by yimiris | 10 月 14, 2018 | Drawing
速寫到底是指那類畫作呢？...
by yimiris | 10 月 7, 2018 | Drawing
Drawing is the foundation of all genres of art related to form. If there is inaccuracy in oil painting or other media in form, it’s usually a drawing issue. Classical bust study is the foundation of drawing. Just how important is classical bust study in drawing?...
by yimiris | 9 月 29, 2018 | Landscape, Oil painting
This is a follow-up for the previous blog post on the importance of small plein air landscape in terms of color training. Below is the process and approach I take for small plein air landscape painting. Small plein air painting demonstration A photo of Taiwan’s...
by yimiris | 9 月 22, 2018 | Landscape, Oil painting
Painters of the 19th century were all in the habit of making small paintings. The Spanish painter Sorolla’s small paintings had rich colors and free flowing strokes while Levitan’s had very concise yet elegant color blocks. Even the Russian painter Fedotov’s...
by yimiris | 9 月 16, 2018 | Other
Camera is a convenient and important tool for painting and drawing. It’s quite common for artists to take reference photos and produce a drawing or painting in the studio. And cameras are getting smaller, every more sophisticated and powerful. It’s so much...
by yimiris | 9 月 3, 2018 | Other
1980年9月，我提請赴香港、台北處理父親後事的申請獲得批准，於是，帶著極少的行李由深圳跨過羅湖海關的木橋來到了香港。從此開始了人生第一大的轉變。 我與早幾個月到的弟弟、母親還有從海南島申請來港的老同學、老朋友李昌柏擠在九龍觀塘的一間極狹小的電梯舊樓房間。由於我在廣東生活廿十多年，語言不成問题，倒是很快就適應了香港的生活。此時身無分文，必需馬上投入工作。...
by yimiris | 8 月 19, 2018 | Oil painting
Painters use color to express themselves. But they rarely talk about color in writing because this is a very complex field. Here, I will share my personal experiences and insights on color in oil paintings from a Realist or plein-air perspective. These insights and...
by yimiris | 8 月 11, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
The eyes The eyes are challenging. A common mistake is to make the eyes either too high or too low. Even an experienced artist needs to be very careful. If the proportion is inaccurate, it affects the entire drawing. This can be avoided by using straight lines...
by yimiris | 8 月 4, 2018 | Charcoal drawing, Drawing
Drawing is often perceived to be a form of training. Although its importance of foundation building is recognized by many, it’s often “abandoned” once the artist moves on to other forms of expression using different media. For someone who has been...
by yimiris | 7 月 30, 2018 | Other
Chadong Ferry Dock is one of my favorite plein air paintings. It’s near and dear to my heart perhaps because it’s not only a painting about my hometown, Western Hunan Province where my ancestors are from, but it’s also a painting about Border Town, a...
