DETAIL of the new 19x40” painting i started today.
1:34 PM: I started a new 19x40” painting on super fine portrait linen. on the right, shot with my iPhone 13; on the left, shot with my Nikon 7200
10:49 AM: “Liáng Kǎi; c. 1140 - c. 1210) was a Chinese painter of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was also known as Madman Liang because of his very informal pictures.”
from Wikipedia:”…Liang Kai is most famous for originating or developing the "Xie Yi" (sometimes translated as "sketch style") of painting, where the objective is to evoke the subject or atmosphere with minimal use of detail; it requires a profound mastery of painting technique and perfect concentration, but also allows for the beauty of accidental effects”
i’m a big fan. I’ve been studying this book on and off for at least a decade. this is a study I made a few years ago in ink on paper. it’s tacked to one of my studio closets in a spot where I can see it every day as I work.
study of liang kai painting
