I love my old French tableware…soupiéres, platters, plates, bowls and other dishware. Sketching them is quite challenging though, since they have such nice old patinas that I would love to capture. The only way for me to get that is to use different media. In the 2 sketches below, I used J. Herbin inks, De-Atramentis inks, watercolour, watercolour pencils, nib pen, pilot prera pen and gouache. I think I sort of got some patina on the dishes..
The sketches below are an old French soupiére, a Polish jug with my chickens’ feathers that I stick in at will.The second sketch is an old French platter and oval plate.
French soupiére and Polish jug
mixed media in Stillman & birn sketchbook, epsilon series14X21.6cm
Old French platter and plate
mixed media in Stillman & Birn sketchbook, epsilon series14X21.6cm
Ronelle