by yimiris | 7 月 5, 2019 | Oil painting, Other
我出生在湖南沅水邊的桃源縣，少年時代是在湘西常德城長大的，這多年來，總想回去看看，順便去去鳳凰與茶峒追尋那少小時的印象、和沈從文筆下的湘西風情。於是在一九八八年秋天與三位香港青年畫家結伴赴湘西旅行寫生。 湘西首府吉首過去稱所裡，現在是土家族苗族自治州政經文化中心，大大小小的工廠滿蓋灰塵地佈滿了城市四周。馬路上的塵土、街邊大堆小堆的涼薯，汽車的高音喇叭與長髮披肩，穿著時髦的姑娘構成城市的有趣畫面。只有一些穿插其中的苗人婦女的大包頭和衣著告訴人們這就是湘西，改革開放已然啟動的湘西。...
by yimiris | 5 月 20, 2019 | Landscape, Oil painting
I have written about the benefits of small plein air painting and how and why it can help improve color observation skills. Suppose you are totally convinced and would like to give it a try or you simply love to paint outdoors, what should you bring? Sure, you can...
by yimiris | 2 月 19, 2019 | Narrative painting, Oil painting
In a movie, there are ninety minutes to two hours to tell a story which usually includes setup, confrontation, climax and resolution. In an ad, there are thirty seconds to catch the audience’s attention and hopefully persuade them to take some action with what...
by yimiris | 12 月 19, 2018 | Narrative painting, Oil painting
Miners’ Lament is the latest narrative painting that I finished. The inspiration for Miners’ Lament goes back all the way to my time in China. 《礦山悲歌》的構想起源很久，源自在大陸時期。 Prior to 1980, I worked at Zhaoqing in Guangdong where there was a medium-sized coal mine outside of...
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...
