This is my 1st pen sketch - painting from the nature at Chinese National Academy of Arts in Beijing, March 25, 26 and 31, 2014.
I mean I painted 3 times on it for about 5 hours. The first twice, I went to the streets to paint face the flowers, then I ordered it with pen in the classroom.
After I completed it basically with a pencil, it was lucky enough that in one of our classes, I got a good comment and directions face to face from Professor Liu Wanming -- the Associate Dean of Chinese Painting School of Chinese National Academy of Arts.
Kept his directions in my mind, I kept working out of the door, each day for 4 to 5 hours, even if the atmospheric haze hit Beijing...
How do you think of this sketch? Do you enjoy it?
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)
--Shirley Yiping ZhangMarch 31, 2014
