Friday 22 January 2016

Ceramic tile coaster

Had a few ceramic tiles lying around, so I thought I would try decorating one with the Be Creative alcohol ink marker pens.


I began by dabbing the markers on to a felt pad and stippling the ink on to the background. Then I simply hand drew the flowers and butterfly with the markers directly on to the tile. Easy peasy!

Here's a close up of the detail.

What's interesting is how the alcohol ink spreads on the tile, and how lighter colours will move aside darker ones. I'm not the best at drawing, but I wanted to see if the technique would work on the tile. I think it did. With more practice I would hope to be able to gain more control over how the colours move. On the other hand, I also quite like the random effect.

I'm quite pleased with my first effort at decorating a tile. I think it also shows the versatility of the markers.

4 comments:

kiwimeskreations said...

Love the naive look of this Lynne - it's gorgeous
Blessings
Maxine

Sally H said...

It is stunning, Lynne! I love it. Gorgeous colours and I love the stained glass type effect

Cumbrianlass said...

Simply stunning Lynne you are so talented
Hugs Janet xxx

Gerrina said...

Wow, that looks so good! had no idea this are tiles; beautifully done!