Sunday 24 April 2011
Sunday 10 April 2011
Eagles
The class on saturday was all about eagles. I was really glad to get back to more traditional chinese painting: more freestyle. As much as I love gongbi (the very detailed style), I wish I could do more freestyle, on bigger pieces of paper, and even standing up, why not!
So we started with a few head studies...
And then we went on to copying a variety of eagles of different shapes, in different positions...
I was then "challenged" to drop my beloved gongbi brush (the bottom one) and use not only bigger brushes, but also, what in my view is, a massive piece of paper. I paused and had lunch first, thought about it, and decided to go for it. I cleared the whole table, prepared everything, stood up, and started... I started with the head, and very quickly realised that if I wanted my eagle to fit in the page, it would have to be completely disproportionate. Never mind, here is the result... and I have to say... it was good fun (kitty posing for the scale)!
And I finished the day with a fluffy one :)
So we started with a few head studies...
And then we went on to copying a variety of eagles of different shapes, in different positions...
I was then "challenged" to drop my beloved gongbi brush (the bottom one) and use not only bigger brushes, but also, what in my view is, a massive piece of paper. I paused and had lunch first, thought about it, and decided to go for it. I cleared the whole table, prepared everything, stood up, and started... I started with the head, and very quickly realised that if I wanted my eagle to fit in the page, it would have to be completely disproportionate. Never mind, here is the result... and I have to say... it was good fun (kitty posing for the scale)!
And I finished the day with a fluffy one :)
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