Smoked pot painting

It is an interesting type of pot painting. Learnt it from a TV show , it is less time consuming too . It is also different from other type of pot painting.
The procedure for smoked pot is given below
Materials required:
Pot
enamel paint (light colour)
candle
chalk powder
fevicol
sand paper
Method:
1. Clean the pot. Prepare a batter from chalk powder, fevicol and batter. using a brush coat the pot with 1 or 2 coating of the paste on the pot
2.. Allow it to dry
3. Then coat the entire pot with enamel paint
4. light a candle and when the paint is semi -dry show the pot on the flame (Swirl the pot )
5. Once you get the smoked effect, allow it to dry.

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Pot painting

Here, would like to share with you all how one of our friend who is also into creating arts , combined science and art to create an imaginary solar system on a pot for one of the science projects of her son. Thought it would be useful to many moms who have a tough time doing their kids projects.

Materials:

Pot(circular One)
Acrylic colours
Plastic balls-(of varying sizes)
Fevicol
Varnish

Method:

1. soak the circular pot in water for sometime,dry it , clean it with sand paper and give a coat or two with acrylic back colour for the entire pot , with the help of a big flat brush. Dry
2. Coat a small plastic ball with a thin layer of fevicol and water and add four layers of newspaper on it.
3. Let it dry for af ew hours. Spread a thin layer of M-seal on it and engrave it with flame like effect
4. Paint the object with gloden yellow and orange acrylic colours. this will form the sun.
5. In this way , with a card backing you can create other planets aroung the pot as well

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Pot Painting

You can give pot painting a matte or a gloss finish. Creativity is the key.

Materials required:

1. Mud pot
2. Trace of any design
3. Acrylic paints
4. Paint brushes- (0,2,4,big flat brush)
5. Varnish

Method:

1.Clean the pot with water and allow it to dry in shade.

2. Smoothen the pot with sand paper

3. Paint the whole pot with black or any fabric colour of ur choice and allow it to dry for a few hours.

4. Trace the pattern or any desgin on to the pot using a carbon sheet (use yellow carbon if u have painted the pot with a dark colour or vice-versa.)

5. Using the brushes paint the pot with acrylic paints. if u desire u can use 3-D outliner to decorate the finished painting.

6. Allow the painting to dry for a day and paint the whole pot with the varnish . This gives gloss to the pot painting and also protects the same.

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Pot Painting(new style)

Materials Required :

Enamel Paints (Different Colours)

Brush

Water

Container (like a plastic tub)

Earthen Pot

Procedure :

1. At first, colour your earthen pot with any enamel paint.

2. Now take a container containing three-fourth quantity of water and spill different colours of enamel paints into

it.

3. The different colour paints float on the water.Now gently hold your painted pot at its edge and dip it into the

water and twist it around, in the water and slowly take it out of the container.

4. Keep the pot aside without disturbing it.The wet paints will slowly take its own design and shade.
Wait till the pot dries.Your pot painting is ready.

This project is useful in keeping kids occupied.

Tips :

The more shades of paints you spill in the water, the more colourful and beautiful the pot will become.

Do not disturb or shake the pot after it is taken out of the water.

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