This week, I accomplished two things. I glazed my mug, and I had fun doing a nice little still-life with cray-pas and watercolors.
For my mug, (I will put up a picture of it later), I decided to experiment with the wax-resist stuff. On the bottom half of the mug, I drew with this, making swirlies and stuff that will turn out as black lines. On the top of my mug, there are grooves cut into the clay. I filled them in with the "Black Magic" glaze. Using the "Dark Blue" glaze, I painted over the wax resist section of the mug, and I painted the inside of the mug. Then, I used "Turquoise" for the top half of the mug. I hope it turns out nicely, and doesn't bubble or anything... This is the lightest, nicest shaped mug I've ever made!
For my still-life, I chose a gourd and a pinecone for their nice texture. In the intense sunlight on my desk, they cast very sharp and beautiful shadows. After sketching out both objects in pencil, I went back over them, coloring them in with colorful cray-pas. I love doing this, it's a lot of fun to assign a bright color to a more muted tone, and completely change the feel of the image. I used cray-pas for the shadows and the objects themselves, and then added a light watercolor wash in the background.
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