DecoArt’s iPhone: You are going to roll up your sleeves and paint along with me or if you're just going to kick back sip a cup of tea relax and just learn and be inspired and start some glass painting coming up. So just give us a couple of minutes here.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Yes.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Hello, whoever that was
Dennis: No.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, so I'm hearing. There's people from the Brassica from California, which I'm a California native. Hi.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Arkansas. How cool so I don't feel like I'm here crafting alone you guys I'm I have you guys here with me here in Lexington, Kentucky. It's super dark out and totally stormy and rainy. So to me it's fun being indoors and, you know, doing something crafty.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I think let's give it another minute. Okay, yeah. Just one more minute, guys.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Gather up your stuff your glass paint your bases and whatever shape you like
DecoArt’s iPhone: Hopefully, you have a little crafting area all set up, ready to go.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Alright guys, we're going to start
DecoArt’s iPhone: There's a lot to cover today. It's going to be fun.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I'm used to doing 10 to 12 minute Facebook lives. So here, for this Michaels online community classroom. We're going to go you know about 45 minutes, which is great because again, there's so much to cover
DecoArt’s iPhone: So happy all of you guys are here. We're going to start with this base. So it does look pretty complex. It has like an abstract art look to it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And what we're going to do is just sort of take you through the motions take you through the steps again, all of these faces are from Michael's they have a huge selection actually loved your class file. So this is the first step here.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Which I'm going to be demoing. This is two coats. So you can see our, our glass paint it covers really really nicely.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This just being, you know, clear glass. That's what two coats looks like the colors are super, super rich super vibrant
DecoArt’s iPhone: And as you can see, there's the satin finish this has a really nice satin finish, we still have our glass novels. I know a lot of you absolutely love our gloss and animals.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This is a different look. This is not taking the place of the glass mammals. It's just a new version, you know, totally different. Okay, so we're going to set that aside and we're going to start this process here. Okay, let me grab a base.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Do this one.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So both of these started just like this one just clear glass.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And what you want to use is a nice soft bristle brush it works best for Glass paint. This one is nice and soft and we're going to be starting with a flat brush.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And you're going to pick any colors. Of course, we already selected a really pretty color palette. I'm going to be starting with the coral. Give it a little shake.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Put it right on my palate.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And a little bit of white
DecoArt’s iPhone: So I'm taking my brush and I'm going to double dip, for lack of a better word here.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And my suggestion, you guys for this is don't overthink it just totally start brushing and I'm going to go and just a random direction. Look. Look at that coverage, guys.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Super good
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm just going to double dip again and if you forget. Which side you dipped in the white and which side you dip in the coral kind of doesn't matter, you're going for a super random effect. So there's that we're going to turn it over to the other side.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And do a little more
DecoArt’s iPhone: And we'll just do a fun shake
DecoArt’s iPhone: Don't overthink it. Just go.
DecoArt’s iPhone: That's the best suggestion I can give you on this one.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So here there's two pops of color and we're just going to keep moving.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Let's see, how about the light blue, which is really, really pretty.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I hope everyone has a good view of what I'm doing here. So, here again, it's half white, and half light blue
DecoArt’s iPhone: Don't overthink it just sort of go
DecoArt’s iPhone: You know what's funny, you guys, instead of starting with the simplest out of the five techniques we're doing today. I'm starting with the most complex one. And there's a reason for that. We're going to come back to it to finish it off but
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm probably not going to paint the entire base, but I do want to do. Maybe one more color. But see, it doesn't really look like much does it, but we're getting there. And did you see how fast it sort of moves along
DecoArt’s iPhone: And these three are not meant to be matchy, matchy, the colors are going to match, but the design is certainly not gonna be matched or mimicked or anything like that, in fact, it'll look better if it's not too matchy, matchy, there's some green
DecoArt’s iPhone: And again, I'm going to double dip. I'm going to go into the White from going to the green
DecoArt’s iPhone: P guys have any questions feel free to ask as I'm painting. I'm a really good multitasker, I could paint and ask and answer questions. You guys are SAS
