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Fall 2020 - OAS Newsletter
In this Issue:
Chinese Brush Painting Mastery StepsLotus as a Symbol of Transcendence Taking the Next Step in Your Painting Exploring a New Paper...
Paintings by Zhang Shung from Drawing Mountains and Water
The featured image above is a finished painting entitled the Stream by artist Zhang Shung featured in his book Drawing Mountains and Water.
The nex...
Searching For a Better Feeling Thought - The Secret to Artistic Inspiration
Autumn Waters at Sunset from Paintings by Chao Shao-an. See a larger version of this painting.
Your Current Thoughts Paint Your Future
Whenever I h...
Emotional Guidance Scale
This is a powerful graphic detail a ladder of emotions. You will feel these emotions whenever you focus on thoughts. The further away your thoughts...
Autumn Waters at Sunset from Paintings by Chao Shao-An
This painting by Ling-nan School Master Chao Shao-an is at once breathtaking and calming. This work shows his tremendous range as the detail in thi...
The Artist's Riddle
Scholar on a walk featured in Ink Figure Painting by Wu Hsien-sheng. We are imagining that he is contemplating the Artist's Riddle.
What is the Art...
Taking The Fear Of The Creative Process
Shangrila. Landscape Painting by Ning Yeh
There is No Greater Creative Power in the Universe than the Love of What You Are Doing
In studying the st...
Landscape Calligraphy
Free Calligraphy Demonstration Video by Ling Chi on Two Phrases Related to Landscapes
We have a wonderful video featuring a demonstration by Ling ...
Fun with a 3" Wash Brush Video Demo, Tips and Pointers
Find Your Freedom Painting with Magic Paper and Abstract Painting
As promised, we've put together a video on how you can use Magic Paper to develo...
Landscape in Four Seasons Video Book Review
Landscape in Four Seasons by Chang
8.25" x 11.75", 119 pages, Chinese/English
A lovely book featuring work by versatile artist Chang Hsiung. The a...
Simplicity Of Brush Painting: Handling A Double Edged Sword
Simple bamboo painting on new Semi-sized Shuen Paper
The Initial Attraction
Many of us were initially attracted to Chinese Brush Painting or Sumi-e...
You Are Unique As An Artist
"Carefree" by Chao Shao-an. Featured in Album Paintings by Chao Shao-an. Look out for a video book review of this beautiful book to be released on ...
