I looked at my bastardized piece for a few days and I really didn't like that son of gun too much.
Since I couldn't possibly do anything more to hurt it, I whipped out my brush and started to paint in a flock of geese. Migrating Canada Geese.
I was wrong. I could make the painting worse.
The painting now looked even more constrained, and trite ! It actually looked more like a snapshot than a painting. Although I did not paint this from a picture, I still think it is a valid illustration of why one should never paint from a photograph.
I had to loosen up the painting somewhat. Again I resorted to the titanium white. I selectively blocked out some of the birds and a few valleys to take away some of the uniformity. All these white-out moves unfortunately went against the grain of Chinese Brush methods. I might as well be doing oil or watercolor. The only thing Chinese about this piece was the calligraphic brush strokes of the geese; at least I tried.
I think I was able to loosen up the painting a little, but the caveat is it is still cliche.
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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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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