DecoArt’s iPhone: Product. It is. Oh, OK. I will show it again. This is new for deco art and it's simply called deco art glass pane. So, very straightforward. You look at the bottle you know exactly what you're getting.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Michaels carries 20 gorgeous colors. This is the mint, which is one of my favorites. But yeah, it's deco art glass paint.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I also wanted to mention that they're completely inter mixable so you can mix your own colors. I always like to double up on my whites. I happen to love pastels.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And of course, a lot of pastels come in this line. But keep in mind, you know, if you have
DecoArt’s iPhone: If you double up on your whites. You can pick up your primaries and make pastels, which is really nice. So I'm going to stop right about there. This is just so you can get an idea of what one coat looks like. And I'm going to set it aside.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And we're going to move on to this one, which already has two coats.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And as you can see, there's no rhyme or reason but we're trying to get here.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And if you could see the difference. This one just has a much softer look and then of course we added the little dots there just for interest and it's different. It doesn't even have dots all the way around just extremely random
DecoArt’s iPhone: Questions. Okay, so I'm going to set that one aside and show you how to stop the color blue that was closed, sorry guys that one just decided to go dance over there. Okay, so this is pretty you know you can stop there. But I really am going for a softer look so I'm going to take the white
DecoArt’s iPhone: A pocket you tell everyone how long it takes to care and what you bake it. Well, it takes what you want to do is let it set out for four days.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And you're going to bake it for 30 minutes at 275 now another question that's going to come in, is do you have to bake it, the answer is no. You don't have to bake it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: As a matter of fact, I may or may not make my basis. But if I'm making a coffee mug or something that I want to rush run through the dishwasher. I am I am absolutely going to bake. Okay. So because this covers really really well. You want to make sure that you're saturating your brush.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Before dipping into that white and then I'm just going to come in and just soften.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And it sort of brings all of the colors together.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I move a lot when I paint. Sorry, guys. I hope everyone has a really good view.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And and how long should you wait before applying the second coat. How long does it take to drive.
DecoArt’s iPhone: You know what, that's a great question. And it depends on, like your climate. If you're somewhere where
DecoArt’s iPhone: You have your ACR enroll. Hi, it's going to take a little bit longer. If you're somewhere where it's warm and you have your heater on it will be faster, but I'm going to say
DecoArt’s iPhone: I will go ahead and apply a coat like it 30 or 35 minutes, you just want to touch it and make sure that it's not tacky.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So as you can see, guys, it's not completely changing the look of a vase. It just softening the colors a tiny bit.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And if you like bold. Of course you would. You know, skip this part.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I just like it really past
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, I think I'm going to stop right about there. And I'll give it a little world here so you could see and I was just wiping. Yes. Well, it was white paint with water.
DecoArt’s iPhone: If you were to just apply the white paint it would be you know more of a solid coverage. So, so I'm going to set this aside.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Out of all the ones we're doing today, guys. This is the most complex and as you could see it was super easy. I'm going to set aside and we're moving on to the next technique.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So here we go. I have a few samples of this
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm Bobby techniques we're going to be doing today. This is my favorite. Look at that.
DecoArt’s iPhone: It's my favorite for many reasons. Number one, it reminds me of our glass or have like a Murano glass.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Number two, if you can do a little brushstroke. You can do this.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I like all the variations that you could do. Here I'm using a really tiny brush so you get this very dainty look and it's fairly sparse.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But here I want and really tight. I call this my rainbow swirl.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Oh, sorry I not allowed. But you know the other thing is you sort of just go, go, go, go, go. You don't run to your brush in between. And I'm going to demo this, so hopefully you guys are following along, having fun learning painting. Okay, let's do
DecoArt’s iPhone: This little guy.
DecoArt’s iPhone: By the way, I did want to say something really cool about Michaels, so you know we're all in quarantine. We're all having to just sort of place our orders online.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I placed my order online for all of these faces a couple of hours later got an email your orders ready I drove my truck over to Michael's opened up my back.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Door the backseat door and they came right out and just put it in the car. For me, it was so easy so fast. So thank you. Michaels with that.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, we're gonna pick colors.
