Be Proud of yourself

Wing span

Serenity below the surface

Caught in Foliage

Birds taking to water

More scenes of nature through water color painting

We had our last Art class today, topping off a six-session adventure with Mr. Bolock, our tireless teacher, and fellow attendee, Gary, whose painting was the guide for the third painting of mine here.

Mallards and their avian buddies frolicking

Abundance

Poise in rest and Elegance in flight

A new beginning

Three of a kind

In today's Art class (the penultimate one), Linda and I used the painting of another fellow student, Gary, as a guide to produce my own rendition here, all the while under the watchful eyes of Mr. Bolock, our Art teacher.

In sync with nature

Feasting in high places

The placid

Painting Gold in Water

Gold fish and Golden carps that is, using Hu-Kuei Lin's Drawing Goldfish & Golden Carps in the series Chinese Paintings for Beginners (Art Book Co. Ltd., Taiwan, 1992).

Seaside

Today is Columbus Day, a public holiday; hence, there is no Art class. However, Linda and have borrowed several sets of drawing from Mr. Bolock, the Art teacher, during the last class. And I was able to hold my own Art class today by exchanging them with Linda.

Cruising

We had our combined chinese brush painting and calligraphy class today, and here are what I was able to accomplish within the 3-hour fun-filled morning.

The Lotus Fan

Moving with the wind

Nature Rules

The Adventurous

Japanese Cranes: Learning from the Master

Master Chung-Lin Yu that is.

Cowboy at work

I painted the following in today's Art class, a cowboy cajoling a cow herd crossing a river, and making chops in the process.

Celebrating Mooncake Festival ...

... Chinese painting and calligraphy style, in addition to partaking of the delicious mooncakes. The painting is obvious, while the calligraphy is of a famous Chinese poem penned by a Chinese poet during the Sung Dynasty, Su Shi, or better known as Su Dong Po, overlaid on a moon shot taken while on the USF campus.

Amidst Happiness