Pink Flamingo

This fancy flamingo is done in the Chinese watercolor technique called Gongbi, or fine line meticulous style. The original painting is on cicada wing... more

by Terri Clermont

Title

Pink Flamingo

Artist

Terri Clermont

Medium

Painting - Chinese Watercolor And Ink On Rice Paper

Description

This fancy flamingo is done in the Chinese watercolor technique called Gongbi, or fine line meticulous style. The original painting is on cicada wing paper, which is a very thin, sized rice paper. The painting is first done in a very fine outline of ground ink. Each subject is then carefully shaded using a gradient two-brush technique with the ground ink. Several layers of color washes are then applied using Chinese watercolors. The final painting is then mounted to a thicker mulberry paper to strengthen the thin rice paper and remove wrinkles.

The red seal on the right says “origins of ink”, and the seal and signature on the top left are of my artist’s name, Inksongs.

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September 13th, 2021