August 20, 2016. Oil on canvas. 35 x 45 cm. I had been learning oil painting for more than 3 years. No clue for improvements. All I could do was to do more practises. I had gotten more than 1000 piece of works so far. Yet quantity had no co-relationship with quality. The hardest I… Read More
August 15, 2016. Oil on canvas. 40″ x 50″ Human facilities was more difficult to paint. Nature had a rich colour which were compromise and coordinated. But human constructed items – roads, houses etc were artificial and required more artistic skills to incorporate it to the environment. This painting was the roadside near Taipei. It… Read More
August 16, 2016. Oil on canvas. 32 x 40cm Trees were one of my weakest link. I spent 2 weeks working on it, but still not much progress. This painting did not have distinquished color tone set out and the “space” of the forrest was not well presented. Look like I need to work harder.… Read More
August 13, 2016. Oil on canvas. 32 x 40cm Still trees. For a scenery painting it is inevitable to present elements such as sky, clouds, sea, mountains. Also trees. If you are handicap in any one aspect it will compromise all your other merits. My weakest part in scenery is trees. With an intensive practice… Read More
August 7, 2016. Oil on canvas. 32 x 40cm The training was to distinguish similar colour and generalise them into few colour palettes. In the reality, colour is very complicated. One essential skill of painting is to simplify. This is no easy stuff for all people. In this painting I tried to simplify the trees… Read More
Aug 2, 2016. Oil on canvas. 20 x 27cm After 6 months learning in Taipei I had improved. A lot of fundamental concept was gained during the sketching exercise. And my colour sense has been improved through the class at master Tang. When I first went to Taipei in February 2016, I went to plein… Read More
July 23, 2016. Oil on canvas. 45 x 55cm
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