This is my 337th
Chinese Xieyi Painting and
my 635th painting since 2003, the 8th assignment in Chinese National Academy of Arts since Oct 10 (I came here on Oct 7 and Started the study on Oct 10), 2011.
I was shame when I updated this new painting to the column. Because I found that I had not painted any Chinese Xieyi Painting for about 3 months already.
Even though I had so many reasons that I went to USA, I was working on Chinese Gongbi painting and so on, as an art student who is major Chinese painting, I should paint a paint a Chinese Xieyi every day. So, now, I do appreciated my father for it was him to ask me to paint a painting with pine trees and red-crowned cranes for his elder brother - my uncle’s 90 years old birthday. Therefore, I painted this painting by learning from Mr. Ren Bonian. Then I just realized that I have not painted any Chinese Xieyi painting for so long time.
I worked on this painting for 7 days, since Nov 6 to Nov 13 except attending my lessons for 2 days. Because it is a bit big so that I felt a little bit difficult to complete it, several times, I wanted to give up it and to paint a small size one. Anyway, I kept working on it no matter how not easy for me to stand by it every day.
I felt so tired and ache everywhere when I completed it, my heart was so easy and so relaxed, so that I could not help painting it once more for I did want to make more practice. Also, I wanted to use the method that Dr.Professor Yao Mingjing taught us in China Central Academy of Fine Arts, to change it from Chinese Xieyi to be a Chinese Gongbi.
Can you imagine? My classmates said that the red-crowned cranes in my second painting were smiling. so that I could not help smiling to work on it and I will let you see it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
How do you think of the first one? Do you enjoy it?
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com ,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)
--Shirley ZhangNov 13, 2011
