Jingle Bells

 

 
 
Products Used

Bisque
  • MB-107 - 11½" Ruffle Ware Dinner Plate
Color
  • FN-301 - Marshmallow White
  • SC-5 - Tiger Tail
  • SC-6 - Sunkissed
  • SC-8 - Just Froggy
  • SC-10 - Teal Next Time
  • SC-12 - Moody Blue
  • SC-14 - Java Bean
  • SC-15 - Tuxedo
  • SC-25 - Crackerjack Brown
  • SC-31 - The Blues
  • SC-32 - Bluebeard
  • SC-51 - Poo Bear
  • SC-52 - Toad-ily Green
  • SC-73 - Candy Apple Red
  • SC-74 - Hot Tamale
Decorating Accessories
  • AC-525 - Brush Cleaner
  • AC-230 - Clay Carbon Paper
  • AC-303 Liquid Mask
  • BT-910 - Synthetic Sponges
  • CB-110 - #10/0 Liner
  • CB-220 - #2/0 Detail Liner
  • CB-408 - #8 Pointed Round
  • CB-604 - #4 Soft Fan
mb107 jingle
 
 
Additional Materials
  • Pencil
  • Silk Sponge
  • Glazed Tile
  • Download Project Pattern: Jingle Bells
 
Project Info
 

Instructions

 

 

  1. Begin with properly fired shelf cone 04 Bisque. Moisten a clean Sponge and wipe Bisque to remove any dust.
  2. Using a CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 3-4 Coats of FN-301 - Marshmallow White to the inner surface of the plate.  Apply the Coats of Glaze as smooth and evenly as possible.
  3. Transfer the pattern to the plate using AC-230 Clay Carbon Paper.
  4. Condition a CB-408 #8 Pointed Round with AC-525 Brush Cleaner. Apply 1 heavy coat of AC-303 Liquid Mask around the bell area extending out about ½" to ¾". Wash brush immediately with warm water and AC-525 Brush Cleaner. Let mask dry.
  5. On a glazed tile put out the following colors:  SC-5 Tiger Tail, SC-6 Sunkissed, SC-25 Crackerjack Brown, and SC-51 Poo Bear. The sequence of colors are from light to darkest; SC-6 Sunkissed, SC-51 Poo Bear, SC-5 Tiger Tail, SC-25 Crackerjack Brown.  Starting with the SC-6 Sunkissed, apply 2-3 Coats of color using a Silk Decorating Sponge to the entire bell area. With the Sponge still loaded with SC-6 Sunkissed, tip the edge of the Sponge with SC-51 Poo Bear and pounce on a coat of color to the edge of the bell extending into the center about 3/4". Sponge on some color extending about half way up the center of the bell in a slightly curved line along the detail of the bell, referring to the pattern and picture. Without washing it, reload the Sponge tip with the SC-5 TigerTail and darken the previous shading to create more of a spherical shape to the bell. Continue to darken the center line as well. Repeat the shading process as before using some thinned SC-25 Crackerjack Brown in the same manner. When the color has lost its shine, remove the mask from around the pattern. Detail the outside edge with thinned SC-25 Crackerjack Brown.
  6. Detail the slots of the bell with SC-14 Java Bean and punctuate the shading with a bit of SC-15 Tuxedo to give thickness to the cuts.
  7. Recondition the CB-408 #8  Pointed Round with AC-525 Brush Cleaner. Apply 1 heavy coat of AC-303 Liquid Mask to the edges of the ribbon extending out about 1/2" to 3/4" overlapping the painted bell area. Wash brush immediately with warm water and AC-525 Brush Cleaner. Let mask dry.
  8. Load the Silk Decorating Sponge with SC-31 The Blues and Sponge on 1-2 Coats of color. Tip the Sponge with SC-12 Moody Blue and then with SC-32 Bluebeard. The Sponge will have three distinct colors starting from light blue to darkest on the tip. Apply 1-2 Coats of the colors to the edges of the ribbon. The dark colors goes next to the edge of the ribbon. The shading is on the lower section of the ribbon to the left of the bell and on top of the ribbon to the right of the bell. When the color is still damp but has lost its shine, remove the mask around the ribbon area.
  9. Using a CB-110 #10/0 Liner, outline the ribbon with thinned SC-32 Bluebeard.
  10. Condition a CB-408 #8 Pointed Round with AC-525 Brush Cleaner. Apply 1 heavy coat of AC-303 Liquid Mask around the holly area extending out about 1/2" to 3/4" over the ribbon and bell areas. Paint over the berries as well. Wash the brush immediately with warm water and AC-525 Brush Cleaner. Let mask dry.
  11. Load the Silk Decorating Sponge with SC-52 Toad-ily Green. Apply 1-2 Coats to the holly. Reload the tip of the Sponge with SC-8 Just Froggy and shade the edges of the holly. Reload the Sponge with some thinned SC-10 Teal Next Time and shade the center and lower sections of the holly next to the ribbon. Remove the mask when the color has lost its shine and before drying.
  12. Apply 1 coat of SC-73 Candy Apply Red to the Berries using CB-220 #2 Detail Liner. While the color is still damp, rinse the brush in water and rub out a highlight in each berry. Paint in a comma stroke to the lower portion of each berry with SC-74 Hot Tamale. Detail the berries with some fine lines and dots using SC-15 Tuxedo on a CB-110 #10/0 Liner.
  13. Paint in the stems with SC-14 Java Beam and SC-15 Tuxedo to darken one edge.
  14. Apply 3-4 Coats of S-2240 Scarlet to the rim and back of the plate using CB-604 #4 Soft Fan. Apply this color as even and smoothly as possible.
  15. Stilt and fire the plate to shelf cone 06.

Optional:

Apply 1 even coat of Liquid Bright Gold Luster to the beaded rim on the plate using CB-308 #8 Flat Shader reserved for the fired luster. Clean the brush in Luster Essence. Stilt and fire to shelf cone 018.

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