DecoArt’s iPhone: If you know me, I'm a pink person. And it's really hard for me to not use
DecoArt’s iPhone: But do you guys have any suggestions you want to maybe pick a couple of years, if not, I'm just gonna go for it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I'm just going to go for it. Okay, guys, we're gonna do fuchsia on brain up to the pink or purple, purple, the soft violet is super guys. Okay, so this is what we're gonna do.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I'm gonna take some of the fuchsia.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Quick question, Jennifer, they want to know if you need to let the paint dry between coats or is will you pull off the first code you're applying the second code. That's a great question. It has to be dried to the touch. And it can't be tacky also
DecoArt’s iPhone: The softer your brush, the more of a chance that you're not going to pull up the first coat. So I remember you guys soft brushes, the way to go. Don't apply a second coat until the first coat is dry to the touch, and not tacky.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And because someone mentioned the purple. We are going to use the soft
DecoArt’s iPhone: Violet.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Now I do want to say that this requires I'm not the most patient designer in the world. This does require a little bit of patience. If you find that you don't have a lot of patience and you kind of want to zoom through this. Just get a bigger brush.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I like things to you guys. And to me, it's worth taking the extra time. But now, just use a bigger brush.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, here we go, dipping into that fuchsia. I'm going to put it upside down. Oh, and here's another tip.
DecoArt’s iPhone: When you're working with clear glass, especially this design. If you can
DecoArt’s iPhone: Take a piece of plain white paper roll it up and stick it in there. That way you're not sort of seeing the back side of what you're painting, which can be a little bit distracting.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But, um, I just, I love this. You guys are literally, you know, picking up a vase. That's just a couple of dollars, like this tiny one here and
DecoArt’s iPhone: You know, we're going to completely transform the look.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And make a gift double like can you imagine doing a set of these little baby basis in the rainbow from that soft lilac all the way up to pink. How cute without being and then just put one single flower and each one you know so much you could do.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So a lot of folks are asking if you need to prepare the glass surface. Oh, that's a good question. You guys and
DecoArt’s iPhone: I probably should have started with that. So there's I'm glad you asked that. And I'm going to touch on that.
DecoArt’s iPhone: A few different things. I would like to sit here. Number one, you can wash the glass with just dish liquid and dry it really well. Number two, you can just get a paper towel and some alcohol and wipe the glass clean but on top of that, I do want to take it a step further.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I have very dry hands and I do like to wear lotion all day throughout the day. I'm applying lotion to my hands. I do wash my hands.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Before. I'm going to be glass pane you because let's say that I have lotion on on this hand and I'm touching it. And if that lotion has any you know oils or emoluments the paints not gonna stick as well, even a little bit of hand sanitizer works really well.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Probably should have kept me while I was yapping right there.
DecoArt’s iPhone: shows your hand.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay. How many of you guys are following along, and actually painting. I now because that would be so cool if you were actually painting.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But see, literally, I mean if you could do a brushstroke. You can do this and I'm probably not gonna totally finish it, but I do want to move on to the next color which is going to be the pink. And here's the trick. Do not rinse your brush just dip right into the next color.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Sounds good.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Elizabeth. Thank you for being here.
DecoArt’s iPhone: It's kind of nice. You guys to get out of the house. I've been in quarantine with, you know, my 12 year old daughter's a home with me.
DecoArt’s iPhone: My husband works all day and it's been really nice, but I have to tell you, it's nice to get out and it's it's fun to be here at deco art for the day with you guys.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Really quick. Yeah. When you are ready to put glass in the oven. Yes. What is the best way to put it in. So it doesn't topple over on the rack. Okay, you can get a cookie sheets.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And put the cookie sheet down and then place your glass over the cookie sheet and. Now that being said,
DecoArt’s iPhone: Like let's say I was doing a solid application I would maybe get a baby wipe and like wipe the bottom. Make sure there's no paint on the very bottom before you set it on the cookie sheet.
DecoArt’s iPhone: We're going to move on to the soft lilac again don't rinse your brush it looks better. If you don't, we're just going to keep going and see if you look real close
DecoArt’s iPhone: You could see that there's a little bit of lavender and pink and then you can see some of the fuchsia. And in the pink as well just makes it blend a lot prettier.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And don't be too careful with your
DecoArt’s iPhone: Little brushstrokes here to start to go for it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And the other thing is, you know, who's to say you have to paint the entire face.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This one I want a fairly high. Of course, this guy I painted the entire thing. And then this one. I went up about three quarters of the way. So it's up to you.
