Hand-Painted Porcelain by
Debbi Good
Debbi Good
Porcelain Artist
Debbi Good is an international artist, based in the Adelaide Hills, Australia, who specialises in exquisite hand painted porcelain art works.
Using porcelain as her canvas, Debbi’s work aims to capture and convey the expressions and the natural beauty of animal and human portraiture, as well as scenes and modern design, and in doing so is striving to keep this art form alive, recognised and appreciated.
Porcelain offers a variety of different ‘canvases’. Debbi’s works include plates, vases and tiles.
For more information, please call Debbi on 0407 900 093.
Porcelain painting on porcelain and bone china plates.
Following a traditional trend, Debbi’s work is available on plates and other porcelain pieces.
Porcelain Vases
Always willing to experiment with unusual or different shape and size pieces, Debbi’s works are painted using a vast array or different designs and finishes.
Porcelain Tiles
Debbi’s preferred canvas; porcelain tiles offer a blank space on which to create a myriad of different subjects and designs, from wild animal portraiture to pet portraits, scenes and flowers.
Debbi’s Artwork for Sale
Debbi Good
In her own words
Porcelain painting is a wonderful art form to explore. I encountered it in my early twenties and am still able to encounter new products, new techniques, new ideas, which keep this art form constantly moving, evolving and interesting. There are many different styles which encompass everything from traditional designs that date back hundreds of years, to current modern works that are created using different products and designs.
If you are thinking of learning to paint on porcelain there are many wonderful and varied social opportunities to be had both locally and around the world. This can be experienced through a weekly class as a student, it can be a one-on-one seminar or class, or it can be a local or international seminar with a small group of students. Porcelain painting is something that requires a dedication of time, it is not something that happens within the space of one lesson if you are wanting to eventually create your own work. Classes are a very good way for students to learn at their own pace and where work can be tailored to suit ability, and the individuals needs concerning what they are wishing to learn.
Each piece that is created can take anywhere from a couple of hours ( if you are applying products with a quick modern design for example) to up to sixty hours if you are painting a portrait or scene. The main reason for this is that, as with all art forms, a challenging portrait painted on a regular canvas is still a challenging portrait when painted on porcelain and takes time and patience. With porcelain painting the products used are different, the paints, lustres, precious metals, reliefs and frits, the colour has to be built up in stages (firings) so that the paint can adhere evenly. It is normal for the colour to be built up in stages (firings) so that the paint can adhere evenly to the piece. This can be achieved with one fire but it is usually two or three firings on each piece.
Porcelain is not the ‘fragile’ body that many think it is, it is actually surprisingly resilient if it is treated and handled with care. Another factor, which cannot be ignored, is that porcelain and to a greater degree bone china, offers a luminous quality to painted work that cannot be achieved with paper. It will not fade and the paint once applied is permanent.
So, what can I offer personally with regards to the above ?
I am available to paint works on a tile, plate, vase, which can be used as a gift or house decoration. My subjects include animals, portraits, landscapes and flowers as well as fantasy. I have a selection of my work available for sale most of the time, please contact me on 0407 900 093 or via email for more information.
I am available to teach master classes and seminars on the art of porcelain painting. This includes private tuition to individuals, groups or schools and I will happily demonstrate and or exhibit at conventions or schools – Any location will be considered.
Porcelain painting has been the platform that has enabled me to travel around the world meeting many wonderful people along the way including other artists, teachers, students and their families.
I have taught and demonstrated in America, Hong Kong, France, Portugal, the UK and the country I now reside in with my family – Australia.
My husband and I operate a family business “Interdec Australia” which represents European companies with the sale of products for porcelain, glass and pottery. Our product range includes colour pigments, mediums, brushes, golds and lustres. Our newest agency acquisition is the fantastic German company Rohde, makers of kilns, slab rollers and potters wheels, whom we now represent Australia wide.
I also carry my own range of products – colours, brushes and oils sold under the “Debbi Good” brand name, which are all available from the Interdec website.
I am experienced at teaching the following subjects:
Animal and Human Portraiture
Flowers
Landscapes
Design techniques for fantasy pieces.
Techniques taught include:
on-glaze painting techniques,
paste work and gilding,
lustre
design.
All of my work is HAND PAINTED using brushes, with the exception of lustre which is applied differently.
Decals have their place in the porcelain world, they can serve as an outline or they can be printed en masse to facilitate quick, large numbers of product. However they are not to be confused with hand painted porcelain, which is painted by hand with a brush, not printed onto by a machine.
I have included a small piece on the history of porcelain further on (read here), which includes a little information about decals, if this is something you are not familiar with then please do us both the courtesy of reading about them and how they have changed the way this artwork is produced and sold.
Debbi Good
In her own words
Porcelain painting is a wonderful art form to learn. I encountered it in my early twenties and the ‘bug’ has not left yet. Fortunately I was able to learn from some amazingly talented artists/teachers that worked for the factories of Royal Crown Derby and Royal Worcester in the UK and I owe them a huge debt of gratitude for the gift they gave me.
For the hobby painter, Porcelain painting has wonderful and varied social connections around the world. It can be a weekly class of a group of students, or an individual master class for someone that wants to learn something specific without distractions. There are seminars to attend with various different artists offering many different styles and techniques tailored to abilities and designs.
Apart from an extensive range of colour options which – depending on the series, are totally intermixable, there is also lustres, golds, reliefs, metallics, frits and the layering of these again offers versatility for taste and style.
Porcelain is not the ‘fragile’ body that many think it is, it is actually very resilient as long as it is treated well and offers a luminosity to painted work that cannot be achieved with paper. It will not fade and the paint will not come off.
Porcelain painting has been the platform that has enabled me to travel around the world meeting many wonderful people along the way including other artists, teachers, students and their families.
I have taught and demonstrated in America, Hong Kong, France, Portugal, the UK and the country I now reside in with my family – Australia.
My husband and I operate a family business “Interdec Australia” which represents European companies with the sale of products for porcelain, glass and pottery. Our product range includes colour pigments, mediums, brushes, golds and lustres. Our newest agency acquisition is the fantastic German company Rohde, makers of kilns, slab rollers and potters wheels, whom we now represent Australia wide.
I also carry my own range of products – colours, brushes and oils sold under the “Debbi Good” brand name, which are all available from the Interdec website.
So, what can I offer personally with regards to the above ?
I am available to paint works on a tile, plate, vase, which can be used as a gift or house decoration. My subjects include animals, portraits, landscapes and flowers as well as fantasy. I have a selection of my work available for sale most of the time, please contact me on 0407 900 093 or via email for more information.
I am available to teach master classes and seminars on the art of porcelain painting. This includes private tuition to individuals, groups or schools and I will happily demonstrate and or exhibit at conventions or schools – Any location will be considered.
Animal and Human Portraiture
Flowers
Landscapes
Design techniques for fantasy pieces.
Techniques taught include:
on-glaze painting techniques,
paste work and gilding,
lustre
design.
All of my work is HAND PAINTED using brushes, with the exception of lustre which is applied differently.
Decals have their place in the porcelain world, they can serve as an outline or they can be printed en masse to facilitate quick, large numbers of product. However they are not to be confused with hand painted porcelain, which is painted by hand with a brush, not printed onto by a machine.
I have included a small piece on the history of porcelain further on (read here), which includes a little information about decals, if this is something you are not familiar with then please do us both the courtesy of reading about them and how they have changed the way this artwork is produced and sold.
