Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Many places in the countryside have a museumlike minipark where they put very old farm buildings. Those old faded textures, shapes and wooden materials have inspired this abstract. 
Of course I have much to learn before these kind of painting are as I want them to be but I find it an Ok start. I will try to post more of the traditions and symbolisms connected with these kinds of paintings during the coming week. 
All are approximately 25x30 cm on shuen paper.
Monday, June 04, 2007
I promised you yesterday that I would show some of the results. Today I took lots and lots of snapshots of a real bamboo plant when Hanne (my daughter) and I went out to eat at a chinese restaurant today after her exam. I am no too happy with those leaves so I guess I will practice practice and practice doing them untill I am fairly satisfied. 
Guess who made her first trial of a YouTube video today. It is without music but it is a start. It contains a whole bunch of ACEOs, some good - some not so good. Enjoy. You do not have to see it all by the way. I will make mroe mediasorted, shorter and neater ones later with music added etc. First I need to find out where to get music which is not copyrighted to add.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Today out in the sun I brought out a table and ink and lots of stuff and sat there enjoying the sun and practiced painting plum blossoms in Chinese brush painting. . These are painted on quality watercolour paper because that is suitable for cards due to its thickness. I also painted on Shuen paper and I will probably show you the results tomorrow. I really hope you enjoy being with me on this journey where I learn new things and explore and each new thing helps me create and develope further my own style. Friday I got a big parcel from OAS oriental artist supplies which has very high quality materials and books about this technique. If only I had more time. . . well it is only 3 weeks now until the summer holidays. :-). And the coming week the weather forcast here is summer temperatures and sun. I will enjoy it as much I can. Got a bit of tan mowing the lawn and painting in the sun today. See you tomorrow for more of my work. 
ACEO ATC 07-06-02 Plum Blossom close up Dien mei style
ACEO ATC 07-06-03 Plum blossoms Dien mei style
ACEO ATC 07-06-06 Plum blossoms chuen mei style