DecoArt’s iPhone: How you want to finish off, you could also start to sort of taper this off.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And go a little bit more sparing with your brushstrokes, as you go up.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, I'm going to stop it right there. But I hope you guys got the idea.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I hope you like that one cuz it's my favorite
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, moving on. Let's hope these don't want to dance over there, Elizabeth. I'm gonna slide them on over to you.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I hope you guys stay till the end because what I'm gonna do is I'm going to take one base.
DecoArt’s iPhone: From each technique and group them all together, which is really cool. If you use the same color palette. You can do a variety of different techniques but still create a fun collection. So what's next. You guys, next is color blocking
DecoArt’s iPhone: So let's take out some samples.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Oh my gosh, you guys on this one I actually have six, so bear with me a lot, but that's okay.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So let's start with like the most basic color blocking, which is this one.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Now this is
DecoArt’s iPhone: A Mano chromatic look we're using coral for using pink. We're using fuchsia. And I did mix the fuchsia with white because I wanted it to look a little bit softer.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So that's your basic color blocking which I am going to demo a little bit
DecoArt’s iPhone: And this is another one where you do not. Rinse your brush in between, you want to use a nice soft flat brush and just sort of, again, go for it. This is not something that I would sketch out first, or try to plan out. It's one of those that the more you think about it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: It's better if you think about it too much of that makes
DecoArt’s iPhone: You great Elizabeth just that, that it's kind of meditative to, I don't know if you guys can hear her but
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, we're gonna move on to this one, which is a combination of color blocking and using our deck or glass paint marker, which I love because what you're seeing here. You guys is one single coat of that marker so it's nice and opaque.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This is the same idea. You start off with the color blocking and then come in with that.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Black opaque marker and just scribble some, you know, really pretty simple. Modern flowers, I would say.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Here's another one. This one, of course, already has flowers in it, those are little roses.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Now on the Michael's website you guys will
DecoArt’s iPhone: Find the I'll show you the entire pattern page, which is really cool.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So that shows all three of the designs.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I do want to show you one more trick which doesn't work for this, but I think it's worth you know sharing. So here's one of the flower patterns. I cut it out. And let's say that you are not doing the color blocking, but you just wanted to take her glass paint marker.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And draw your flower and then paint, you know, within the flower. What you could do is get your base.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Print out your pattern.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Pop it right in. And there you don't even have to trace or anything. If you have a funky shape the base like this, it's sort of round, I would take some tape and sort of, you know, take it up.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But there you go. Alright, we are going to start color blocking. Let's see, which makes should we do, guys. We're going to do this one.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And again, a flat soft brush. I already have
DecoArt’s iPhone: Already have some pink and fuchsia here. Let's add some coral.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm going to add some white because I love this fuchsia. But for this look. I want to soften it a little bit.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, here we go. I'm going to start with the pink.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Super random. Don't think about it too much. Just do
DecoArt’s iPhone: Yeah, that's the meditative hard
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, I'm not going to rinse my brush and I'm going right into this coral.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This is a pretty small vase, guys, so I think I'm going to just go ahead and finish the whole thing.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, now I'm going to mix a little bit of white with the fuchsia just to soften it up a little bit.
DecoArt’s iPhone: For the oven baking yes you preheat the oven and then put it in. Okay, that's a good question. When it comes to to baking. Okay, so this is what I do. And this is what you shouldn't. This is coming from the lab, guys. Okay. You take your glass piece and put it in the oven.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And then you're going to turn it on to the 275 you're going to let it get to that 275 and you're going to leave with them for 30 minutes you're going to turn the oven off and I, oh, I like to open the door a little bit
DecoArt’s iPhone: Let it cool and then you pull it out.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Easy. Yeah, this one is super easy.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Now I do want to when I'm done here. I want to show you that the coverage.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Because I'm really impressed with the converters paint.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, so that is one coat I would do to if you look real close, there's a flute, a few brushstrokes or whatnot. This is two coats.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And then you could see, you know, the fountain Ching. This one looks glossy because it's what but it will drive looking like that. But it'll be a nice little set when we're done. Okay, we're going to move this one aside.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Thank you Elizabeth
DecoArt’s iPhone: So this one, I sort of pre. Did you know the base and I'm going to be demoing how to draw these flowers. Now if you don't want a free hand that's fine, go ahead and take the patterns and transfer them.
