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Denise Cat

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Wonderful stuff from everyone. I've been practising some Chinese brush work on the rice paper. Just reinforcing what I learned in the workshop on Saturday. 
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Like it Denise . 
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This is beautiful, Denise. Fresh and uncomplicated. 
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Robert Jones, Napa

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I still haven't found my book on Chinese/Japanese painting - I expect I've just not noticed it on multiple searches: my flat's a bit dark, and my eyesight is not great. Doesn't look as if you need it, though!  Though - there's a philosophy about eastern painting; a thought behind every stroke: get into that, and you'll make even more progress - it'll take considerable study, and my fear always was that this study would lead me in a direction I didn't want to pursue, but by which I might have become fascinated (without ever being very good at it).  E.g., I've watched Chinese artists at work, and those who have sought to emulate them, and have been struck by the amount of preliminary thought the Chinese artists applied .... think; look; think again - and then apply a sure, clean, continuous stroke.   Their would-be copyists tended, on the other hand, to apply the stroke and then think about it, leading to hesitancy, jagged edges, and a tell-tale uncertainty which betrayed those who were not brought up in the tradition against those who were.  In short - press on and enjoy, but you do need to be GOOD - not necessarily immediately, but ultimately: because it is extraordinarily difficult to come within miles of the greatest Chinese and Japanese artists and the extraordinary delicacy of their approach.  You have only to look at the calligraphy of even the most conservative Chinese leaders, from emperors to Deng Xiao-ping, to realize that beauty is inherent in their very writing, never mind their art: and there's no huge distance between the calligraphy and the art - theirs is a culture in which the one leads to the other: very, very different from our own.  
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Robert Jones, Napa

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PS - Denise - Chinese ink?  It's wonderful stuff - nothing will make Chinese calligraphy and art easy, but real Chinese ink should help. 

Denise Cat

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Thanks Paul and Carol. Yes Robert, I've been trying to practice one continuous stroke, there is a lot of twisting and turning of the wrist involved. I have done a small amount of reading on the culture, philosophy and beliefs in order to gain a greater depth of the Eastern style of painting and of course, it is something I will continue as I go on. I know it is difficult to do but that won't phase me. I think what I learn,  is a positive, overall. I don't have neat handwriting, never had. I did the Chinese writing with the brush and I can't believe how neat it is. That's a miracle in itself, me with neat handwriting. 

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one more for February
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Marjorie Firth

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That’s a beauty, Skylar.
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Skylar Brown

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Thank you, Marjorie!
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Another little gem from Skylar. As for that book on Chinese/Japanese painting - I think it's one of those I sold: I'll keep looking, but even though I do have a lot of books, I think I'd have found this one by now if it were still here.

Hilary Pearce

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Not new but from a sketchbook used during lockdown
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