One of the key ingredients to painting a piece of pottery that looks beautiful and unique is the glaze you use on it. A glaze is a vitreous substance fused on to the surface of pottery to form a hard, impervious coating. The glaze we use is so versatile that it can be applied to...

The pointillism painting technique looks so professional when the piece you are painting is complete, but it is so much easier to do than you think, and even better, it’s a very relaxing and meditative form of painting. Pointillism is a painting technique that uses small distinct dots applied in patterns to form an image....

We are excited to be offering several classes in which we create mandalas as we paint pottery. Mandala is a Sanskrit word that loosely translates to mean “circle” or “center.” Mandalas most often drawn as a circular design with repeating colors, shapes and patterns radiating out from the center. Creating a mandala is about more...

We love trying out new techniques at The Bent Brush and then sharing them with you via classes and events, and of course here in our blogs. We recently tried a couple of techniques that were very simple to create, but had really gorgeous and sophisticated looking results. Bubble Glazing   Bubble glazing is a...