DecoArt’s iPhone: If you write with a pencil on the glass paint it will erase guys so
DecoArt’s iPhone: Lori know it will it will erase the pencil. So this is the deco art glass paint marker. This is the one mil, which is the thinner.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Which is my favorite to just perfect for detail work. And I'm just going to go in and just start drawing some flowers. Hi. Hi. Hey, can you speak to the food safety issue with glass paint and one more time for several people want to know. Yes, where are these flower patterns exactly to download
DecoArt’s iPhone: We don't have them yet. No, no, there that
DecoArt’s iPhone: Michaels folks can help us.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Answer that okay but talk to speak to the food safety issue. Okay. So Jennifer just came in with a great question. We get this question all the time. It's regarding the food safety aspect of using this paint.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So while it is it has extremely low VO sees and we use, you know, top quality ingredients and things of that nature. It is not drink food state. So let's say that I am painting a mug and I might even have an example here, guys.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Yeah, I do.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Here's a really cute mug. And as you can see I painted all of this part splattered the bottom but I did not paint up here, that's going to be making contact with liquids making contact with your mouth. So I left that part on painted
DecoArt’s iPhone: Another great tip is, I love, I love painting on class, but I love reverse painting on you know glass plates and things like that, or even painting right on top of the plate. And then what you could do is just take a clear glass plate and set it right over your design.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So there's quite a bit. You could do. So there's the flower. We're going for this look right here. I'm only going to do one just to
DecoArt’s iPhone: Show you.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And that's that you would do that all the way around.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So before I move on to the next technique. Does anybody have questions on the color blocking. That was fun. Right, we're going to move that one aside. But any questions on the color blocking
DecoArt’s iPhone: For how do you prep that marker.
DecoArt’s iPhone: You okay, here's a great point, you guys.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So when you first get these markers, you know, brand new. This is what you're going to do. You're going to give them a little shake. And they do have little ball bearing in their website love after you give it a little shake. You're going to get a piece of paper and
DecoArt’s iPhone: scratch paper.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This one is already prepped, but I'm just going to demonstrate it. Give it a little shake. You're going to open it and you're going to push down on that nib
DecoArt’s iPhone: And the, the paint will start to saturate the network. And once you see that it's totally saturated and that is flowing out nicely it's ready to go.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, so if we don't have questions on the color blocking. We're going to move on to the next technique, guys. And it is simple dots.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So I did want to point out, of course, this is our paint that is designed specifically for Glass, but it also works beautifully on ceramic now by looking at these I'll bet you can't even tell that one is glass and one is ceramic
DecoArt’s iPhone: So, so this one is glass.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And this one is ceramic
DecoArt’s iPhone: Yeah, you can't even tell the difference. So if you have some, you know, basic lying around at home and they don't match, you guys can make them match and make like a cute little set
DecoArt’s iPhone: So we are going to move on to that technique there because there's two different ways to do it. And we're going to start with.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Using the glass paint marker.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So here's the base. This is already two coats of the turquoise totally dried. You don't want to wait for it to be totally dry to
DecoArt’s iPhone: Start creating your dots. Another thing you can play with is just the
DecoArt’s iPhone: Like the spacing and the colors of your dots. See here, I decided to go real tight in the middle and then a little bit looser on the sides and that just to add added interest.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This one is just sort of random sizes and randomly space and I did go from light blue over to turquoise again just for fun. So if you want, you know, super, super easy watching the next technique is easy to
DecoArt’s iPhone: This is super easy. So I have the glass paint marker and I'm just going to go and make that now you can do this.
