Feeling blue

Blue and white never bores me. The blue and white of the sky and the clouds, the water and the waves or the blue painted pigments on white porcelain...

Some months ago a took another porcelain painting class from Cocky Wildschut here in the Netherlands. I have taken several of her classes, each time painting some porcelain pieces based on designs by Cocky. This time was different. I brought a large antique Chinese lidded vase with me and translated that design into a miniature version. It was fun to do! You can see the miniature vase in the picture above sitting on a beautiful little table by Mark Gooch.

The large Chinese plate on the wall was painted by Cocky. The tulip vase was made by Henny Staring. I made a few parrot tulips for it. I cut the petals for the tulips from paper and painted them with water colours.