After a two week's hiatus, my Arts teacher resumed her class this week, this time of two since one other classmate has found work and could not join the scheduled class. But the fervor, ours in learning and the teacher in imparting her experience, in no way diminished. Here is a smorgasbord of my efforts for the week, some completed earlier in the week as a prelude to the class, one of which is a summary work of sort combining the various things that I have learned.
Scabiosa (Pincushion flower) (from A Book of Cut Flowers, Sheila Okun, 1988).
Chrysanthemum (from A Book of Cut Flowers, Sheila Okun, 1988). It makes for a nice tea too.
Bamboo, slightly truncated at the top as I drew too close to the top edge of the page, losing the margin required by the scanner.
The Mudan (peony), the blooming flower of wealth and elegance.
The roses, overwhelming the thorns (from A Book of Cut Flowers, Sheila Okun, 1988).
The synthesis, combining the bamboo, the Lan (Orchid), the Chrysanthemum, and the Mudan. Can you spot the odd one out? It's the Mudan, the other three being part of the ensemble termed "The Four Gentlemen" in chinese arts. The missing one is the Mei.
Now here's the real synthesis, the so-called putting it all together, the Four Gentlement, the Mudan, encircling the Goddess of Flower, drawn in the pose of a traditional Chinese Lady, signifying the garden of all seasons, and earning the praise of the teacher. (This is a photo shoot since it is too wide to be scanned.)
Scabiosa (Pincushion flower) (from A Book of Cut Flowers, Sheila Okun, 1988).
Chrysanthemum (from A Book of Cut Flowers, Sheila Okun, 1988). It makes for a nice tea too.
Bamboo, slightly truncated at the top as I drew too close to the top edge of the page, losing the margin required by the scanner.
The Mudan (peony), the blooming flower of wealth and elegance.
The roses, overwhelming the thorns (from A Book of Cut Flowers, Sheila Okun, 1988).
The synthesis, combining the bamboo, the Lan (Orchid), the Chrysanthemum, and the Mudan. Can you spot the odd one out? It's the Mudan, the other three being part of the ensemble termed "The Four Gentlemen" in chinese arts. The missing one is the Mei.
Now here's the real synthesis, the so-called putting it all together, the Four Gentlement, the Mudan, encircling the Goddess of Flower, drawn in the pose of a traditional Chinese Lady, signifying the garden of all seasons, and earning the praise of the teacher. (This is a photo shoot since it is too wide to be scanned.)
3 comments:
beautiful...
I love the last pictures the most, how you put all the floweres into one pictures, like a goodness from the heaven.
the rest are great, here are my favoirte: 2, 4, 5, 7. I like the new bamboo pictures, I did not see that one when I was at your home.
^___^
beautiful drawing came from a beautiful person.
Really a pitty the beautiful
"Bamboo, slightly truncated" couldn't it be truncated? (photographied first or scanned in two parts and merged?)
Thanks for that in anycas ;)
Thanks for visiting, Mohave.
It's really no big deal since the image is only slightly truncated at the top. I have used both of the methods that you suggested for other images but thought it was too much trouble to apply them to this particular one.
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