Fauxazic Eggs

Rhyming with “mosaic,” this is a clever name for an elegant and easy technique.

 

Materials Needed

• Gouaches
• Pencil
• Clear acrylic fixative

Instructions

1. Hold an egg between your middle finger and thumb (or use a craft lathe) while decorating it.
2. Apply the gouache paints liberally to each egg as a basecoat. Let the basecoat dry.
3. When the paint is dry, hold an egg in the palm of your hand and paint each end. Allow the paint to dry.
4. Use a sharp pencil to lightly sketch mosaic designs created with small squares, triangles, or other geometric shapes onto the eggs.
5. Paint the sketched designs. After the paint dries, outline the designs with a soft pencil or colored pencil.
6. Spray the finished eggs with fixative.