Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Clear Glaze pen play

A few weeks ago I got a set of the Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pens. I was having fun with the colors and loving how shiny they were. Then I started playing with the CLEAR pen. Wow, it works perfectly as a resist.

I started with a white tile (my usual 3 1/2" square). I got the basic flower and heart shapes by using a simple stencil I had laying around. The glaze takes a bit longer to dry than regular ink so I paused a bit before I did each shape. After the shapes were in I went ahead and did my tangling. The pen produces a fairly thick line so I tried not to get too complicated with the tangles. I also found that drawing with a clear pen on a white tile makes it a little tricky seeing where you have been. I solved that by holding the tile at a bit of an angle so the light would reflect off the lines.

After the tangles were done I got out my watercolor paints. I just used a blue and a purple here. I wet the entire surface with water and then put in swaths of color while it was still wet. After it was all dry I used a colored pencil to reinforce some darks in the corners.

2 comments:

  1. Sue, looks like you are having fun with your new set of gel glaze pens! Love the tangle pattern you drew... and the colors are a lovely compliment.

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  2. Wow, Sue thanks for sharing this great technique! I bought the glaze pens recently too. And so far I tried them on an actual ceramic tile. I like the result,but would like to figure out how to make it permanent. I am going to have to try the resist like you did.

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