Creating Ceramics with Character
Preparing the Decoration Materials
A course by Sandra Apperloo , Ceramic Artist
About the video: Preparing the Decoration Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, we will go through all the preparations to get ready to paint your vase. I will show you how I like to mix my underglaze colors and create different shades so that you can get creative and make your own color palette. I will also give you some tips on which brushes to use for your decorations. Choosing the right pencils can make painting a lot more enjoyable! ”
In this video lesson Sandra Apperloo addresses the topic: Preparing the Decoration Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Ceramics with Character. Sculpt and decorate a vase with personality using original techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing the decoration materials Before we moved to our main project, I wanna give you a quick introduction to some of the materials we'll work with. In this case, I will briefly talk about the underglaze, which we will use to decorate our vases, and I'll talk about brushes. Starting off with brushes in this case because painting and brushes, especially when it comes to underglaze, if you choose the right brush for your process, it is way more comfortable to paint something nicely on your vase. So painting dots, for example, one of the brushes I have in front of me that would work well fo...”
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Course summary for: Creating Ceramics with Character
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics

Sandra Apperloo
A course by Sandra Apperloo
Sandra Apperloo is a ceramist from Utrecht, Netherlands, who has always had a passion for art. She started sharing her interest for art, craft, and illustration with the world through her blog ArtisticMoods in 2012, which led her to explore different materials on her own. It was love at first sight for Sandra when it came to pottery, and she’s been sculpting and shaping clay ever since.
Sandra is now a full-time ceramic artist, putting love, thought, and effort into every piece she creates. Her brand, The Pottery Parade, includes a wide variety of decorative objects in pastel hues, with each piece carefully adorned with fun little faces.
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