tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post5699105294005523147..comments2024-03-26T00:58:27.695-07:00Comments on Midnight Ramblings: Learning to Paint BambooStephanie Pui-Mun Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04247973137648475585noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-8242308738533016592011-11-06T14:47:40.685-08:002011-11-06T14:47:40.685-08:00Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing your ex...Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing your experience.Amy Skidmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026167102538585708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-82934138511676865172011-10-18T21:01:12.094-07:002011-10-18T21:01:12.094-07:00Thanks for this post Stephanie. It reminds me of m...Thanks for this post Stephanie. It reminds me of my own experience with brush painting lessons. These were held after Saturday afternoon Chinese classes - I often hated learning the language - its arcane runes eluded me in their complexity. But come time to paint them and I gained a different perspective and appreciation for the characters and the radicals.<br /><br />The sessions often had two parts too - we would write characters and we would paint a variety of plants and animals, all which had their own recipes for the way they should be drawn. These included bamboo, swallows and even crabs.<br /><br />It was disciplined but we still had room for self-expression. Although at the time I was probably still wrapped up in manga-mania I was excited to rigorously replicate the classic imagery and equally disappointed in my failings to live up to the standards of my teachers. It was okay though - they told me it was important to find my own style.Aletheahttp://ale.chenonetta.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-57419707133848650252011-10-15T19:08:30.014-07:002011-10-15T19:08:30.014-07:00Thank you for writing this. It's a moving and ...Thank you for writing this. It's a moving and intimate memory, gently shared.Rhissannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001501916407616825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-9928415094325858362011-10-15T18:03:45.128-07:002011-10-15T18:03:45.128-07:00What a beautiful evokative story. Thank you for s...What a beautiful evokative story. Thank you for sharing your early lessons!Gaidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11137796009019992269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-44269869112988543322011-10-15T00:26:16.208-07:002011-10-15T00:26:16.208-07:00What a wonderful experience!
There's one thin...What a wonderful experience!<br /><br />There's one thing I feel I've completely neglected these last ten years of focusing on digital art, and that's the physicality of painting. I've very recently started to try my hand at watercolours (for which you are undoubtedly my muse, it must be said!) and rediscovering just that: the arranging of my workspace, the pans, the brushes, the smells, and the importance TIME has. Apply paint too slowly, and you get edges you don't want. Too early, before it's dried, and you lose the edges you want. It's a completely new (and possibly more whole) way of painting.eilidhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050220146055701591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-10052634203536960512011-10-14T19:02:05.970-07:002011-10-14T19:02:05.970-07:00Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it!Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it!Stephanie Pui-Mun Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247973137648475585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694386010612422591.post-54194051296201703432011-10-14T18:53:16.822-07:002011-10-14T18:53:16.822-07:00You create just as lovely pictures with words as y...You create just as lovely pictures with words as you do with paint, Stephanie. Thank you for sharing this story. I loved reading it.SilverSerpenthttp://www.silverserpent.net/portfolionoreply@blogger.com