How are you?

This is the first time that I have not written for 4 weeks since I started my web site in 2005. I have been thinking of something about my development and how to go my future road while to prepare the art works for my graduated art exhibition.

Until July 4, with a long scroll (8.14 meters) of landscape, a portrait scroll ( 3.24 meters), a flower and bird painting ( 1 meter wide and 2 meters length, includes 100 birds) and 7 another little paintings, I took part in the graduated art exhibition of our class in China Central Academy of Fine Arts and got my study certificate.

Relate to the last program of my study, I would like to share something with you:

--My landscape, the flowers and bird paintings have gotten the good comments of the president of Chinese Painting School of CAFA? Professor Tang Yongli and he encouraged me and directed me how to work on them continuously.

-- I was appointed to be the emcee to hold the opening ceremony of the art exhibition and a donation ceremony. After the art exhibition, both of the president and the vice president wondered whether I was a professional emcee. :- )

-- With my classmates together, I donated one of my paintings to China Social Assistance Foundation, to help the people who need help. See the Report & Photo here

-- The album of paintings of our professors and the students has been published by the publishing house of Guangming Daily.

-- A classmate Mr. He Wenjian who is from Netherlands and I invited all of our 37 classmates to have a lunch party, while to express our appreciation to our tutor and the two monitors of us.

-- I was invited at least 10 times within the last 16 days by more than 20 classmates to have meals. :-)

--More than 10 classmates have voluntarily painted some
paintings as their gifts for me...

-- I have also gotten a special and precious gift ? a box of traditional Chinese medicine from Mr. Li Gong who is our tutor, he had asked his friend who was a former doctor of a former Chinese leader to send it via the post station. Mr. Li hoped me to stand up better and to keep learning and painting forever... :-)

--I have bought 6 big size art books ? they are the albums of all the paintings in the Palace Museum.

-- Mr. Zhang Shuliang who is my colleague drove for about 3 hours to pick up me from the Yanjiao Campus of CAFA and stored my luggage in their serviced apartment in the Finance Street.

--The most excited thing is -- by the good help from Mr. Wu Dehuan and his wife Mrs. Cao Xuefen, July 10, I have visited 12 of my former teachers who had taught me in my middle school and high school 30 years ago. I sang a song that I wrote for them, showed my paintings, sent my two albums of paintings and a series of my translation books to them, and listened to their advices... Then in the noon, the former president of the schools - Mr. Zhu Huahua invited us to have a good lunch and we took many photos together...

-- As soon as I left from them, I went to the National Museum of China to visit an art exhibition of 3 famous artists. Even though it was finished ahead of schedule, I was happy that I have bought a new aulbum of the famous Chinese ancient Paintings in Japan.

Then on July 11, I saw 4 art exhibitions in the Palace Museum and the The National Art Museum of China , then, in the night, I visited my primary school teachers Mrs. Cao Husheng and Mr. Yang Muxian. Mrs. Cao was just my first teacher who taught me to sing in my childhood and it was her to teach me to speak the very normal Chinese language. Until now, I still remember how she taught me that Heart should be read Xin instead of Xing in Chinese...

-- On July 12, Mrs. Cao Xuefen and Mr. Wu Dehua sent me to
the Beijing Capital International AirportMr. Tao Hui -- My art teacher in Shenzhen picked up me at the Shenzhen International Airport.

-- Tonight, I would like to invite Mr. Tao and his wife to have the first dinner in Shenzhen... :-)

During the process, I have basically found my effort direction already. I will continue to work and to explore on my combined art dream, for improving its art quality, as long as my health can support, I will go back to Beijing to continue the art study for another 3 years, to take a new Master Degree on the Chinese Traditional Painting or the Chinese Art History. I hope to live, work and study for another 30 years, to make my combined art dream to be true, to help more people in the world and to improve myself day and day...

How about you? Do you have anything to share?

Ok, just a letter to you to say Hello, I will recover to write to you regularly soon.

Take care and thanks, have a good day.

Shirley
July 13, 2011

I am just a student on Art of Painting, Music, English and Management, to work on the web site in my free time. I would really like to do a few things with what I have learned to make this little web site to be an Electronic Bridge of Inter-Art & Cross - Culture Exchange, Chinese Language Learning & Friendship Making. To help the others while to improve myself.

I would like to appreciate you for your understanding, directions, supports and help.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or leave your message on Message Board.

Shirley Yiping Zhang
July 13, 2011