Kissing Chickens
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 25 November 2014 20:51
Bisque
- SB-107 Pizza Stone
- SC-16Cotton Tail
- SC-52 Toad-ily Green
- SC-27 Sour Apple
- SC-74 Hot Tamale
- SC-78 Lime Light
- SC-93 Honeydew List
- SC-77 Glo Worm
- SW-104 Black Walnut
- SW-128 Cordovan
- SW-250 White Opal
- SW-252 Blue Opal
- SW-253 Green Opal
- CB-106 #6 Script Liner
- CB-110 #10/0 Liner
- CB-604 #4 Soft Fan
- BT-910 Synthetic Sponge
- AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper
Instructions
- Begin by using pencil and AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper trace the image onto the pizza stone.
- With a Banding Wheel, band the circular border with 3 coats of SW-128 Cordovan.
- Next outline your drawing with SG-401 Black Designer Liner.
- Using a CB-106 #6 Script Liner, paint in the chicken’s body with SG-401 Designer Liner.
- Using the end of a CB-106 #6 Script Liner brush handle to make dots on the chickens bodies with SC-16 Cotton Tail and paint the beaks.
- Using a CB-110 #10/0 Liner, apply SC-740 Hot Tamale to both the Chickens combs and waddle.
- Now it is time to wax both Chickens to protect them from color contamination.
- Using a CB-106 #6 Script Liner, apply 1 coat of SW-104 Black Walnut to each tree, then 2 coats of SW-253 Green Opal.
- Refer to the pattern for the order to paint the hills. The lower hill is 3 coats of SC-52 Toad-ily Green. The following two hills apply 3 coats of SC-27 Sour Apple. Then the two hills farthest to each side apply with 3 coats of SC-78 Lime Light. Continue by applying to the middle solo hill SC-77 Glow Worm. Finally the two remaining hills apply SC-93 Honeydew List.
- The background is coats of SW- 252 Blue Opal and 2 coats of SW- 250 White Opal. In desired one could not glaze the background at all leaving the raw bisque visible.
- With a damp sponge, wipe off any excess glaze off the foot of pizza stone.
- Place on a high-fired kiln washed kiln shelf.
- Do Not Stilt and make sure the pizza stone is not hanging over the kiln shelf.
- Fire to shelf cone 5/6.