Bisque Figures Painted With Acrylic Paints

It is  probably very seldom that it happens,  but on a rare occasion we could find ourselves running out of  painting projects, or maybe just looking for something new to paint.   Perhaps we’re burned out on what we’ve been doing and need to find a new focus or project.

Do you like to have a lot of knick knacks sitting around?    Do you find yourself at garage sales and flea markets buying all sorts of cute little things to sit around in your home?    I have very little self-control when it comes to this.   I love cute, decorative, and pretty things around my home.

What is even more fun is painting your own.   Do you know that you can go to your local ceramic shop and buy all sorts of bisque figures?    These have already been fired,  and all you have to do is take them home and paint them with your acrylic paints.    The great part is that you do not need to own a kiln or pay for these pieces to be fired.     Just paint them as you normally would if you were painting a plaster piece.

Quite popular during the last few years, Donna Dewberry has developed her own painting technique, known as One Stroke Painting. Priscilla Hauser, referred to as ‘the first lady of decorative painting,’ and one of my favorite artists, has her own methods, although I don’t recall that they are called by any particular names.

Do you remember William (Bill) Alexander who was quite popular and well-known in the art field a few years back? Even though he was not an acrylic painter (his medium was oils), he fascinated us by painting beautiful landscapes with large (2 inch and 4 inch) brushes and a palette knife. (I still have my brushes, but I’m quite sure I never became proficient with them!) If you do not remember him, I’m sure you recall Bob Ross who followed in Bill’s footsteps.

So although we may not go to that extent or be well-known for how we paint, we all tend to do it a little differently, in our own way.