CHINA PAINTING- A Practical Manual For the Use of Amateurs in the
Decoration of Hard Porcelain By M, LOUISE MCLAUGHLIN.Originally
published in 1877. Contents include: INTRODUCTION, v CHAP, i
Preparing the Design, ... 9 2 General Directions for Painting, , 12
3 Composition of Palettes for various Styles of Painting, .... 20 4
Tinted Grounds, 44 5 Mat Colors, ..... 52 6 Other Pigments and
Mediums . . 59 7 Burnishing, ..... 64 8 Paste for Raised Gold, ...
68 9 General Remarks on Decoration, . 73 10 The Importance of
Drawing, . . 81 ii Technique, . 86 12 Designs, 92 13 Lessons to be
derived from Japanese Art, 100 14 Preparing Gold and Silver for the
Decora tion of Porcelain, . . . 105 15 Use of Metallic Paints upon
Porcelain, 112 1 6 Lettering, 119 17 Use of Relief Colors, . . .
125 18 Firing, ....*. 132. INTRODUCTION: The art of painting on
china is certainly a beautiful one, and is, perhaps, peculiarly
fitted to be an agreeable pastime for persons of leisure. There is,
however, too general a tendency to consider it simply in the light
of an amusement, ur worthy of serious study, and an art for the
practice of which no special training or knowl edge is necessary.
Now, what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, and the idea
that one can successfully prac tice any branch of art without
having previously learned to draw is false. The eye and hand must
be trained, and the taste cultivated, before any result worthy of
the name can be achieved. The best foundation for any art-work is a
thorough knowledge of drawing; and the time tpcnt in acquiring such
knowledge will never be regretted* It is true that there are
methods of decorating china with simple designs, which may be
accomplished bythose unskilled in the use of the pencil or brush;
yet, as the hand of the master is revealed in the most careless
sketch, so the want of skill or freedom of touch is apparent in the
treatment of the simplest subject. To those who have the time and
patience, as well as the natural ability to learn to draw, we would
say: Make it your first business to ac quire that knowledge.
Cultivate your taste by study of the best models; - educate the eye
to perceive beautiful forms in nature or art, and tite hand to
transcribe them. Painting on china, may not offer the same fa
ditties for the truthful rendering of nature as oil or water-color
painting, but it has other com pensating advantages in the beauty
of the enamel; tad the enduring qualities of the pigments, when
fixed by the fire. With the present greatly increased facilities
afforded by the improvements in the manufac ture of colors, china
painting should regain something of its former prestige among the
arts In other times the greatest artists exercised their art upon
this material, which, seemingly so frail, has preserved their work
unharmed for ages, A revival of the art, however, can not be ex*
pected from a servile copying of the old designs and methods. As
well might the artists of the modern school have expected to arrive
at their present knowledge of technique by copying the pictures of
Durer or Van Eyck. There will be no true revival of any branch of
art unless founded upon study of nature and the adaptation of her
principles to design, and there will likewise be no advance
possible to the individual art student without this study and
practice.
General
| Imprint: |
Read Books
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 2008 |
| First published: |
November 2008 |
| Authors: |
M. Louise McLaughlin
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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| Pages: |
148 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4437-2913-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Health, Home & Family >
Handicrafts >
General
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| LSN: |
1-4437-2913-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781443729130 |
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