I signed up to do a weekend course titled Life Painting The Chinese Way. There is no real tradition of Chinese Life painting - it did not exist. However, Qu-lei-lei who is a Chinese artist who studied Western art and applied a Chinese approach. We began with 2 minute drawings in conté or charcoal or both. Conte is a sort of hard pastel and is in earth pigments - black, umber or burnt sienna - or white.At this stage I was drawing large pieces - about A1 and it was quite hectic being … [Read more...]