Hoppin' Ideas for Easter

Paint Your Own Pottery Studios all know that samples sell! If you paint a great sample, your customers will recreate it time and again. The trick is to create an eye-catching design that inspires the customer, but is not so complicated that it scares them off. Often times design templates, simple tricks of the trade and common art tools will help your customers achieve professional looking results with minimal effort. Here are some Easter-themed designs that we created using templates and a few clever tricks of the trade.

EASTER BUNNY PLATE

The Easter Bunny Plate was created using a template that is available to download and print for free from Bisque Imports. Using templates makes creating complex designs a breeze. Once you have printed out the template, trace it onto a #295 Athena Charger. Using Detail Writers, outline the design in black. Then fill in the design with Duncan Concepts color using your choice of detail writers or paint brushes.

Download and Print Easter Bunny with Egg Platter.

COLORFUL EASTER EGG

Show your customers how simple this Colorful Easter Egg is to create using a few tricks of the trade.  Pull out a few everyday items like tape, stickers and contact paper, and like MacGyver use them to magically create this Easter Egg. 

Thin pieces of tape can be used to section off each color block.  Apply circle and heart-shaped stickers on the plate to mask off those areas.  If you don't have stickers, you can cut your own from contact paper.  Add three coats of paint to each section.  When the paint is dry, peel off the tape and stickers to reveal your Colorful Easter Egg!

For more assistance, use our free template as a guide for where to apply the tape and stickers.  Download and Print Easter Egg Template. 

EASTER MUG

Watch your thumbprints come to life when you add a few simple details with common studio tools.

Using a Detail Writer bottle filled with black Duncan Concepts, outline your thumbprints to transform them into baby chicks and Easter eggs.  Add a medium gauge tip to your detail writer bottle to create an even, thin line. 

Add fluffy clouds using a small Paint Dotter or sponge.

Use a wide Fan Brush and watered down light blue paint to create the sky background.  Create multi-colored grass using simple brush strokes with a round brush and two shades of green paint.

 

BUCKO THE EASTER BUNNY

When creating your Easter samples display be sure to include designs for a variety of skill levels.  This Bucko the Bunny sample is super easy to create and requires no special tools or techniques.  Plus, having a painted sample of Bucko will ensure that he hops right off your shelves and into your customer's hands! 

When you're creating samples for your studio, remember to K.I.S.S (keep it simple, silly)!  When you see a sample design recreated over and over by customers, you will know you have a winner!

Paint Me Technique: "Sweet" Stenciling

A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes you want to add some words to your picture. Lettering can be tricky with Paint Me since everything you paint is pressed in reverse. Watch our first Paint Me Technique Video for a short and "sweet" stenciling technique that will help your customers add personalized messages to their Paint Me designs.



This is the first Paint Me Technique video that we have launched. Stay tuned for the next Paint Me Technique video episode coming soon...