More Demented Eels and What I Did With Them

Enough painting, it's the doggy's birthday. And we have cake.

Hm, they don't look so much like demented eels today. Hm. Maybe because I started out with this.

What I Did With the Demented Eels.

Yes, yes, I know perfectly well that there is no fixing a botched painting in CBP and sumi-e. But still.

And there's another one, I just haven't finished it yet. Heheheh.

...And Demented Eels

So we got home pretty early and I decided to give bamboo practice another shot. Ann from the group said when the painting wasn't going well to switch to orchids and rocks. The rocks were fine, but they were, well, rocks. But my orchids look like demented eels. Arrrggggghhhhh.

Mangoes and Bananas

My bamboo leaves look like mango leaves, so I decided to paint mango leaves instead. But now the mangoes look like bananas. Wilson said it was because the chi wasn't consistent. Oh well.

Butterfly In Sumi

Young bamboo
in the sun;
Purple butterfly
stops by
fans her wings
in morning mist.

The lovely Barbara from the CBP Group wrote the poem on the butterfly and bamboo. One day when I learn calligraphy I shall paint it on this one.

Yay, Paper! And Brushes!

It's really good to have real rice paper and good brushes. Heheheh.

But my sister decided to ration my supply. I'm only allowed to use 1/4 of 1/4 of the sheets of paper Wilson gave me. Bah. My sisters are dictators.

So I figured, orchids are easiest. Ve shall paint ze orchids. But I goofed on the fifth leaf.

In Chinese Brush Painting and Sumi-e, there is no such thing as fixing a stroke. But I really really hate wasting paper. So. I'll figure something out.

EDIT: AUGUST 22


And it comes with a haiku! (inspired by the calligraphy discussion, heehee)

harvest ready rice
snails come out after the storm
to make meal complete.

Nyahahaha.

It's called Chinese BRUSH Painting, dear.

Practice Bamboo on Newsprint

Practice Bamboo on Japanese Paper

The brushy pen I took everywhere finally ran out of ink. Sigh. Which means I have no other choice but practice my bamboos with a real Chinese brush. And ink. Bah. Oh well. It isn't called Chinese PEN painting. Unless I'm painting Pen, of course, who is half-Chinese... but I'm not. Nyaha.