Black Underglaze Pencil for Ceramic Pottery – Cone 6–10

Black Underglaze Pencil for Ceramic Pottery

The underglaze pencil is designed for drawing, sketching and creating fine details on ceramic pieces. Use it to create clean outlines, illustrations, patterns and guide lines on pottery before the final glaze firing.

Black Underglaze Pencil for Pottery

This black ceramic pencil produces dark, precise lines that can be used for detailed artwork and decorative pottery. It is suitable for stoneware and porcelain projects and works particularly well when you want to draw directly onto your ceramic surface.

Firing Range

Cone 6 – Cone 10
Approx. 1200°C – 1300°C

Always test the pencil on a small test tile with your clay and glaze combination before firing finished work.

How to Use

1. Apply the pencil to a clean bisque-fired ceramic surface.
2. Draw directly onto the pottery like a regular pencil.
3. Remove loose particles before applying glaze.
4. Apply a transparent glaze if you want a glossy finish.
5. Fire according to the recommended firing range.

Ideal For

• Fine line drawing on pottery
• Ceramic illustrations
• Outlining designs
• Decorative patterns
• Carving and cutting guide lines
• Studio pottery
• Ceramic art and surface decoration
• Stoneware and porcelain projects

Create Detailed Ceramic Artwork

The underglaze pencil gives potters and ceramic artists a simple way to add hand-drawn details and precise lines to their work. Use it on mugs, plates, tiles, sculptures and other ceramic forms.

Complete Your Pottery Setup

Explore our Pottery Tools collection for more tools for throwing, hand building and ceramic surface work.

You can also explore our White Stoneware Clay for mid-fire pottery and our Pottery Glazes for finishing ceramic pieces.

For best results, always test your clay, pencil and glaze combination before producing a larger batch.