DecoArt’s iPhone: If you want really dainty very, very tiny dots, but I don't. I want them a little bit larger than that. So I'm just going to go in a little circular motion.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Hopefully you guys can see that for you all.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Is this marker. Why would you use a marker instead of a brush for this is it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Well, actually, you could use both what what I'm pointing out is this is the easiest way to make your little guys. And these come in a bunch of fun colors you guys of course I have the black one here.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But, you know, you have your red or yellow your picture your green or blue all kinds of fun colors.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Michaels also sells them in a stat.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, so there's that. Now let's show the other easy way
DecoArt’s iPhone: So let's say there's a very specific
DecoArt’s iPhone: pink color that you want to use that maybe doesn't come in the mortar. So I like to use the back of my brush.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Let's do the pink dip it in the pink.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And just sort of
DecoArt’s iPhone: Got it right on. And I think you can do like to every time.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay guys, so there is that
DecoArt’s iPhone: So the turquoise with the pink and then turquoise with the black, of course, you can come up with all kinds of, you know, different fun color combos there.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I'm not sure if folks can see this. But when you do the dots. Yes, a little bit more texture to so if you want. Yes, that look
DecoArt’s iPhone: But can you see
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, depending on the lucky one. Yes.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But back to the marker, just real quick. I'm going to do one more flower, maybe the other way. But I just want I wanted you guys to see how it glides
DecoArt’s iPhone: Completely effortlessly. There's no like spaces where I'm doing. I'm a little bit of an awkward angle for me here, you guys. So I'm trying
DecoArt’s iPhone: But
DecoArt’s iPhone: It's one of those types of flowers that doesn't have to be perfect, right, and then look at that, like how solid that black is
And then we're going to do.
Okay.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But I hope that if there's one thing you guys are getting out of this how some of these bases look so complex and when you look at the steps, you know, step by step, you can see how easy it actually is super easy. All right, let's get some of these out of the way.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Thank you Elizabeth and we are moving on to splatter.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So first I'm going to show a few different kinds and show you why they look different.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And you can sort of customize you know your splatter. What kind of splatter. Do you want
DecoArt’s iPhone: So let's start with this one that already has the cute little flowers on it and
DecoArt’s iPhone: I'm seeing a lot of the dots are a little bit more solid and less of, like those little streaks that you see a lot in sweater. This one was created.
DecoArt’s iPhone: By adding very little water to that white paint before splattering and I'm going to show you the technique that I use. I just wanted you to see the difference. So there's that one, which was really cute.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I mean, when I think of splatter. Sure. I think of the 80s, but I think it kind of never goes out of style. I mean, I think on this glass. It just looks so chic and so pretty. And this is a stainless wine glass, but I love that. You could also use it as a vase.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Really pretty and this one has two colors has a little bit of the mint and the light blue
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, now we're going to move on to this one where I did saturate the light quite a bit.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So you can see those streets. So you can kind of customize your splatter just depending on on what you know look you want and then I'll show you one more.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Say we're going to revisit this one because I showed it to you when that came up about, you know, the seed safe properties and things like that. There's that one. This was painted solid. And then it has to splatter colors, though bite and the mint.
DecoArt’s iPhone: This was a spring project that's super fun. Alright, so now we're going to splatter guys
DecoArt’s iPhone: On this one here. So this one, I already painted in the fuchsia. This is two coats. It's already totally dry.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm going to get a little bit of the white
DecoArt’s iPhone: Cube, with a little shake.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Now, as far as the size for this platter.
DecoArt’s iPhone: For this size vase. I'm going with a small ish medium brown
DecoArt’s iPhone: And what I would do is before splattering on your actual vase, get a piece of
DecoArt’s iPhone: Colored scrap paper or something that has some color. Well, I guess, depending on the color that you're going to be, you know, splattering something that has some contrast and practice on that paper before you go on to your base.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So what you're going to do is you need to brushes, because one of them is going to be what you're going to be, you know, tapping it on
DecoArt’s iPhone: The trick is you have to add a good amount of water.
DecoArt’s iPhone: To really get that pink to flick and splatter.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And sometimes it's not right the first time, you know, trial and error have to do it a couple times, that's okay.
DecoArt’s iPhone: All right, I feel like I need a third hand but
DecoArt’s iPhone: No, it's okay.
DecoArt’s iPhone: I just want you guys to be able to say, Okay, how about
DecoArt’s iPhone: Oh, I got it. You guys, I found a roll of tape.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Oh, and Elizabeth was thinking the same thing. So I guess.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay. Can everybody see that
DecoArt’s iPhone: All right, so I'm gonna hold the brush about, I don't know, three inches and I'm taking the brush that is already saturated with the white paint and I'm just going to tap
DecoArt’s iPhone: Now I can't go all the way around. But I'm going to do just a little bit more
DecoArt’s iPhone: And you guys there's literally dozens of way ways to splatter and create different effects. This happens to be my favorite. And to me, it's the easiest, but it is fun to experiment with different types of splattering but here we go.
