I am
really enjoying painting on paper for the first time for about fifteen
years. One of the reasons I started painting on plates was that I felt
there were so many good artists about I could not do any better & a
blank plate is not as scary as a blank piece of paper at least not to
me. But as we have started printing onto mugs I needed some paintings to
fit them so I started painting on paper over the Christmas Holidays. It
was a bit strange at first but I am still piping the design onto the
paper using a cake decorating bag as I do with the ceramics so it is not
too different. The main thing I have to watch is that I do not get my
piping bags mixed up as the kiln would burn all traces of the non
ceramic piping paste away.
I
love being able to put more detail into the paintings & be able to
do all the paintings I have been planing in my head for the last 10
years but have never had time to do. I normally have to stop myself from
painting too much detail on the ceramics so it is lovely to have the
freedom to paint as much as I like for a change & maybe I might even
get a little more freedom from working 24/7.
Original photo & Painting Finished Mug
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