Adventures in Brush Painting

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Quick stroke plum created on thin, single xuan rice paper, using Marie's Watercolor Rouge Tint and liquid black Chinese ink. Hard bristle brushes of different sizes.

See my tips and illustrations on how to paint plum here
See more plum paintings here
4 Comments
Bonnie Canning - 10 years ago
Virginia ~ I absolutely loved this video! As always, you manage to boil down each subject to its true essence. I think your new blog is super!
virginia - 10 years ago
Thanks, Bonnie! Really good to hear from you! Feedback really helps me to plan future posts.
Kate Carter - 10 years ago
Love this. Learning plum blossom in my class right now, and we are learning it in great detail - this is so fun to watch, how you do each flower so quickly, and voilà! it is perfect in it "suggestion" of the flower. Fascinating to watch your hand and brush move seamlessly across the page, back and forth! Dancing!
virginia - 10 years ago
Thanks, Kate. I really liked your latest plum painting on Facebook. I have found that the more casual I am with painting the blossoms, the more spontaneous and alive they look. I think we need to learn the pattern first, but then let the brush dance with the idea of the flowers, rather than the literal depiction of them.

Virginia
Lloyd-Davies

Painting in sumi-e and Chinese brush technique since 1976 in 'splashing ink' style has taught me to appreciate the delights of spontaneity. Just as in life, there is no 'perfection' in painting, but there is much joy. Come join me in this adventure!