Green Man

Colors in the order they go on

✓ All 6 colors we track on our shelf at Hamilton Place.

Tools

• Fan Brush
• Sponge Dotter
• Flux Squeeze Bottle (or Liner Brush)
• Paint Palette/Dishes

Prep your piece

• Before you get started, be sure there's no dust on your piece. A dry or suuuper damp sponge can help get any excess dust you find off.
• Next, use a water-based marker to draw a line around the foot (bottom) of the piece - this is the do not paint line. Anything glazed below that line will stick to our kiln shelves and ruin your work (sad for everyone).
• Lastly, be sure to let your glazes dry fully between coats. Otherwise, we might end up with issues during firing such as pinholing or crawling.

Here's how tap a step when it's done

1. 1Create two rows of 'w' shapes around the top of the hat using the flux bottle. The larger the swoop the more loose the flow will be; the smaller the swoop the tighter the flow.
2. 2Use a sponge dotter and #2304 (Green Acres) and #2373 (Key Lime) to create dots inside the 'w' shaped swoops you've made.
3. 3Glaze the lower half of the hat with 2-3 coats of Green Opal.
4. 4Glaze the upper half of the hat with 2 recessed coats of Ivy, on top of the flux and dots and just slightly overlapping the green opal.
5. 5Paint the shirt with 3 coats of #2398 (Teal We Meet Again).
6. 6Use Lemon Lime to add in 2 coats on top of your shirt.
7. 7Paint in the skin and beard details with 2-3 coats of your choice in stable glazes. We used #2370 (Nutty 4 U) for the beard and #2372 (Mocha Fudge) for the skin.
8. 8Ask us how to sign your work then leave it with us for firing!

Tips

• Note: one coat is plenty from the squeeze bottle; if using a liner brush, you'll want to achieve 3 coats.
• Note: Go for 3 coats of dots so we get full movement from the interaction between glazes.
• Note: if you're a light handed painter, you might need to go for 3 coats.
• What's a 'recessed' coat? It means you paint one coat over the area then the next coat you only paint 1/2 way down the same area. This helps ultra flowing glazes fall in layers without sliding off the piece.
• Note: the crystal top coat can really makes things move; please don't paint below the 1/2 point of the outside to prevent the glaze from flowing off of the piece.