Puget Sound Sunset
Just got pictures of this job installed. It’s in what used to be a closet under a sloping roof. The image is Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains at sunset, from a photo taken by the client from the street in front of his house in Ballard.
After again, again
This is what all the sections of painted tile for this shower looked like after the final firing. They’ll be distributed on two walls of the shower and over the vanity mirror. It will probably be a while till I get to see the completed piece as they are not planning on doing this till August.
After again
This is what those sections of the mural look like after the second firing.
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.