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Whenever I paint wisteria in Chinese brush technique, I remember my childhood bedroom in London, where the wisteria climbed the outside wall and would fill my sleep with scented dreams.
I am using Marie's Chinese watercolor paints on thin, raw xuan (absorbent rice paper). My brushes are a small soft brush for the flowers and leaves and a fine, springy brush with a point for the tendrils. You can find good quality supplies at Blue Heron Arts and Oriental Art Supply. You can see more of my wisteria paintings in my gallery
Whenever I paint wisteria in Chinese brush technique, I remember my childhood bedroom in London, where the wisteria climbed the outside wall and would fill my sleep with scented dreams.
I am using Marie's Chinese watercolor paints on thin, raw xuan (absorbent rice paper). My brushes are a small soft brush for the flowers and leaves and a fine, springy brush with a point for the tendrils. You can find good quality supplies at Blue Heron Arts and Oriental Art Supply. You can see more of my wisteria paintings in my gallery
I hope my demonstration of wisteria was helpful. You can see more of my wisteria paintings here. If you have questions or feedback, please put them in a comment. I'm always happy to answer!
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Virginia, the wisteria is simply gorgeous. I love watching you do the dancing brush strokes (now just HOW do you do those seemingly so effortlessly? Well, I know, decades of practice...). Beautiful gesture, fluidity, simplicity, and color. I feel I can smell the scent and see the sparkling light through the vines... Wisteria is one of my favorite plants though we can't grow it here.
Hi Linda! You're right, all that practice helps a lot! But it's not just that; it's also making the decision to just let it happen, just as you did when you created those wonderful finger painting lotuses, so loose and full of life. Our styles are different but we are moved by that same sense of 'chi'.
Virginia, as you know I wasn't able to respond to your reply here, but all seems to be working fine now. Computers... 😖