Drawing On Ceramic Tiles With Sharpies

I ve used a number of special glass paints available at the local craft store but wouldn t it be awesome if sharpies work.

Drawing on ceramic tiles with sharpies. Sharpie markers and tiles. Next use your sharpie or ceramic pen to draw on it. Somehow i really doubted that it would be that easy otherwise why would those specialized products like pebeo vitrea and porcelaine exist. You can use any colors you like but i prefer to use no more.

This both removes grease or dirt that may affect your finished product and prepares the tile for the markers. Sharpies in any color even black gold and silver may be used to whip up a design on the ceramic tile. Create stripes chevrons squiggles cartoon characters or sayings such as home sweet home or gina s kitchen. Sketch out an idea for a drawing in advance on paper so your marker handiwork turns out as intended on the tile.

I did a mr. Design as a wedding present. The first thing you want to do is thoroughly clean your ceramic tiles with alcohol. Tape off and spray the tiles using a ceramic tile clear coat sealer.

Sharpie dyed tile coasters using rubbing alcohol. Dec 8 2014 explore carolyn brambles s board ceramic tiles and sharpies on pinterest. We ordered a few ceramic pieces on amazon grabbed our sharpies and got to work on three simple easy to replicate designs. Be sure to seal the ink with a spray sealer as a final step to protect your work.

Now you can bake it. This type of finish sealer comes in matt semigloss and glossy. Select the finish you prefer or match the standard finish of similar field tiles. This is a really neat technique that uses permanent markers like sharpies and rubbing alcohol to re flow the inks and make all sorts of mesmerizing swirly effects on the tile.

We ve been seeing the whole diy sharpie ceramics thing all blowing up the web over the last year or two. Tiles are a popular material for creating diy coasters. See more ideas about tile crafts ceramic tile crafts crafts. So we finally had to try it.

Sharpie fine tip markers in bold colours 4 x4 white ceramic tiles i can t find them on amazon but these are the ones i used isopropyl alcohol 91 or 99 from the drug store. The full printable instructions are at the bottom of this post but here s what you ll need. Put it into the oven cold and heat to 350. It s all over pinterest that you can draw on ceramics with a sharpie and bake at 350 f for 30 minutes and it s permanent.

Read on to see how it went. Once it reaches 350 keep it in there for about 30 minutes.