The use of a combination of ceramic printART and onglaze painting techniques can produce stunning and impressive effects.

What is ceramic printART?

PrintART papers is a propriety ceramic decorative paper that comes in a wide range of colours, textures and sizes. It is easy to use and suitable for children to create simple designs. After firing, it is permanent and scratch-proof. This medium presents to art teachers and artists a new way to create impressive murals that is professional and permanent in quality. Often, after printART papers are used, artists use onglaze colours to create textures and final details for the work. Onglaze painting, also know as china painting is superior to commonly used techniques such as underglaze and stain-glass paints.

Superior properties of onglaze paints

Underglazes are difficult to handle, even to art students as it is not very fine and requires a trained hand in handling the viscousity and flow when painting. On the other hand, onglaze paints are very fine in quality and it can be used on any glazed surfaces.These colours have been used for centuries by Italian and English artisans to decorate exquisite tableware, deco tiles and glazed wares. Under the training from experienced instructors, you can produce an amazing array of effects, from watercolour to textured oil painting textures effects! Your artwork is fired to 800ºC to fused the glaze into the glazed surface. This make the work permanent, weatherproof and even scratch-proof.

Attractive signages for both interior and exterior use	Ceramic PrintART papers can also be used to complement onglaze painting.
Butterfly Lifecycle Rulang Primary School,2004 The butterfly life-cycle mural (12 x 3m) was created using ceramic PrintART papers and it’s 3 dimensional quality was created using onglaze painting techniques. 200 P5 students cut and pasted the printART shapes and textures.	Gallery of Masterpieces of Western Art Punggol Primary School,2004 2 artrooms This mural of masterpiecs of western Art showcases primary 4 students understanding of Western Art techniques as well as their mastery of ceramic decoration techniques (using ceramic printART papers and on glaze painting techniques)