A friend of mine turns wood as a hobby and gave me a turned vase for the heck of it. He had applied a coat of sealer on it (the purple coat in the picture). It offered me a new playground.
I brushed on 3 coats of white gesso, allowing each coat to dry before the next application. I mixed in some custom lime green color on the final coat to give it a very light greenish hue, reminding me of an Araucana chicken egg shell.
After smoothing out the brush marks by sanding, I painted a few shrimps on the vase. I made this work "legit" by painting my chop on it, since a flat seal would not go on a curved surface. The entire surface was then sealed with urethane from a spray can.
The result was pleasing, I thought.
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
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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