Tim Loh's Paintings 陸天樞繪室

I am an enthusiast of Chinese Brush Painting and I would like to share my trials and tribulations in learning the craft. I want to document the process, the inspiration and the weird ideas behind my projects and to address some of the nuances related to this dicipline. I hope to create a dialogue and stir up some interest in the art of painting with a Chinese brush on Xuan. In any case, it would be interesting to see my own evolution as time progresses. This is my journal

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Happy Year of the Horse

MAY YOUR YEAR BE AUSPICIOUS

BLISS BE UPON YOU

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Friday, February 6, 2026

Horsing around in color, continued

I’ve decided to change the perspective of my 4th horse in the painting. I intend to portray it more convincingly as the trailing horse in the pack by presenting a shorter side profile and a more frontal view the hope that the viewer will sense the horse emerging rather then just traversing across the field.

Adding the 5th horse which is mostly obscured and in the background, I have my pack of five,

The current arrangement conveys more drama and movement by taking advantage of the size differences between front and back, and the lean of the leading horse.

Time to color them. Whinny for me, horses!

I must admit, my horses are more convincing now,