Mountain Majesty

Having kids who had snowboards got us out to these wonderful snowscapes. I was so happy to paint this one! Thanks, Doborah!

I'm so happy to share this one with you Uma. It did mark a turning in my art, a beginning of many imaginary mountains, landscapes, birds....this training with Chinese brushes and ink...and a great teacher...made all the difference! Thanks for the LF and pin!

Thanks so much, David and Carol. This was one of the first mountains I had the courage to paint. Now...I love to even invent them...

Oh, so happy you found this one. It's my best work from two years of studying Chinese brush painting!

So nice that you found this one again, Nikki. It's my finest art moment....I guess you could read the comments and discover that....!!! It's my first mountain!

I was puffed up like a frog when I painted this one. Really gave me a wonderful feeling!

Thanks so much, Jeff for visiting this one.

So happy to share this with you. I really thought my trees were so nice!! I was so proud of this one.

This is a painting I "worked" for....and it was the best I produced after so much study of Chinese brush painting. I was and am a mere beginner at this art. My teacher painted from memory... a memory of shapes....perhaps acquired from learning the thousands of shapes of Chinese calligraphy....a whole new world of brain activity and an awesome quality to carry into the arena of making art. I looked carefully at my photograph as "climbed" my mountain. It's only now (years later) that I playing with the strokes and making my own compositions.

I based this painting on a photo taken while on snowboard trip with the kids to Snowbird, Utah. No wonder you're thinking about skiiing!

I was very proud when I finished this mountain. I am my own critic and this was a very special accomplishment in my art career.

As you see if you read my notes, this was my best original with the Chinese method. I'm back at it again, so I hope there will be more...!

Happy you liked this one. It was something I really worked for and then the doing of the painting came so easily. Again, the value of copying cannot be overstated as a learning tool.

Thanks, Ronda. Just visited your lovely photographs and I'll have to go back and enjoy them later.

Thank you so much, Lenore. This was the "fruit" of my labor, so to speak. I finally painted my own landscape using the Chinese methods I learned from copying.

Thank you so much, Karen. This was the best original work I created after my year of copying Chinese brush painting. Actually I was surprised I could do it. So happy you like it!

Thank you, Tessa. It's an amazing technique. It must be done quickly and with confidence. There are no sketches. If you look closely at the pine trees, you'll see that they were done rapidly, almost with rhythm. I was amazed when I watch my teacher demonstrate all of his knowledge.

Thank you so very much, Evelina. Of all of my art, this was the one which pleased me most because I "trained" for it and was so happy when I could do all of this in ink with few mistakes...my eye says the houses could have been nicer.....but my good trees done very rapidly made up for them.