Japanese painting

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Excellent stuff Mia, possibly cherry? When the brush leaves no ink the Chinese masters have the saying - spirit present, brush absent. best. Mick

Posted by Mick Saunders on Thu 19 Apr 22:59:27

Beautiful

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Thu 19 Apr 23:14:20

Certainly appeals to me - a lovely piece Mia

Posted by Michael Edwards on Fri 20 Apr 06:31:22

Lovely work Mia

Posted by Glennis Weston on Fri 20 Apr 07:20:17

Love the deceptive simplicity and the story behind it is so interesting. And what a great saying, Mick. Mia, I think it must be very rewarding for an art teacher to see a student responding so deeply to something.

Posted by Caroline Greene on Fri 20 Apr 09:25:00

Interesting! No room for errors either. Well done, it's a very nice, confident painting.

Posted by Louise Naimian on Fri 20 Apr 09:26:52

Excellent Mia, you are obviously very good at this type of work.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Fri 20 Apr 12:50:11

Love this, Mia. I love your interpretation of the style - it has your signature elegance and beautiful lines.

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Fri 20 Apr 14:11:23

Thank you very much Mick, Petra, Michael, Glennis, Caroline, Louise, Val and Seok. I appreciate your comments very much. Yes, Caroline, my teacher was very pleased about it -> hence the book he gave me!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Fri 20 Apr 15:04:46

Tasty !

Posted by Larry Reynolds on Fri 20 Apr 15:45:09

Mia, you are the master (or mistress!) of the value of simplicity. This is so elegant and perfect. Super work.

Posted by Thea Cable on Fri 20 Apr 16:50:45

Lovely work :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Fri 20 Apr 18:43:07

Thanks Larry, Thea and Sarah for your lovely comments.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Fri 20 Apr 19:06:03

Simple and effective.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sat 21 Apr 11:49:46

Thank you very much, Carole for taking the time to "search" me and posting a nice comment.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sat 21 Apr 13:06:09

Wonderful Mia!

Posted by Ros Patterson on Mon 21 Apr 17:37:41

Thanks Ros.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 21 Apr 17:56:53

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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During my studies at At-Teaching School, my favourite teacher told us about the Japanese and Chinese calligraphic artists, meditating for a long time and then with one stroke if a brush, they painted the .... I was very interested in this (fascinated), so I tried it, bought a Japanese brush and tried this. I still have those brushes! By holding the (very) large brush vertically I started at the bottom and by pushing and lifting the brush, I painted the branch and leaves, without taking the brush away from the paper. Using a lightweight paper and thick black gouache paint, some of the paint came of the paper and addded some texture to it. I kept his because this tutor pushed me into this type of painting because I was the only one in my class to respond to this and I adored it. As a graduating present, he gave me a book about Japanese Calligraphy and Art. I am still very grateful for this, because he became one of the famous Belgian Painters of his time and passed away a few years ago (his name was Dan Van Severen).

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Mia Ketels

I live in Blankenberge on the Belgian Coast, about 15km from Bruges. After being trained as an art teacher in the 60ties, I started teaching for a few years. Then I had my carreer in a school administration. After retirement, I started drawing and painting again. I bought a lot of English books…

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