Blown / Painted Eggs

[pawtraitart]

I'm trying my hand at a new craft! I'm primarily a colored pencil artist, but I can paint as well. Here is an example of my first attempt at painting on eggs. This acrylic painting is based on an illustration I did in colored pencil. The painting is on a black copper marans egg so the brown background color is the natural color of the egg. I painted a gloss over the whole thing. I'm going to put a nice bead topper on the egg so it can be hung.

 

[chicmom]

Very pretty! I wish I had that talent. Can you tell me what the best way is to blow out the yolks? I would like to try that.....

 

[texasgal]

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OMG .. that is beautiful !!

 

[pawtraitart]

I use a needle to make the starter holes. I then take a tiny round file and gently enlarge the hole on the bottom until it is the size I want. I then blow air into the top hole and the egg gradually empties out. I syringe some water into the egg to wash it out and then let it dry for a week or so. I have a carton of blown eggs waiting to be painted. I can see now that this is going to be an addictive hobby.

Oh, I just found that there is another thread on this craft. Wow! It's going to take me awhile to get through all the pages. Awesome stuff.

 

[jojo54]

Lovely eggs! They look really great on the brown background!

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

awesome! I can't even draw stick people!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Wow! That's beautiful!
I'm painting duck eggs, but all I can manage are scrolls and spirals.

Lisa

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

Beautiful! I wish I could paint! But I'm mostly into drawing and woodburning...which...is still drawing, LOL

 

[TigerLilly]

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Thank goodness I'm not the only one!

That is some beautiful work...will you be selling/auctioning them off at some point?

 

[Braclin]