Fox

have been asked to submit brushpainting for a Charity Anthology for Japan - so excited.  have been doing some sketches for the animal pages - here's my cute fox one.

Birds Practice

Thought I'd practice my birds again.. some ok, some... humm not so great.. can really see I have a issue with overworking my lines.(bit of a parallell here??)

Fish Practice

Carp and fish are a favoured subject area for brushpainting - so had a whirl at them.. Again a hard thing not to over detail or over do....

Bamboo Tall

I was really pleased with this one....

Lotus 2

Another crack at a lotus.  This time with a little colour.. Might have to crack open my watercolour pencils!! ( oh the luxury!) The colour is a bit washed out on this scan.. oh well.

Lotus

Another thing which is traditional is the water lilly lotus thing ( yes - I am really up there on terminology)This one is over done again. too many stroke lines.

Tiny Bird Brush Painting

There are a number of things which are traditionally painted or captured when brushpainting.  I'll have to find out what sort of bird this is - but its a cheeky little thing whcih usually hangs around on the bamboo...

I've over done this one - too many lines and too fussy.

Bamboo - Formal Picture

Not the end all and be all - but an end product of my practice.  It really does my head in that it can be done so quickly - its a must. Every stroke pre determined but flowing.  I have a LOOOONG way to go...

Bamboo practice

some more form work with the traditional bamboo

Bamboo leaves practice

I've taken up my brush painting again - well - the black ink anyway. Its perfect for my time poor schedual. I can't agonise over lines or redo things - I need to empty my mind and just gowith the flow - literally.

Anyway - here are some practice strokes, trying to get the form right for the leaves.

Brush painting CW Logo

 

I pulled my Japanese Brush Painting set out and was thankful I remembered how to make the ink and hold the brush. Its just so.. Japanese.... you have to empty your mind and commit to the moment and then let it go to go on to do the next stroke.

I did two perfect strokes - but they weren't on the same picture,,, and the rest of the painting looked aweful.. ahh well. I also don't think I was in the right head space to be doing this- a few crappy things on today - but in retrospect - perhaps this was the best thing for me to be doing...

below are two of my better attempts.  Not 100% delighted with any of them....