Qi Baishi (1864–1957) was one of the most beloved contemporary Chinese watercolor painters. His original name is Huang but he went by Baishi (“white stone”) as a pseudonym. Some of Qi’s major influences include the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei (徐渭) and the early Qing dynasty painter Zhu Da (朱耷). His favorite subjects include shrimps, fish, crabs, frogs, insects, and peaches. In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimps, or birds. His ink work tended to be dark and heavy, and his colors bold and bright. For this post I picked some bugs and flowers. Come on spring, BLOOM!!!
“Paintings must be something between likeness and unlikeness.” – Qi Baishi
Thank you to Claire Putney for introducing us to the work of Matthew Cusick. [image_with_animation image_url=”5955″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Matthew Cusick “Cusick uses atlases for his powerful collages, uniting pieces of the landscape that are actually quite far apart to create his own new world. Armed with scissors and a craft knife, the artist …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”11320″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Belinda Del Pesco, drypoint of someone making a drypoint Drypoint, a rather scratchy nails-on-chalboard kind of word, is a printmaking technique in which an image is incised into a plate with a pointy thing. I’ll get into more academic V.cabulary about this later, but for now I’m just …
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
Qi Baishi
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Qi Baishi (1864–1957) was one of the most beloved contemporary Chinese watercolor painters. His original name is Huang but he went by Baishi (“white stone”) as a pseudonym. Some of Qi’s major influences include the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei (徐渭) and the early Qing dynasty painter Zhu Da (朱耷). His favorite subjects include shrimps, fish, crabs, frogs, insects, and peaches. In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimps, or birds. His ink work tended to be dark and heavy, and his colors bold and bright. For this post I picked some bugs and flowers. Come on spring, BLOOM!!!
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