Introduction 　 Theoretical Thinking 　 Integrative Art 　 Stories 　 Exotic Artists 　 　 Chinese Gongbi 　 Chinese Xieyi 　 Gongbi & Xieyi 　 Chinese Mogu 　 Chinese Baimiao 　 Ink 　 Gouaches Pen Drawing 　   Flowers and Birds 　   Landscapes 　   Portrait 　 Flower and Bird 　 Landscape 　 Portrait 　 2024 　 2023 　 2022 　 2021 　 2020 　 2019 　 2018 　 2017 　 2016 　 2015 　 2014 　 2013 　 2012 　 2011 　 2010 　 2009 　 2008 　 2007 　 2006 　 2005 　 2004 　 2003	[<<] [<] [>] [>>] Title: My Sketch from Nature-138: Shirley's 265th Assignment of Chinese National Academy of Arts -March 30, 2014 Artist: Shirley Yiping Zhang Size: 35.00cm x 180.00cm (14.00 inches x 70.86inches) Pen on Sketchbook Completed Time: March 30, 2014 Remarks: This is my 4th pen sketch - painting from the nature at Chinese National Academy of Arts in Beijing, March 28, 29 and 30, 2014. It is also the biggest picture that I painted from the nature directly out of the door. It is good to paint out of the door in Beijing right now, because it has no wind almostly, so that I could take a thin paper to paint directly 5 times out of the door. Anyway, in the evening of March 30, when I ordered it with a pen, suddenly I found some of the structures of the flowers and the thin bunches were not very clear in my mind yet, therefore, on March 31, I went to the trees and the flowers another twice and ordered the other paintings that I had painted since March 25 out of the door. I was lucky enough, just I wanted to finish painting the magnolia flowers after working on it 13 times and prepared to paint the other kinds of flowers, all of this kind of trees and the flowers were remove away by the gardeners. What a lucky art student I am! Just I wanted to know the structures of the flowers and the trees by seeing them nearer, then the trees were dug out, so that I could see the flowers and the thinnest brunches on the top of the trees in the nearest places ... :-) Is God helping me and looking after me, right? How do you think of this sketch? Do you enjoy it? If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-) --Shirley Yiping Zhang March 31, 2014