This is the last poppy plate. Why poppies? Do I have some fascination with them? No, not really, but since they grow very well, I have plenty of photographs, and I know what they look like.
Category: drawing
Dec 10
Poppy Plate 1
My friend Gabrielle brought a magazine into our pottery class with an interesting technique in which the potter painted flowers on white slip using different hues of tinted slips. I decided to try it out. Since we had a myriad of greens, the obvious choice for subject matter was botanical.
Nov 23
Pumpkin Pie is Special.
Oct 16
Unicorn Sign
Even though our bedroom is the master bedroom, and we’re not likely to change, the kids decided that our room needed to be named after a mythical creature as well. I chose the unicorn. I also noticed that you could say that each animal represents a different element, and that the unicorn would be earth. …
Sep 06
Phoenix/Firebird Sign
My kids (one in particular) decided she wanted a phoenix for her room, because her friend had drawn her a picture once and it looked very pretty. I didn’t know how to make a bird look like it was rising from the ashes, so instead I painted the one from one of my favorite folktales, …