Demonstration Art

The kanji character below is semi (cicada) for those who want to practice their calligraphy.

The cicada sketches below are for practice

For my demonstration painting this week, I decided to do a landscape featuring Bashō on his pilgrimage to Risshaku-ji. He is sitting on a rock part way up the over 1,000 steps leading to the temple, enjoying the scenery, and thinking of composing a haiku; the one at the bottom left of the painting. Here it what it says:

Think about what a proper haiku is about as discussed in 6.1.1. The first two lines set the context, and the third line makes the point. That is why the painting is about a cicada, sort of, but doesn't have a cicada in it.

This painting takes quite a while to do, so I may do a much simpler cicada painting in class instead. This is still available for you to do with as you wish.