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This quick method of painting was used for commercial reasons - to speedily decorate the furniture, pottery and trays ready for sale. So, although the brush carried one, two, three or more colours, it would have taken only 'one stroke' of the brush to produce the more complicated shading, giving depth and beauty to the design.
In ancient China, wheat was perceived as sacred; the wheat-straw patchwork were rare and were therefore only sent to the royal court as tribute. [1] As early as in Eastern Han dynasty, wheat straw painting was made for worship practices in the royal court as wheat was considered an auspicious grass to pray for good fortune.
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In November 1884, van Gogh taught some friends from Eindhoven, a large town near Nuenen, to paint inanimate objects in oil. Van Gogh, in his enthusiasm, created a series of still life paintings of bottles, bowls and pots and other objects. [3] When van Gogh created still life paintings he was able to explore light and its effect on colors.
Painting 8 A Lick of Paint Jimmy Hibbert Teddy tramples on Looby Loo's favourite blue flowers, so he makes decoy flowers with tissue paper, twigs and blue paint. 1 April 2002 Painting 9 A Flying Feather Chris Allen Andy Pandy has a pretty present for Looby Loo, but it keeps blowing away. 2 April 2002 Boxes 10 Puppeteer Pandy Jimmy Hibbert
Before Ben can paint the sun, he runs out of yellow paint. Just then Dougie the Decorator enters the café to do some painting. Ben cooks him fruity borders as a meal, and as a thank you Dougie leaves Ben and Small a pot of yellow paint so Ben can finish his painting. Customer: Dougie the Decorator Food they made: Fruity Borders
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Slipware is a type of pottery identified by its primary decorating process where slip is placed onto the leather-hard clay body surface before firing by dipping, painting or splashing. Slip is an aqueous suspension of a clay body, which is a mixture of clays and other minerals such as quartz, feldspar and mica. A coating of white or coloured ...