and the turtle screened with SC-15 Tuxedo. Position the screen over the painted turtle till it matches up, then screen.
- Small can used the crab on one side and seahorse on the other, various shells and starfish screened in the thickened colors.
- Glaze the upper and lower rims with SC-10 Teal Next Time, 2 coats.
- Thin FN-033 Mediterranean Teal to pour and roll the inside.
- Fire to cone 06.
- Brush the top and bottom rims with SS-81 Shimmering Silver, sporadically, brush over the top edge with water while the silver is wet to separate and float.
- Can handle for the large can came from a real gallon can, and the small one was made from a hanger, bent around a pint size glaze bottle, then the ends are bent in to fit in the holes.
- Paint the handle silver.