Joyce Lee on sat 28 jun 03
This post is from Elizabeth, not from Joyce.
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> > Here is what I do.
> >
> > Treat the velevets like they are tube watercolors. They mix like =
that.
> Thin with water, not glycerine. Apply more than one pass with the =
brush
to
> double the color. Blend your colors on the brush in the chinese =
manner.
> > Don't mix the color with the glaze. That will just make weak glaze
color.
> You dip the whole pot in the base glaze and let it dry. Then brush =
the
> surface with a soft dry brush to make it smooth like rice paper. Then
> paint. Full on color and line and all the detail you want. Then let =
dry.
> Then another application of the top transparent glaze with a soft =
brush
and
> only one coat across your painting. More will make the painting pull =
off.
> No pressure, just drag the wet brush across the pot. Then let dry and
fire.
> It will make a truly beautiful painting with depth that is nigh =
impossible
> on bisque.
> >
> > I realize that "in the chinese manner" is vague. It took me years =
to
get
> this, I can teach to to get started with some fairly snazzy effects in =
a
> couple of days. The details are all in "The Mustard Seed Garden Book =
of
> Painting", a book you tend to have to mail order. But it is very hard =
to
> read and almost impossible to learn from without a practical session =
or
> fifty with someone who already understands. I firmly believe that =
many
> people describe things as extremely difficult in order to preserve =
their
own
> expertise and mystique. Most things might be complex but are =
essentially
> one foot after the other processes that anyone can learn. Chinese
painting
> is extremely complex when taken as a whole and I am not saying that to
puff
> myself up. I am saying it because it really is hard to do well. You =
can
do
> it at all and be pretty impressive, but to do it really well takes
> dedicationa nd patience. It is so like pottery that I consider my
eventual
> mastery of it as the same as my quest
> >
> > to master my craft of pottery. Sometimes my eyes are bigger than =
my
> belly. But I am still working on this plate, thank you...and could =
you
> bring me another napkin?
> >
> >
> > I love to travel. I want to see everywhere and no place is
uninteresting
> to me. For the cost of expenses and meals, I will come teach any =
group
how
> to do this, anywhere. It will take two days. The water content of =
the
> glaze and in the velvets is the issue that is the problem and I can =
only
> show you this in person. I have explained it as well as I can above. =
You
> can also come here. The coast and the weather is fantastic. This is =
not
a
> solicitation, I gots me a job. It is an invitation to share something
that
> I truly love.
> >
> >
> > May Luk wrote:
> > Hi Elizabeth;
> >
> > Thanke for the reply.
> >
> > Can you elaborate a bit on this technique? Do you mean painting the
velvet
> > with a bit of base glaze before bisque?
> >
> > I had just make some test tiles: mixing stain with a little bit of =
base
> > glaze and paint with the aid of water and glycerine (before going to
> bisque)
> > , because I have the same problem with some stains not being fully
melted
> > with the top transparent glaze. Still experimenting.
> >
> > Thank you to Ron and Joanna for your post as well. I know that
"Mastering
> > Cone 6 glazes" is an excellent book. But it's not really available =
in
the
> UK
> > just yet. Although there's a book review at the Ceramic Review in =
the
> > current issue, and it's listed =A338. I think it's going to be sold
> somewhere.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > May
> > London UK
> >
> >
> > on 6/27/03 7:55 am, Elizabeth Priddy at priddyclay@YAHOO.COM wrote:
> >
> > > This is why I recommend painting into a thin coat of white or =
clear
> glaze and
> > > then glazing it again with a truly transparent compatible clear. =
It
will
> > > solve you probem at any glaze compatible temperature that the =
velvets
> will
> > > survive to. I have found this works exceptionally well.
> >
> >
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