Bamboo and Bird - Chinese Brush Painting by Virginia Lloyd-Davies

[folkertino]

probably my 10 best-spent minutes of today so far. thank you for sharing your inspiring talent

[nutsam]

thanks alot for inspiration 

[Darkness3968]

great! i think this is one of the best paintings i have ever seen!

[Pipoctba]

( ^_^ )/)< Beautiful!!! Bravoooo!!! Bravoooo!!! It Touch my heart so deeply!

[gcfanforever]

im sooo jealous Dx

[virginiald]

Good to hear you got a kit and can get started. Be aware that the quality of the brush is paramount. If you have a good brush, you can paint on anything. Are you grinding your own ink on an inkstone, or are you using bottled ink? Whichever you use, it needs to be a good, strong black. You are at the beginning of an exciting adventure! Have fun!

[xCrazyNails]

really loved it.. i just got a kit and im not that good at all .. but in time maybe i will lol =)

[cybrid1940]

Thank You, Virginia !

I love the lesson -Bamboo and the Bird, just lovely!

Zizi

[maqsizu]

The best teacher fo chinese paint !

Thank You for sharing w/us.

Blesses

Zizi

[virginiald]

@maqsizu

Zizi! Glad you enjoyed my video! Keep painting! Practicing is the key. - Virginia

[melvencastelino]

awesome ! blessing to watch !



[virginiald]

@melvencastelino Thanks for viewing it! I always 'warm up the brush' with bamboo when I start painting. It can be painted fast and vigorously or slow and dreamily, but underlying all the strokes must be the 'chi' or life force of creativity, combined with discipline of the calligraphic stroke.

[Wolfslobber]

Simply wonderful. I would love to learn how to do this. I was looking around for images of bamboo, and I fell upon this beauty. I'm drawing bamboo on my bedroom wall. I hope mine turn out a quarter as good as yours. Wonderful job!

[virginiald]

@Wolfslobber

Delighted to hear you enjoyed the video. Bamboo looks great as a mural and I'm sure yours will too. If you go to my website, joyfulbrush, you will see other examples of bamboo paintings. You might also like my friend Michael Kopald's site: kopaldart. He specializes in bamboo.

[Wolfslobber]

@virginiald Thank you. I'll go check them out!

[melvencastelino]

dont know which is better - the bamboo or the bird ? splendid !

[antonino00]

wow. simply amazing!

[melvencastelino]

awesome work ! god bless your talent !

[artistamaier]

such beauty, i love your bird so much i have been trying my hand at this for about a year, wish i had a dif cam to show others how, but im to nervouse, art shows first i guess but not for sale, its hard to sperate yourselve from them when thier was so much joy doing them, great piano music as well, i brush but love the oriental flute instead. ty so very much!

[virginiald]

@artistamaier The key is always to keep practicing. It took me years to master birds. Don't worry about selling or exhibiting; just enjoy what you are doing. You can see more of my birds on my website.

[AnnoyingLittleShit]

this is actually so cool. I love this style of painting.

[virginiald]

I'm not sure what you mean by 4, 3, 2 leaves. There are many different patterns for bamboo leaves. The one I am using mostly in this video is 'flying swallow'. Fish tail is 2 or 4 leaves, goldfish tail is 3 leaves. The important thing is achieving harmony of style.

[fan704]

Why do you paint 5 leaves instead of 4, 3, 2, the traditional way?

Is it your own style?

[ukforever1000]

You are the greatest artist i have ever seen. greeting from Hong Kong, China

[virginiald]

@ukforever1000 Wow, thanks for the accolade! I'll be in China in September, watching other master artists perform. It is always exciting for me, to see other painters interpret this style.

[bmbers]

i´,m Joceline from Chile.

[virginiald]

@bmbers How exciting to hear from Chile!

[bmbers]

:D  thanks!!!

[MrJuniorlinares]

i wanted to know what brush you use to make the leaves

they look awesome

[bmbers]

delicious...

[bmbers]

no words... just > : )

[virginiald]

@bmbers I'm glad to know my painting makes you happy! I like to make people smile!

[bmbers]

@virginiald THANKS! I NEVER THOUGHT U WOULD ANSWER... :D  SALUDOS DESDE CHILE!!!

[sltwitness]

Totally amazing! I am speechless watching you paint ; do viewers understand the utter difficulty and complexity of this artform? The years and hours of practice you have dedicated now allow you to create a spontaneous masterpiece in just minutes. It is truly astounding. You make it look so easy, as as an instructor of this art form I know is it very diffcult. I am smiling and my heart is smiling. Your color unity is very unique and increases the meditative aspects. Bravo!

[louisdilts]

You are truly a great artist. I have seen every youtube video on chinese painting and this as well as your others are the best on the web. wow Lou

[virginiald]

Thanks Louis. I appreciate your comments. Painting is a passion for me. I hope to put up more videos over the summer. Stay tuned!