A fun DIY with Sharpie paint pens

With Father's Day being this weekend, I'm glad to have finished my gift. I decided to try something new and delightfully fun! I found the perfect oil based sharpie paint pens at our local Michaels and got to work doodling my brothers and me on to a white ceramic plate. The plate is intended to displayed, not eaten off of and I don't know if the ink is food safe or not. I do know that my dad will display the plate in his office! 

The paint pens worked wonderfully and I would definitely recommend them; the oil based formula took to the plate nicely. I used this idea for father's day but it could be made for any gift-worthy occasion or just for fun! Now that I own the convenient little pens I'm hoping to decorate more ceramics in the future...and improve my skills a little! 

Materials used for this project: 

• One white ceramic plate from the dollar store 

• Oil based sharpie paint pens in black, yellow, green and pink. 

To start I sketched out what I wanted with a plain old fountain pen. This way I could wipe away mistakes easily with a damp cloth. When I was satisfied with my (very simple and cartoon!) drawings, I traced them with the black paint pen. Only after a night and a day was the ink dry enough to add a little colour! Even then it smeared a little, adding a greyish tinge which I was able to fix, mostly. 

Voila, the finished product! 

As you can see I've used my favourite chair as a backdrop. 

My drawings are very, very amateur and basic. I am cringing at those feet and the height proportions. Nevertheless, simple cartoony drawings were my intention with this! As long as it's neat and tidy (my little OCD area) I don't mind if it's apparent that I'm not an artist. I know my Dad won't mind! He'll appreciate that my little brothers are doing karate and gymnastics (hobbies of theirs!) for sure.

Thanks for reading! 

Mathea, FN