Digging thru some of the old art projects that came in with the stuff from the storage area. I have always been a great one for tracing things. And if I can't trace it, make a drawing of the picture with pencil (so I can erase a lot), then do a dark outline with a sharpie, so that I can then trace a pristine copy. Tedious? Only if you don't enjoy it--hehe! People with more innate talent can draw whatever they want to themselves. Me--I am a great tracer.
I found a picture of two African Greys--this might be 10-12 years old--and I got this far but then was afraid to color it with watercolors.
Haiying has just been talking about books that teach the more botanical way of oriental painting--at the same time I have come across these!! There are no coincidences, right? She is going back to China again soon and is willing to look for instrctional books--(that can be mailed by her husband from the U.S. at the end of the month--less postage than from Australia). So, I want her to look for books with lots of types of flowers--and hopefully small birds like these. I love these flower and bird paintings! And if I have enough money--dragonflies! butterflies! Koi and goldfish! Love them all!
We'll see what Haiying can find for me. I think the detailed, botanical oriental painting might just be more my style--who knows? So I also need some rice paper with additional sizing in it so that it can take several layers of ink and paint. So exciting! :)
Meanwhile--I also found the assignments I did for the Concordia drawing class. They were boring assignments (to look at--not to do) and all the pages were stored inside of one plastic bag. They became covered with dust from the charcoal and pastels we used. One big awful mess--so they got thrown out. Too messy and dirty to even use for recycling.
I didn't like the class all that much because the professor insisted we had to use very large sheets of paper. I am used to doing small work, so I had a horrible time with perspective. I thought it might help me to "loosen up", as all my art teachers have always told me--but it didn't. Chuckle! I did take her voluntary two-day bookmaking class, though--and that was wonderful! Priceless! Made the whole semester worthwhile--hehe!
Back about 15 years ago I took three adult night classes. The watercolor class with the teacher who was so discouraging, a calligraphy class with a wonderful perfectionist who was a professional calligrapher, and a pastel class with a lady who was fun and encouraging. I found the pastel work from the class!
We did the apple the first night, then the oranges the second...
We did the apple the first night, then the oranges the second...
Anyways--that is what I have been up to. [Plus, I have two different types of secret projects I am working on--will take me quite a while--can't post anything about until they have already been given away. Shhhh!!!]
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