Plant Studies With Teacher's Palette Glazes

The versatility of Teacher's Palette Glazes is endless! Learn how to use them as a watercolor with this technique.
- Lead pencil
- Black AMACO Underglaze Pencil
- 6" x 6" Bisque Tile
- Plants (real, fake, or printed image)
- Dried TP glazes in egg carton
- Water Cup
- Spray Bottle
- Paint Brushes

What you'll do:
Explore how dried Teacher's Palette glazes can be reconstituted and used like watercolors on bisque-fired ceramic tiles. You will apply watercolor techniques—such as washes, layering, and blending—to depict plant forms, learning to control glaze fluidity and transparency.
You will explore watercolor-style painting on bisque-fired tiles using dried Teacher's Palette glazes and plants as the subject of your image study.
Start by sketching a simple plant form and apply watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet blending, dry brush texture, and layering for depth. Experiment with color flow, opacity, and brush control while learning how glaze behaves differently from paint.