This particular image here is an attempt to replicate using computer as usual, that special “look” the porcelain paintings have, which is so recognizable, soft and deep and seen mostly on only the best china and porcelain ware.
Pocelain kingfisher
The reason for this attempt was the finding recently of an old tin in my old studio, in which was a small collection of brushes. These were no ordinary ones as I remember I had to specially go and buy them at the time.
A friend had made some wonderful pots and so on in porcelain, but not being an artist, asked me if I could manage something for her very new serving plate she’d just completed.
Not being an expert on pottery, china or porcelain painting though an artist on other mediums I dashed out and found out the basics and off I went and got some suitable brushes and oils and things, which hopefully would suffice.
In this old tin though I can still recognize the Squirrel hair and a couple of Shader brushes and a few pretty stiff looking Scroll? brushes. There’s a few others there, but not used for some 40 years, I’m jiggered if I can remember what they were called now, though Berry brushes? come to mind.
Whatever, there they were and it did indeed bring back memories of that time and I do recall that after a few attempts on some lesser plates, I managed some pretty fair pictures at the end of the day – and she was very pleased as I recall.
This particular image is a copy I suppose of a painting I had done in real life, which was actually oil on board, but I recall I used it as the idea for her first plate as she wanted a series of bird wildlife images and a set of 8 eventually turned out.
Goodness knows where she or where the plates are today, if indeed they exist now, but this is my sort of homage to that time and using the computer managed this effort. I have to say I’m not displeased with it at all and if truth be known probably better than the ones I did all those years ago.
