This is a test...both with the glaze and the designs. The glaze is a slightly matte white with a little rutile added to take away the extreme white that occurs in some majolica whites. The small amount of rutile (about .0025) gives it more the look of a leaded glaze or paint.
I sized the glaze with an odorless hair spray and drew the designs in pencil. I like pencil because it's easy to erase and it burns out in the firing.
The designs are lightly drawn because I wanted to be able to make corrections and adjustments easily.
I used a brush to erase three of the fish and drew in two poppies. Normally I don't mix designs, but this is just a way to see if the designs and colors still work.
This is when I start to lay in color. I am using Mason Stains mixed 50/50 with Frit 3124, the principal frit in my glaze. I start with my lightest and work to the darkest or most intense colors.
Most of the colors have been put in. They will fire to the colors shown but will be more vibrant.
