Wax resist

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First graders have been working on this painting the past few weeks. We are studying weather patterns and having fun learning new techniques with watercolor like blowing, dripping, and adding salt! Third grade is painting these fun jellyfish watercolor resists! I LOVE this Liquitex gloss Medium and Varnish!! It makes a great resist! We just painted this gloss medium right on the paper to create our jellies... We are using warm colors for the Jelly and cool colors+salt for the water I just…

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cleo on Instagram: "How to do water etching on ceramics! Tip: if you don’t have coloured wax you can use food colouring to give it a colour!! It just burns off in the kiln like normal 🙂 It’s a super easy way to add texture to your pottery: 1. Get a bone dry pot (greenware) 2. Use wax resist to make a pattern 3. Wait for the wax to dry 4. Use a damp sponge to wipe away the clay around the pattern 5. Bisque and glaze as usual! #ceramics #pottery #wateretching #waxresist #clay #greenware"