Paintable Ceramics Design Ideas

Many visual elements come together to create a single piece of artwork and paintable ceramics are no exception. Like any other creative pursuit, the design possibilities are limitless but before you start painting your ceramics, you must consider what you want your final outcome to be. Do you want each piece to have its own design, or do you want them to belong to a set? With so many options it is sometimes hard to know where to begin but as long as you are creative, there is nothing that you can’t achieve.

Merging Shape and Form with Paintable Ceramics

• Depending on what you've created and its uses, your ceramics will be wholly unique. Even if you decide to make a set with similar designs, you can tailor each instance to meet the piece in question. Try to avoid design elements that contrast too much with the overall form, especially on unique pieces that must stand alone.
• Searching for similarities between the shape of your designs and your paintable ceramics is a good way to gauge how well they work together. If you're making things you personally plan on using, remember to arrange them in a manner that minimizes clash.
• Color selection is important to any visual design, so regardless whether you've created the best preliminary sketch of your life or not, it's important to execute it in an appropriate tone. A great image can still look horrible if the colors don't match.

Color Basics for Paintable Ceramics

• Paintable ceramics take colors well, but that doesn't mean they don't affect the way the pigments come out. Because all ceramic materials, even whitish ones, have their own base colors, the glazes and other pigments you use will take on earthy tones.
•  Colors applied on top of ceramics are even affected by the texture of the surfaces, so it's wise to paint with a slow, steady hand for even results.