DecoArt’s iPhone: What, what would be different. Different way different brush, a lot of people use a toothbrush, and then there's a very specific brush that has like
DecoArt’s iPhone: The bristles are about this long and they're very stiff and you just sort of go like this. But then you get your fingers all painting. I mean this is just my favorite. To me, it's the easiest. It's my favorite. So let's take a close up look at that little guy.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So imagine if you did a collection and all of your favorite colors like how cute.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Do you always do a light splatter over a darker base. Absolutely not. You can do a black splatter over a light color.
DecoArt’s iPhone: You can do you know just about any color combo you want and then you could do like this one, you know, I did two different colors. I don't know if you can see it on camera but that's white and meant over the coral, which was really springy and really pretty.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, so now we're going to go backwards a little bit. You guys, we're going to go back. Hey, so question.
DecoArt’s iPhone: If you make a mistake or you hate what you make. Can you get rid of this paint or can you remove it somehow. That is a good question and the answer is yes, but you don't want to wait because
DecoArt’s iPhone: This pink is extremely durable, you guys. So once it cures on there. It is just not coming on. So as long as you run it over, you know, warm water and just take like
DecoArt’s iPhone: A rag and even some dish soap, it will it will come up for you, but you have to do it. You know, I would say within
DecoArt’s iPhone: A COUPLE HOURS IS A GOOD. GOOD window so yeah I'm, you know, don't be afraid to experiment. I know I'm biased because I just happen to love glass painting, but it's really
DecoArt’s iPhone: A lot easier than you think. Some of it is just, you know, getting that glass that super smooth getting your brush and just getting the feel for it because
DecoArt’s iPhone: It is a lot slicker than a canvas or paper, whatever it is that are word whatever it is that you might use to you just have to, you know, play around with it and get used to it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: But what we are going to go backwards a little bit you guys back to the abstract vase that I had started to start to finish it off.
DecoArt’s iPhone: No. Where's the other one.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Give me one sec, guys about
DecoArt’s iPhone: It was hiding behind this one because that one is so big.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So let me do this. As you can see, they're pretty close. I do like how this one, you know, I added the white. So now, how's the softer look you could stop right there. If you wanted to
DecoArt’s iPhone: But I want to add some of these cute little dots and and look, they're not all the way around. There are some large just random brushstrokes just sort of here and there.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And these will look really cute, you know, displayed together. Okay, so I'm gonna set this one down and we are going to start
DecoArt’s iPhone: Adding to this one. WHAT SIZE BRUSH probably this one.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm going to start with white
DecoArt’s iPhone: And you want it in its pure form. You don't want it mixed with water.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm just going to start making little dots and you could see for a white going over a color. Look at how nicely that covers. I'm not going to do two coats don't need to
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I am making these dots and various sizes, not just one size.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm not going to go all the way around. Again, the more you think about it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Not that your piece will be worse the more you think about it, but I'm just suggesting this is one of those don't think about it just sort of go for it.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Okay, so I'm done with the white there, we want to achieve this looks. I'm going to incorporate some turquoise
DecoArt’s iPhone: With these flip tops. You can do one handed action there while you're holding your paintbrush.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Alright guys, so there's my turquoise
DecoArt’s iPhone: And I'm just going to go right in the middle.
DecoArt’s iPhone: And on this. You can wait for the light to dry. If you wish, or you can just sort of go right over the top there.
DecoArt’s iPhone: So that's five techniques. Gosh, that point by kind of fast. You guys, I hope everyone had fun. I hope you are.
DecoArt’s iPhone: Encouraged to get creative. If you've ever glass painted. I hope that you're encouraged to get out there, pick up some plain glass pieces and totally transform them and make them gorgeous. Oh, I'm back on the swing everyone
DecoArt’s iPhone: I really want to thank you for being here. It's, it's so fun. I didn't feel like I was alone. I had all of you guys here with me. Hopefully you rolled up your sleeves you painted along, and if not, you just enjoyed it, you
DecoArt’s iPhone: Learn something and you're inspired to create. So thanks again everyone, thank you to Michael's for having me. This was a lot of fun. And, you know, we'll see. We might be doing some more coming up. So, so stay tuned. You guys and happy crafting bye
