Black-Eyed Susans

One of my favorite wild-flowers, the Black-eyed Susans are so reverse in color from cultivated flowers.  The yellow isn't in the center, but a nice dark brown/black which somehow also attracts the insects to pollinate them.

So here're my first paintings on a couple of vases.  It will be another week before they get in a glaze kiln at the community studio however.  So the "after" will be really "after!"

After the three coats of Mayco Stroke & Coat "Dandilion Yellow", I left the flowers bare this time.  Usually I apply a coat of clear.

Before dipping into the Black Mountain Blue glaze, I painted wax over flowers and stems and bottoms...so there will be some bare clay where leaves/stems are.  The blue glaze is a nice soft "true blue" that should accentuate the yellow flowers.  We shall see...