Peaches and Vines Casserole Dish
This design is for a casserole dish, however the design can be adopted to plates, bowls and vases.
The materials needed for this design are:
Duncan EZ Strokes translucent underglazes:
EZ003 Irish Green
EZ004 Willow Yellow
EZ006 Forget Me Not Blue
EZ012 Cobalt Jet Black
EZ056 Brick Red
EZ057 Coral Red
No. 5 Franceville 424 Red Sable
5/0 Royal RG 595 Liner
Sponge
Soft Pencil
Duncan GL612 Diamond Clear Glaze
Clean and sponge greenware.
Draw peaches spontaneously on greenware. Draw vine branches in curves linking up to peaches and add a few stray branches to fill in any open spaces. Draw in the leaves and berries.
Using a No.5 brush wash peaches with Willow Yellow, then shade with Coral Red.
Using Willow Yellow paint the leaves in common strokes. Paint over the Willow Yellow leaves with 1-2 coats of Irish Green.
Paint the berries in Brick Red.
Using a No. 5/0 brush and Cobalt Jet Black paint the vines, then outline the peaches, leaves and berries. Paint a few veins on the leaves and paint a few common strokes using 5/0 brush in Cobalt Jet Black and Forget Me Not Blue. To finish paint the rim and handle with Forget Me Not Blue.
Fire and glaze.
