As I continue to work on my technique with the ink and brush, I am beginning to feel more comfortable with the tools I am working with. The paper I have used here is a non-smearing rice paper, which is more ideal for this kind of subject matter. With the Chinese style of painting, one starts with dark ink on the brush, and the goal is to exhaust the brush before applying any more ink to the brush. Water is applied to the brush, as the ink gets depleted, and again exhausted from the brush. Colour is applied after most of the ink work has been laid down.The Chinese water colours are more muted than the western water colours, which I prefer. This painting is from a photo I took near page Arizona last year. Complementary colours were applied, those being the reds and green, as well as the triad of yellow, blue and the green, giving the whole painting a unifying look. The complementary colour scheme also results in a visual vibration, for instance, the red and green. Below is the photo I used as a reference.
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