November 25, 2018

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Have you guys seen Black Customizable Nordic Mug at DAVIDsTea?

I bought this mug few years ago and finally got to decorate this!
Chalk art is one of my favorite media to play around with. Applying your art style on dark board gives different result that I love to see!

Create your own design with DavidsTea



The design I had in mind was kids running around in the snow. With dark background, it was perfect to draw snowflakes.

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea



While I was surfing to grab link to DAVIDsTEA site, I just found out there's clear glass version of this that makes me want to decorate that too now!
This one is winter theme, maybe the clear one can be summer theme for my next project.

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea



I had the concept ready to draw, but when I opened the box, I didn't realize how thick the pen size was. Originally I wanted snowflakes to have intricate designs to make it interesting.

So I started with the lid first to see how flexible do I have with drawing fine line.

Create your own design with DavidsTea



Used light grey Prismacolor pencil crayon to sketch it out.

Create your own design with DavidsTea



I took the risk and lived with thick line drawing. It didn't look too bad....

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea



Then after decorating, follow the instruction. 1 hour for wait to dry, then bake the mug and the lid in the oven at 200C/400F for 20min. Then let it cool for 2 hours.

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea



One thing to keep in mind is, this white pen is opaque but you can still see the pen stroke. So you might want to go back to do second coat to get full opacity.

The only second coat I did was just to fix the kid's eyes and mouth.

Create your own design with DavidsTea

Create your own design with DavidsTea



So this is my winter theme mug. I'll be using this every December to enjoy the holiday!
Happy holiday!

Create your own design with DavidsTea

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