Objective:
To gain experience in the fine art and craft of ceramics.

Materials:

• White bathroom tiles
• Rubbing alcohol
• Cotton balls
• Q-tips
• Makeup sponges
• Watercolor or acrylic paint brushes
• Disposable palette paper (for watercolor or acrylic)
• Pebeo Porcelaine 150 paint and Pebeo Porcelaine 150 Outliner paint tubes

Product Information:
Porcelaine 150 is a waterbased, thermohardening color for decoration on china, glass, and metal. 47 Colors are available including: 28 transparent colors, 7 semitransparent colors, and 12 opaque colors. Outlining paint pens are available in 10 colors. 3 mediums are made: Filler undercoat, gloss medium, and mat medium. Once baked, Porcelaine 150 colors are resistant to water, dishwashing liquid, alcohol-type solvents, and outside temperature variations.

Directions:

1. Clean the tile with a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol. Allow tile to dry completely.


2. Pour dime sized circles of Pebeo Porcelaine 150 paint onto the disposable palette. Air dries the color on the palette and makes it easier to paint onto the slick surface of the tile. Colors may be mixed on this palette as well.


3. Paint a design onto the tile. To erase a mistake, dip a Q-tip into water and wipe away the problem. Try using makeup sponges to cover large areas. To add detailed lines, use a outliner tool. It will add a three-dimensional look to your tile. Please note: Keep brushes soaking in water so the paint does not dry in them. After cleaning, dry the brush off on paper before dipping it into a color. Extra water can dilute the paint and make it runny.


4. Let your design dry for 24 hours. Allow it more time to dry if the paint is thick on the tile.


5. Put the tile in a cold oven. Turn the temperature to 300-325Ð F. When the preheat light goes off in the oven, begin to time the piece. Let it bake for 35 minutes. Turn the oven off. Allow the oven and tile to cool. Remove the tile from the oven. When cool, your fingernail should not be able to scratch the baked color.

Please note: If items are baked too long or at too high a temperature, they will turn brown. It is recommended that you measure your oven's temperature with a thermometer.

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