Viewing: Blog Posts Tagged with: painting clay, Most Recent at Top [Help]
Results 1 - 1 of 1
How to use this Page
You are viewing the most recent posts tagged with the words: painting clay in the JacketFlap blog reader. What is a tag? Think of a tag as a keyword or category label. Tags can both help you find posts on JacketFlap.com as well as provide an easy way for you to "remember" and classify posts for later recall. Try adding a tag yourself by clicking "Add a tag" below a post's header. Scroll down through the list of Recent Posts in the left column and click on a post title that sounds interesting. You can view all posts from a specific blog by clicking the Blog name in the right column, or you can click a 'More Posts from this Blog' link in any individual post.
 |
| First I sart with a sketch on the greenware that compliments the body of the vessel |
 |
| Working from the outer edges in, I lay 3 washes of color glaze, lightest to darkest, leaving white in the center and shortening the length of the overlay from the outer edges toward to center |
 |
| Next, I surround the image with a complimentary or lighter color that will cause the main color to pop! |
 |
| Next I add in the flat black spots |
 |
| Then the really fun part. Using a very thin liner brush, I outline all edges and use crosshatching strokes beginning tightly at the outer edges and spreading as they go out. Lastly, I did a little sgraffito around the edges of the black spots but I forgot to take an "in process" photo of that . You can see the effect on the finished piece below. | | | | | | |
|
|
Available on my website. Just click on the image.
Here's another one, Sadly, it didn't survive the kiln. It had a big "S" crack in the bottom.
Here is how potters feel when they find a piece comes out of the kiln with an "S" crack in it! :
