Before and after
Just starting another nice tile mural. Just to show you that china paint doesn’t change much in the firing, here are two sections of it. The first photo of each is before the first firing, the second is after.
Garden Path Mural, Part 5
This is what the mural looked like after the third and final firing. I did a little more deepening a few colors here and there, but mostly I did black outlines. Most china painters don’t outline like this, but most china painters are working on much smaller objects. I need this image to read from across the room.
Garden Path Mural, Part 4
Here’s what the mural looked like after the second firing. I usually do almost all of the real painting in this second firing. It’s all about deepening colors, adding shading, and adding texture. In this firing I also added background colors, like the sky and the distant hills.
Garden Path Mural, Part 3
This is what the mural looked like after one firing. It’s mostly just background colors, and establishing shapes of things. When I need to put a solid color behind a complex shape, for instance, the sky behind the tree, I save that for the next firing.
Garden Path Mural, Part 2
Here’s what the mural looks like in progress. In the first shot, you can see the image drawn on the lower part of the mural. In the second shot, the top few rows of tiles are on the glazing table being painted. I was part way through painting the background color on the roof tiles when I took the picture.
Garden Path Mural Drawing
Here’s the drawing for my latest custom tile mural. This will be 3’ x 6’. This has just been approved by the client, who showed me a straight on view of a house similar to this one, and a list of flowers they’d like in the picture. So I turned the house sideways to give space for the other flowers.
Small Orca Mural
This is one of the smaller pieces I’ve done lately, only 6 6” x 6” tiles, but it will make a charming accent in a shower.
Kokanee Salmon
This little custom tile mural just went home today. It will go behind a stove. The images of the fish were taken from images captured by the client’s set camera in his stream.
Seattle Home Show
Hi. It's time once again for the annual Seattle Home Show. I'll be showing my tile murals again in Booth #634. If you're planning on attending, go to the Home Show webs site, click on Get Tickets, click One Adult, and enter the promo code on the graphic below. It will get you 2-for-1 entry and $5 parking. I hope I'll see you there.
Sunfish
This piece got installed recently. It’s based on some art work my client sent me.