Category | Art
Poem Appreciation -3 - 03-06-2012静夜思 Thoughts on a Tranquil Night Author: Li Bai (李白, 701-762, Tang Dynasty) English translation: Xu, Yuanchong (许渊冲) 床前明月光， Before my bed a pool of light, 疑是地上霜。 O can it be frost on the ground? 举头望明月， Looking up, I find the moon bright; 低头思故乡。 Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned. 春夜洛城闻笛 Hearing the Flute on a Spring Night in Luoyang Author: Li Bai (李白, 701-762, T...
Poem Appreciation -2 - 01-30-2012Hard is the Way of the World (行路难) Author: Li Bai (李白, 701-762, Tang Dynasty) English translation: Xu, Yuanchong (许渊冲) 金樽清酒斗十千， Pure wine in golden cup costs ten thousand coins, good! 玉盘珍羞值万钱。 Choice dish in a jade plate is worth as much. nice food! 停杯投箸不能食， Pushing aside my cup and chopsticks, I can't eat; 拔剑四顾心茫然。 Drawing my sword and looking round, I bear my heart beat. 欲渡黄河冰塞川， I ...
Poem Appreciation - 01-30-2012Drinking Alone under the Moon (月下独酎) Author: Li Bai (李白, 701-762, Tang Dynasty) English translation: Xu, Yuanchong (许渊冲) 花间一壶酒， Among the flowers, from a pot of wine 独酎无相亲。 I drink without a companion of mine. 举杯邀明月， I raise my cup to invite the Moon 对影成三人。 who blends her light with my shadow and we're three friends. 月既不解饮， The Moon does not know how to drink her share; 影徒随我身。 in vain my s...
Paint a Beach in a Rainy and Cold Day - 07-15-2011It is in the middle of July. Instead hot and sunny days, we are hit with wet and cold weather. To cheer myself up, I decided to paint a beach. I opened up ArtRage and loaded a reference photo. The reference photo was taken at the beautiful Golden Coast of Australia during a family vacation. Located in the south east of Queensland, the city sits on a 70 kilometer stretch of fine sandy gold beaches along the South Pacific ocean. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Fir...
How to Paint with ArtRage - 07-08-2011ArtRage is an easy to use painting and drawing package, which provides painting and drawing tools that simulate the same tools in real world. If in real world you know how to use pencil, brush, eraser... you can paint in ArtRage. I started with a free version ArtRage package and late upgraded to ArtRage Studio Pro. The major difference between the two is ...
