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-107: Shirley's 67th Assignment in Chinese National Academy of Arts -April 27, 2012 Artist: Shirley Zhang Size: 41.00cm x 31 (20.05inches x 16.14inches) Pen on Sketchbook Completed Time: April 27, 2012 Remarks: This is my 16th sketch from nature since April 7 and I painted it in Beijing Botanical Garden April 27, 2012. After I completed the first sketch in Beijing Botanical Garden, I felt quite tired and I wanted to go back home. But, since it is very far away from my school, since I did enjoy the flowers and I did not think that I have master the structure between the wood part and the herbage part of the peonies, especially, I wanted to see and to remember the wood parts of it since this is the part I felt strangest. So, I went to have a rest in a little shop and than I went back to paint another painting. Anyway, you cannot imagine how many hours that I used to recovered from the tired of the 7 hours' work in the Beijing botanical garden? 15 hours + 2 painkillers. :-) Anyway, I am really glad for the short trip, as soon as I feel ok on my body, I will go there once more... and try to learn more about peonies before it has withered... 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 or shirleyz004@yahoo.com ,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-) --Shirley Zhang April 28, 2011