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ikebana67
Javea
Spain
(Zone 10a)
August 18, 2008
12:24 PM Post #5430989
| Anyone interested in Chinese Brush painting? I took it up over 3 years ago, and paint on Xu'an paper, canvas, and on silk. Interested in contacting any other artists who enjoy this tradition of painting. This is one of my paintings (now sold). 
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roybird
Santa Fe, NM
August 19, 2008
10:12 PM Post #5439494
| Please tell me about what you do. I am very interested. I have always liked Japanese prints and through that have come to enjoy the Chinese brush paintings. What is Xu'an paper? Your painting is lovely! Did you do the calligraphy as well? |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 20, 2008
08:35 AM Post #5440739
| WOW! Your art is beautiful. I love all things oriental. I have a robe that looks very similar to the one your beautiful lady is wearing. I am a thrift store shopper and find blouses with Japanese ladies on them all the time. I love to wear them. The ladies are so elegant!
Janet |
ikebana67
Javea
Spain
(Zone 10a)
August 22, 2008
11:03 AM Post #5451959
| Hi Roybird and Janet,
Thank you for your kind comments. Xu'an paper is the traditional "rice" paper used in Chinese art. Yes I do the calligraphy both Chinese and Japanese. This particular painting has a Japanese Haiku (poem) which translated says "silence - the sound of a bird walking on fallen leaves" my idea was that the girl looks up as she hears this slight sound breaking the silence. I also paint on silk and am posting a foto for you to see. I am interested in oriental culture, I am a member of the Chinese Brush Painting Society, I practise Tai Chi, I have around 40 bonsais, I grow orchids and enjoy Ikebana, and enjoy gardening very much especially trying to grow more exotic plants/trees.
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roybird
Santa Fe, NM
August 22, 2008
06:41 PM Post #5454027
| Beautiful, Ikebana! You are very interested in Oriental arts. I also study Tai Chi and Chi Gong. I teach Nei Gong, which is a spinal Chi Gong form. I practice Wu style long form and have some experience with the Yang form, though not as much. I've been working with various Taoist arts for about 8 or 9 years. My main teachers are Robert Tangora and Bill Gallen. Not that you would have heard of either of them! It's just about impossible to talk about anything Chinese without bringing up your teachers! My water color paintings show an Oriental influence, I've been told. But, I have never studied Oriental painting and just some Japanese print
making. Anything you would like to show and tell about traditional Chinese arts would be enjoyable to me. I like haiku, too. |
ikebana67
Javea
Spain
(Zone 10a)
August 25, 2008
08:51 AM Post #5464700
| Hi Roybird, I have been practising Tai Chi for 5 years but with several teachers and different forms. The one I spent most time on was the Yang style short form, but a few months ago I started learning the Yang long form from a Singaporean Chinese master who lives here in Spain. I do enjoy it very much. I have watched Wu style which from memory I think was quite fast and involved a lot of quite low movements. For a while I was learning the sword form which was fun but complex especially keeping out of the way of other people in the class!
Going back to Chinese brush painting. If you want to spend some hours watching Chinese painting go to Youtube and look for blueheronarts's videos, there are dozens of videos for you to watch, painting many traditional Chinese themes. Would be interested to see one of your paintings. I thought the Olympic's opening ceremony was so good with its exposition of Chinese art and calligraphy. I presume you watched it. If you decide you want more info I can recommend some excellent books which I am sure you would enjoy. Finally another painting - the space in front of the monk is to allow the Chii to move.
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roybird
Santa Fe, NM
August 26, 2008
08:18 PM Post #5471873
| Hi Ikebana. I'm glad there is room for chi to move; plus it makes a beautiful composition! I practice Master Wang Hao Da's Wu form but first learned B.K. Frantzis' short Wu form. I think any of the forms can be done at different speeds. My husband likes sword form. I will check out blueheronart's videos. You can see some of my paintings in this forum! I tend toward flowers and still life painting these days. Some landscapes. |
ikebana67
Javea
Spain
(Zone 10a)
August 28, 2008
11:12 AM Post #5478419
| Hi Roybird, I checked out your paintings - they are beautifully executed subtle flower paintings. You are very talented. For some reason my flowers are usually disasters, have been doing a painting project on wisteria, but I won't impose any fotos they are so bad. I am progressively finding that I enjoy best, figure painting and horses and Chinese buildings.
Let me know what you think of Heron arts videos. |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
August 28, 2008
07:27 PM Post #5480320
| Hi, Ikebana, I did look at the blueheronart on YouTube. So far I have just seen the How to paint a heron and the Lotus ones. Very nice, indeed! Thank you for letting me know about this. I will go back and see more. Very fluid. I have not painted figures, horses or buildings much. I like flowers, birds, sometimes animals. I would like to see your horses. Oh, and thank you for the kind remarks about my paintings. You don't know how many I throw out! I would like to try Sumi-e. The inks and the thin, rice paper would be different for me. |
ikebana67
Javea
Spain
(Zone 10a)
August 29, 2008
03:15 PM Post #5483820
| Hi Roybird,
The Sumi-e book I would recommend is:
"Japanese Ink-Painting" Lessons in Suiboku Technique by Ryukyu Saito,
Have a try at using rice paper and grinding your ink from an inkstick, You will need Chinese brushes as western brushes aren't suitable for this type of painting. Good Luck!!
Here is a horseman.
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roybird
Santa Fe, NM
August 30, 2008
05:55 PM Post #5488160
| He looks Mongolian to me! Very nice. I will give the rice paper and ink a try. |
Jianhua
Shangshui, Henan
China
(Zone 7b)
December 01, 2008
08:38 AM Post #5846847
| Good job, George.
The last painting above is an ancient Chinese general on horseback.
I just wonder if you know the Chinese characters on the painting?
Jianhua |
IndianaGardener
December 02, 2008
02:32 PM Post #5851314
| These are great! Very good job. I really like this style and also sumi-e. |
Betula2
Calpe
Spain
March 30, 2009
06:47 AM Post #6339100
| I want to find a chinese painting class near Calpe, can you help please |
