Bamboo in Free-flowing form

These are some older bamboo paintings that I have completed some time ago, on rice paper, experimenting with a combination of different shades of gray for the bamboo stems. Previously, I have done the same for the leaves to reflect the different shade covers to give a sense of depth. This time the technique applied to the stems seems to render a tonal difference breadth-wise.

Thus far, we have been concentrating on what has become known as the one-stroke style. As its name implies, each stroke is completed in one continuous motion, in a free-flowing way. Lately, the Arts class has switched to another more time-consuming style that entails meticulous touching up. These would appear next.