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teapot 1

February 25th, 2006 | Category: Illustration Friday, Marker, Teapots

I was so happy when I saw that the topic for Illustration Friday was “tea” because I absolutely love tea and I’ve been thinking of doing a tea themed series for a long time. This is a little teapot that my mother gave me a few years ago—it is a personal size teapot with a cup on the bottom part. It’s not really blue and I didn’t draw the shape exactly as it exists either, but I really do like this sketch because it seems very playful and childlike. I think I’m going to draw all the teapots in my house one of these days. We have about six or seven of them.

11 Comments so far

  1. alexa February 25th, 2006 10:01 pm

    Lovely teapot drawing! Nice lines and nice colors. Drawing all the teapot you own as a series sounds like a great idea!

  2. Lin February 25th, 2006 10:09 pm

    SO SO NEAT!! Love the shape of the teapot and the design on it! You reminded me of the one I have that’s similar—don’t you love these!!

  3. carla February 25th, 2006 11:21 pm

    Pretty, pretty This so delicate – I get the feeling of fine porcelain. Love the flowers and the curved shapes.

  4. Andy February 26th, 2006 11:18 am

    Lovely drawing…Please can I add it to my teapot blog?
    All good wishes
    Andy Titcomb [teapot maker]

    teapots teapots teapots

  5. Ives February 26th, 2006 1:07 pm

    Lovely! Don’t like the crosshatch-lines on the left so much (don’t know why), but LOVE the flowers and leaves and the rest! Very original teapot your mother gave you!

  6. Roz Foster February 26th, 2006 1:09 pm

    Beautiful! I have one of these, too. AND my mother also gave it to me. Mine is simpler, plain white (less of a fine subject for illustration than yours!)

  7. Jeet February 26th, 2006 2:45 pm

    “Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order.” – Okakura Kakuzo, 1906
    Beautiful and accurate representation! And the cup on the bottom part is VERY nifty indeed! Great job, it almost looks real!

  8. Marie-Dom February 26th, 2006 6:05 pm

    I love this sketch too for the same reasons as you do. It’s very vibrant.
    MD

  9. Terri February 26th, 2006 7:52 pm

    Oh I love teapots and teacups and…well everything to do with the tea drinking ritual. This is a great drawing. Looks like a lovely pot. :o)

  10. Laura February 28th, 2006 11:20 am

    I like the playfulness of this, too! You and I have a need to get things ‘right’, don’t we? But I want to do more of this kind of thing, too. Lovely, Carolyn.

  11. Cin March 3rd, 2006 8:53 am

    so pretty, I’d never seen a teapot/cup like this until recently at a local cafe, I love the shape of it!

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