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I've always admired and respected your teacups, Liz, and now I REALLY do! This is my first time to paint a teacup. In fact, being a coffee drinker, I own only this one teacup. And I do occasionally drink tea from it. :)
The drawing went reasonably well, considering it was a first try, though I did do light sketch in pencil instead of straight to ink. I couldn't get the cup to sit in the saucer, the weight is wrong. Then, for paint, I tried some Maimeri to be different and found that it doesn't work well on this paper (Strathmore Visual Journal). (Plus, I'm still a klutz with paint.)
Against my better judgement, I dabbed on some Daniel Smith to get some pigment into it, and although it didn't improve the mess, it seemed to help the overall look a little.
Teacups are tricky!
teacup-1
I've always admired and respected your teacups, Liz, and now I REALLY do! This is my first time to paint a teacup. In fact, being a coffee drinker, I own only this one teacup. And I do occasionally drink tea from it. :)
The drawing went reasonably well, considering it was a first try, though I did do light sketch in pencil instead of straight to ink. I couldn't get the cup to sit in the saucer, the weight is wrong. Then, for paint, I tried some Maimeri to be different and found that it doesn't work well on this paper (Strathmore Visual Journal). (Plus, I'm still a klutz with paint.)
Against my better judgement, I dabbed on some Daniel Smith to get some pigment into it, and although it didn't improve the mess, it seemed to help the overall look a little.
Teacups are tricky!