DIY plate painting

All kinds of hand-made products are becoming very popular today - from home-made jewelry to voluminous elements for room decor. They demonstrate the subtlety of the taste of the needlewoman and emphasize its uniqueness and uniqueness. In our article, we will talk about how you can do the painting of plates with your own hands. Moreover, it can be either decorative products for decorating walls, or ordinary ones intended for food. In any case, both of them will please you much more if you invest in them a piece of the soul, decorating them to your taste.

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Painting with a special marker

Painting with a marker is the most simple and affordable technique in order to beautifully paint plates. For this method, you need to buy a special pencil on porcelain, create a pattern and harden the dishes.

Important! This option is suitable for those who would like to combine delicate and delicate floral patterns and capital letters.

In order to create a plate pattern in this way, you need the following:

• Porcelain plates with a floral pattern in the Chinese style, and the number of plates should equal the number of letters in the word that you are going to write.
• The black permanent marker.
• Cardboard for stencils.
• Pencil.
• Ruler.
• Stationery knife.

The sequence of actions looks like this:

• Make a stencil for letters. To do this, print on cardboard and cut with scissors, choosing the size and font as you wish.
• Put each stencil on a separate plate, and then circle with a pencil.
• Paint the resulting letters with a permanent marker.

Important! In order not to crawl over the edges, it is advisable to use a ruler.

• Make the second layer so that the color comes out more uniform.
• Plates are ready, you can decorate the apartment.

Important! You cannot eat from dishes decorated in this way - it is suitable exclusively for decorating a home. And how to use such objects so that they fit organically into the existing design and become a spectacular accent, rather than ruining it, see the article "Decorative plates on the wall with your own hands".

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Inscriptions on a plate

How about drinking coffee or tea while reading your favorite poem or inspirational quotes directly from a saucer or cup? Do you like the idea? Then we present to you the option of painting the plates with our own hands, the master class of which will present how this can be done.

To work, you will need the following:

• A white saucer or cup with flat edges (porcelain or ceramic).
• Marker Pebeo Porcelaine 150.
• A few cotton swabs (to fix errors).
• Book of quotes or poems.
• Glass cleaner or alcohol.

The sequence of actions looks like this:

1. Degrease the dishes with alcohol or glass detergent so that the paint lays better.
2. Decide in which direction you will write. For example, on a saucer to the center from the edges, and on a cup along vertical lines or also in a circle from top to bottom.
3. Select the desired text for the inscription.
4. Try a marker on a paper sheet, as it may leak at first. Write a little draft.
5. Start painting the dishes, calculating the place so that all the desired text fits.
6. Leave to dry for a day.
7. After a while, put the dishes in a cold oven and set the temperature to 150 degrees.When the oven warms up to the desired temperature, set the timer for half an hour and leave to bake. Then turn off the oven and let the dishes cool completely before removing it.

Important! In addition to this option for decorating dishes, you can also make decoupage plates.

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Acrylic painting

White plates look simple and elegant. However, if you make a small amount of effort to somehow beautifully paint them, they will become simply amazing. In this do-it-yourself plate-painting workshop, we will tell you how to create an abstract picture - it will be possible for both professionals and beginners.

To work, you will need the following:

• Porcelain dishes are white.
• Water-based porcelain paint (for example, Pebeo blue, turquoise, golden).
• Solvent.
• Brushes.
• Small jars.
• Wooden sticks for mixing paints.
• Alcohol.

The sequence of actions looks like this:

1. Degrease the dishes with alcohol so that the paint lays better.
2. Put in a small jar a small amount of each color of paint.
3. Add solvent to the paint so that you get a watercolor effect.
4. Stir the contents of the jars with wooden sticks.
5. Apply paint to plates. Move with a brush, creating the effect of waves, or draw a small amount of paint into a dropper, squeeze it onto the surface of the dishes and twist it so that the paint spreads, creating a unique pattern.
6. Leave the plates to dry for a day.
7. After a while, put the dishes in a preheated oven and set the temperature to 150 degrees. When the oven warms up to the required temperature, set the timer for 35 minutes and leave to bake. Then turn off the oven and let the dishes cool, then pull it out.

Important! Such dishes can be used both for decorative purposes and for eating. This paint is safe for human health.

To match the plates, you can arrange cups in the following options:

• Make the decor of the mug with polymer clay.
• Do it yourself.

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Spot painting

Using dot painting, you can create very beautiful decorative plates. Also in this technique, you can decorate the surface of teapots and cups, which does not come into contact with food (that is, you can paint only the outer surface).

In the work you will need the following:

• Patterns with a pattern.
• Red carbon paper.
• Scissors.
• Napkins.
• Porcelain or ceramic plates, cups.
• Ceramic paint (e.g. Porcelaine 150).
• Ball pen.
• Wooden sticks.
• Bottle with applicator.

The sequence of work looks like this:

• Put carbon paper on the surface of the dishes, and a pattern with a pattern on top.

Important! The paper size should be slightly larger than the picture.

• Point the picture with a ballpoint pen, while trying to push the pen harder so that the picture prints on the surface of the dishes.
• Pour the paint into the bottle with the applicator.

Important! If you want to give the paint a lighter shade, mix it with white paint, mix well, and then fill it in a bottle.

• Using the bottle with the applicator, begin to apply the paint according to the intended pattern.

Important! If the tip of the bottle becomes clogged with paint, clean it with a pin.

• Leave to dry for a couple of hours. If traces of the pen remain, remove them with a cloth.
• Put the dishes in a cold oven and set 150 degrees. After the oven warms up to the required temperature, set the timer for half an hour and leave to bake. After the time has passed, turn off the oven and let the dishes cool, then pull it out.

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Plates are the most convenient items for painting in various ways. For these purposes, you can either buy new dishes, or use old, boring items, breathing new life into them.Do-it-yourself plate painting is a very interesting activity that will help you show your imagination and decorate your home in an original way.