What is Bottle Painting?

Perfume bottle - Landscape; Golden Hour by Michelle (@juniper.calligraphy)

Have you been seeing beautiful painted perfume or champagne bottles on your Instagram feed? Ever wondered what they were? That is upcoming and popular service of bottle painting.

Bottle painting is the art of ‘decorating’ glass bottles with various colours and designs using different techniques with multi surface acrylic paint. It involves painting the exterior surface of the bottle to create beautiful, personalised designs.

Paperwork perfume bottle - Fruit; Oranges by Telisa (@roesseinart)

Bottle painting is becoming more popular among brands to offer as a personalisation service apart from engraving and calligraphy. You, as an artist would be able to help these brands to:

1.      Market their brand: Brands can use bottle painting as a marketing tool to promote their products or services. By offering bottle painting services, you would be able to create one of a kind personalisation that will stand out on store shelves.

2.      Offer personalisation: It is a service that allows personalised experience for their customer, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

3.      Brand differentiation: With bottle painting being a new and upcoming personalisation service, brands can differentiate themselves from their competitors that may offer different services.

4.      Social media marketing: Bottle painting can generate user-generated content that can be shared on social media platforms, which can increase brand awareness and engagement.

Overall, offering bottle painting as a service can be a creative and effective way for artist to help brands to engage their customers, promote their products or services, and increase brand awareness in a unique and memorable way.

Champagne bottles - Florals; Peonies and Hydrangeas by Flo (@lovingadesigns)

Bottle painting is also versatile, and can be done on different types of glass bottles such as wine, champagne and perfumes. However, this technique is not limited to glass surfaces. Artists have offered expand their services to include boxes, plastic and even wood surfaces.

Louis Vuitton box - Floral; Magnolias by Caddie (@leolettering.co)

This unique service can be paired beautifully with calligraphy or engraving!

Would like to learn this new skill? Click here to get started!