Haiying Chinese Painting Blog

Magnolia 10, Exercise

2007-03-19T19:52:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 9, Exercise

2007-03-19T19:49:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 8, (modified magnolia 1) Exercise

2007-03-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

I have some leftover colour in my mixing plate. I scrambled the paper and dipped it into the colour and patted over on an finished painting. I'm interested to see what it comes out.

Magnolia 7, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 6, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:25:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 5, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:23:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 4, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:22:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 3, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:20:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 2, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:19:00.000-07:00

Magnolia 1, Exercise

2007-03-18T17:18:00.000-07:00

Magnolia, Sydney, Sep 2006

2007-03-18T17:13:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 10

2007-03-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 9

2007-03-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 8

2007-03-12T07:55:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 7, moku leaves with branch

2007-03-12T07:53:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 6, outlined leaves again

2007-03-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 5, outlined leaves

2007-03-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

chrysanthemum 4, petal details

2007-03-12T07:44:00.000-07:00

Chrysanthemum 3, leaves, brush stroke first, then outline with white

2007-03-04T19:34:00.000-08:00

This is the method to do moku brush stroke style leaves.

I started from the big dark ink stroke for the leaves. Then wait a few minutes. When the ink is almost dried, I apply zinc white which is opaque while in the middle of the leave for highlight the vine of the leaves.

The white outline helps viewers to see and understand the direction and shape of the leaves.

chrysanthemum 2, flower, from one petal to a full flower

2007-03-04T19:30:00.000-08:00

Here, the illustration with number on top is how I usually I do the chrysanthemum flower.

After the first layer of petal, the flower shape and direction whether facing up or down or left or right is decided. Then add more petals to make the flower full and blossom.

Chrysanthemum 1, flower and bud

2007-03-04T19:23:00.000-08:00

I started from the centre of the flower, and continued to add petals in a radiating direction.

I do not try to make each petal the same. They are different in direction, shape, size and wet/dryness.

At the beginning my brush is wetter (however, the fine detail as flower petal, brush is never dripping wet.) As I drew more and more petal, the brush became drier and drier. That made a natural transition of the colour tone.

Lotus practice 2 on rice paper

2007-02-27T16:20:00.000-08:00

Lotus pratice 1 on rice paper

2007-02-27T16:18:00.000-08:00

Another Lotus 6, complete the painting

2007-02-15T07:42:00.000-08:00

Paint a lotus bud and a pod to make the painting lively and balanced.

Dab and wash the whole piece with watery green and put stamp to balance the layout.

I put two, one square and small. Another round and big thus create some contrast.

Another Lotus 5, paint leaves and colour petals

2007-02-15T07:11:00.000-08:00

Use a large brush loaded with medium dark ink to paint the leaves.

I start from the upper left corner quickly and roughly stroke downward.

The upper right corner is just some unruled random strokes.

Then apply very very very light red on the petal. At the tip of the petal, I dot darker red (just a little bit darker, not too much). The darker red mixes with the lighter and they together go out of their boundary make me feel the air is evaporating and the water is flowing.

Dab some very very very very light green between the flower and leaf