Listen to Shirley Singing the Poemin Chinese Nov 19, 2006Follow Shirley to Read the PoemLearn the Meaning of the Poem with Shirley TogetherSee Shirley Created Picture for the PoemRead Shirley Written Chinese Calligraphy for the PoemI created this picture to match a Chinese classical poem and to express the meaning that in a peaceful night, under the moonlight, what a poet had seen, had heard and had thought on a boat over a little stream by a mountain.
Also, I have written the calligraphy of the poem and created music to match it.
I imagine it in my mind from Monday to Wednesday and I started to paint it after my art lesson Thursday night, then, I corrected it on Saturday.
Once more, I felt that the most difficult part of creating a picture is not painting itself. It is the design and thought of its structure. Very often, I put a piece of whiter paper on my easel and I look at it with my imagination. Every time, after I have made the picture in my mind on the paper, I started to feel easy and relaxed.
I am using a new kind of paper, I have not master its characteristics yet, so, the water party is not good as it in my mind...
It is a pity that when I was painting, I dropped a black ink on one of the fish, so that I had to cover it with some thick color so that I have destroyed the color's transparent result. That is why, I will re-paint it in the upcoming time...
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Shirley ZhangWritten on Sun, August 12, 2007
