把 想 法 画 出 来

Turn your idea into a picture we can paint

The hardest part of a commission isn’t the painting — it’s the describing. This five-minute guide shows you how to use AI image tools to sketch the idea in your head, so we both see the same thing before a single brushstroke.

Why bother?

“A cat on a plate, kind of dreamy, you know?” can mean a hundred different paintings. One reference picture ends the guessing: you approve what you see, we quote what you approve, and nobody is surprised at the kiln door. Any image tool works — ChatGPT (image mode), Google Gemini, or whichever you already use.

A good prompt has four parts

Stack these four blocks in one sentence and almost any tool will understand you:

1 · the vessel“a round porcelain plate”, “a tall vase”, “a tea cup and saucer”
2 · the style“blue-and-white qinghua, cobalt underglaze” or “famille-rose coloured enamels”
3 · your subjectthe heart of it: “my sleeping cat”, “our wedding under the oak tree”
4 · composition“circular composition, white porcelain ground, no text”

Ready-made prompts — copy, fill, iterate

Replace the highlighted part with your own subject. Attach your real photo to the AI chat too — tools follow a photo far better than words alone.

Blue-and-white plate A round Chinese blue-and-white porcelain plate, hand-painted underglaze cobalt design of [YOUR SUBJECT, e.g. my sleeping cat by a window], Jingdezhen qinghua style, flowing brush strokes, white porcelain ground, circular composition, no text
Coloured-enamel vase A Chinese famille-rose porcelain vase, hand-painted overglaze enamel scene of [YOUR SUBJECT, e.g. peonies and a golden retriever], soft mineral pigment palette, fine brushwork, glossy glaze, studio photo on plain background
Teaware set A white porcelain tea cup and saucer, delicate hand-painted [blue-and-white / coloured enamel] miniature of [YOUR SUBJECT, e.g. our family house in the mountains], Jingdezhen style, thin elegant line work

Make it better in two more minutes

  • Generate 3–4 versions and keep the one that makes you feel something — then ask the AI to refine just that one.
  • Plates love “circular composition”; vases love “the design wraps around the body”.
  • Always add “no text, no watermark” — AI loves to scribble.
  • Try the same subject in blue-and-white and in coloured enamel; the choice often makes itself.
  • Don’t chase perfection — a roughly-right picture plus your notes is all we need.

The AI picture is a reference, not the product. Your piece is painted by hand and fired in a wood kiln — it will be warmer, deeper, and slightly its own creature. That’s the point.

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