Spirit Deer

I am continuing to try to develop my skills in grisaille enamel painting. I have taken some shots of the process of developing the piece, so you can get some idea of how it’s done. The design is the next in my series of spirit or ghost animals. All white animals in Celtic mythology were otherworldly animals. Most commonly the white deer was associated with Ossian’s mother.
http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/mythfolk/deer.html

I used a photo of an albino deer as my starting point.

This was the first firing

Second coat painted

Second coat fired

Third coat painted

Third coat fired

Fourth coat painted

Fourth coat fired