A mixed offering of nature and landscape marks my painting efforts today, several being patterned after the paintings contained in the guidebook shown to the left, published in 1989 and on loan from Jenny, unless stated otherwise below. Jenny had originally bought the book for his son during his younger days. And I only chanced upon the book while visiting Jenny one day. As the chinese saying goes, the happiest person is not one who has the best thing; but rather one who cherishes everything one meets along the way. Thanks, Jenny.
This has appeared in an earlier blog but I repainted it, perhaps with some unintentional differences, since I have given it away to CE's friend, Olivia.
This is patterned after the front box cover of The Chinese Brush Painting Studio by Pauline Cherrett (Barnes and Noble Publishing, 2005).
This is a two-parter: the landscape painting is patterned after the painting entitled Waterway Near the Hanshan (meaning cold mountain) Temple appearing on pg. 172 of Chinese Painting Techniques: A Complete Course by Jean Long (Studio Vista, 1994) while the chinese couplets lining up the left and right sides are taken from pg. 169 of Chinese Landscapes Made Easy by Rebecca Yue (Batsford, 2007) that contrast (or rhyme) the merging of the sky and the water at the horizon (left panel) and the snow glow from the shining moon (right panel).
A mixed offering of nature and landscape marks my painting efforts today, several being patterned after the paintings contained in the guidebook shown to the left, published in 1989 and on loan from Jenny, unless stated otherwise below. Jenny had originally bought the book for his son during his younger days. And I only chanced upon the book while visiting Jenny one day. As the chinese saying goes, the happiest person is not one who has the best thing; but rather one who cherishes everything one meets along the way. Thanks, Jenny.
This has appeared in an earlier blog but I repainted it, perhaps with some unintentional differences, since I have given it away to CE's friend, Olivia.
This is patterned after the front box cover of The Chinese Brush Painting Studio by Pauline Cherrett (Barnes and Noble Publishing, 2005).
This is a two-parter: the landscape painting is patterned after the painting entitled Waterway Near the Hanshan (meaning cold mountain) Temple appearing on pg. 172 of Chinese Painting Techniques: A Complete Course by Jean Long (Studio Vista, 1994) while the chinese couplets lining up the left and right sides are taken from pg. 169 of Chinese Landscapes Made Easy by Rebecca Yue (Batsford, 2007) that contrast (or rhyme) the merging of the sky and the water at the horizon (left panel) and the snow glow from the shining moon (right panel).
1 comment:
Wow! I like all of them! Definitely high quality art! The attention put into the details are most striking.
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