Black Ochre Squeezed in China-Made Frames

Black ochre is the national flower of Belize, a small nation in Central America…

It’s framed within a China-made frames, just like how Chinese Culture brought in by immigrants is slowly permeating through the local community and hence shaping the society….

An epidome of what’s going on around the world right now…powerful nations, not

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medium is like a vehicle, you shouldn’t carry it on your back once it helps you to reach the desitination.

medium is like a vehicle, you shouldn’t carry it on your back once it helps you reach the desitination. —Joseph Chiang

Watercolor in a non traditional way?

It’s challenging to find an innovative way in painting watercolor. I think the main reason is beacause artists tend to stick to the technique instead of viewing watercolor as a medium to carry out the artistic vision.

Watercolor is challenging, hence people develop a system to treat watercolor. As knowledge cumulated, it becomes a kind of

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watercolor – use of friscket and sand paper to creat foliage behind branches..

(Warning, not suited for perfectionist….)

1) Wash it:

create a background wash that is going to be the color of the branch; you can play around with the color, such as lighter wash for highlighted area, darker, duller wash for shadow area. You may want to do a simple, light pencil sketch for the branch map.
2) Friscket

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new watercolor series: the progression of “The Living and Non-Living”

The progression of growth……
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Past few days I have been posting post about watercolors that grow….they are actually one painting. To me, seeing the progression of the feathering effect on paper amazed me alot. I decided to name it “The Living and Non-Living” for the fact that the paints were really came alive and become living

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