Betty Woodman’s numerous glazes, paints, and the varied configurations of brushes—sometimes mixed or assembled by the artist herself to achieve desired color swatches, brushy marks, and parallel stripes—reflect her continuously innovative work with ceramic forms. In an interview with The Studio Potter in December 1998, Woodman talks about learned techniques from studying painting and her own approach to painting three-dimensional objects, particularly through refining, defining, and overglazing with brushes:

“I used to use Japanese bamboo brushes. I still use the kind of brushes that come in tan­dem so you can break them off to use, say, three or five. I use different brushes for different purposes […] I often tell my stu­dents, Don't be cheap. If you always decorate with the same brush it will have the same consistency. If you first pick a brush that's wide, and then go to a small brush, the work tends to have a richer look.”

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