Monday, April 20, 2009

Nature's Game

Nature's Game (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A Winter's Dance

A Winter's Dance (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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I went to walk this afternoon, I brought some beautiful flowers home to study and sketch them. I enjoyed their unique beauty even though I didn't know their name.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Lakeside Beauties

Lakeside Beauties (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Narcissus is translated "Water Immortal" in China. For New Year's celebration, my family would fill with narcissus - the fragrance and the auspicious nature of this flowers.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Springtime

Springtime (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Painting is a very good activity, it combines both mental and physical energy, it can calm one's mind (of course, for a beginning painter it's more difficult). Painting 5 to 6 hours for one sitting is a kind of deep meditation.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Meeting Under the Pines

Meeting Under the Pines (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Eating out is always fun, but even more so under the fragrant pines!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Country Life

Country Life (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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People are still living like this very simple and humble especially in the distant Chinese countryside. Like every life style, it has its good and bad points. Ever wonder what it must be like to get away from most things electrical - like Internet blogs!

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Astonishing Beauty

Astonishing Beauty (c) 2009
6" x 6" watercolor
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Snow is melting everywhere; the weather seems warmer and warmer. All the trees and flowers are ready to bloom and I am ready to welcome them, finally.