I started teaching China Painting in 1978. The art of painting on porcelain china comes from a desire to have beautiful art for my home, and to have lovely pieces to leave to my family, one day.   The china is painted on several times,then fired in the very hot kiln, causing the glaze to soften and receive the paint deep into it's mystery and then it is cooled very slowly.  The depth of the subject, the perspective and different shades are achieved with consecutive paintings and firings.  The Wild Rose is a favorite of china painters, as are all Roses.  In my classes the first subject painted is the Pink Wild Rose.