Learning Porcelain Painting vol. 1

My mom visited us this weekend. I decided to ask her to teach me some porcelain painting. Yesterday we went to buy some utensils for me. I don't remember if I have told you before that I found a huge box of old porcelain painting colors from one flea market last summer. They were so cheap that I decided to buy them anyway...even though I didn't know if they were still ok. As you might know the colors in porcelain painting are in powder form.

I bought them because they looked soo lovely. Beautiful colors...and I was quite sure I needed them, haha. If I don't use them in porcelain painting I can always invent something else. I think they are perfect for decorating or as a prop. They are so adorable.

...and what did I learn today?

A lot. I learned that painting porcelain isn't easy. Yes, I know..sorry to say. You know I like to improvise...maybe not a good idea in porcelain painting. You have to practise. 

It's a good thing to have a steady hand. You need a good light. You have to know how the colors react...I mean you can't just paint all the colors same time or mix them. You need oil with these old color powders. But there are also water soluble colors. You have to make your color with palette knife and be sure there aren't any lumps...they will destroy your work in kiln. You can fire porcelain few times. So it's a slow process. Comparing to working with clay where you fire your glazing once or twice working with porcelain is more carefully planned...

As you can see in the picture - my coffee cup is still unpainted. The reason why it is - I have to do some practising, haha. I find porcelain painting interesting...but I have to have a better plan what I'm doing. I love to work quite relaxed and free way with clay and acrylic painting so porcelain painting is a challenge for me. It needs to be thought more thoroughly. Kreetta is in trouble, haha.

The cup is waiting me on my workspace's table. Let's see what happens next!

..and thank you Mom!

xo

Kreetta

Workspace - My Very First One

Have you dreamt of your own workspace? I have. So many times. 

Art wall project exhibition at home

Thank you for people visiting us in so short notice. Ideas comes and goes. These ones goes to Kampaamo Maa on Wednesday.

Some of this work you've seen in my blog before.

I was wondering how my instagram pics will look as photos and they do - look quite nice. So you can make art with your phone. Wonderful news.

Something I have ever done before - an exhibition at home. Now I have. It was fun! Spending time with great people is always a pleasure. Thank you!

xo

Kreetta

Photography tip - Moon and stars - noise reduction and big asa

pics turn to more painterly like when you use a big big asa/iso and noise reduction

Yesterday we went to celebrate young girl's birthday. Sweet sixteen. We drove home late in the evening and decided to stop in place where is not so much light - no light pollution - that my husband can photograph stars. We had a little doubt if it's possible because of full moon and yes it was too much light to photograph Milky way. No luck for him but luck for me. With help of moonlight I could take some experimental shots of forest, moon, stars and car lights.

i got red from car's lights. i made an abstract painting.

I'm so fascinated about painting that I love to try it with my camera also. On Friday I wrote a post where  I was thinking about photography and natural way of doing it - not too much photoshop using - trusting the object and being more natural.

can you see a field?

But here I am and doing something totally different. I'm not even trying to photograph nature as it is, I use it for my own artistic goal. I want to make something unnatural - surreal. In photoshop I used mainly noise reduction because of high RGB noise. I didn't have tripod. I was too lazy. I just used the highest iso/asa number I had in my camera. When you do that, you lose details but you get more close to painterly result. What do you think? Do you like these pics or not?

the yellow comes from car's lights

So this time my tip was mainly about using your camera to make some totally different from different perspective. Is it worth to try? Inspiration to these experimentations I got from this guy who has done some iPhone paintings following Mr Rothko.

Now I go back to my project, small art exhibition. It's totally unfinished. Wish me luck! Have a lovely Sunday! 

xo
Kreetta

Short Poetry

This evening I wrote a poem with my camera. I needed one moment for private thoughts on a grey day. 

I think I wrote two poems. They both are love poems. For beauty of the nature and for love of being at our cosy home and having a delicious dinner. Thanks goes to my husband - once again. Now he sleeps on a sofa and I'm writing my blog...weekend is coming after one day and I can't tell you how happy I am about it! I hope you are too! 

 

What do you think would these work on the wall? Or as a card?


xo
Kreetta