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                                  | Title: Shirley's Daily Chinese Painting Practices-77 Art Works 1022- Bamboo-Xieyi-552-A340- Shirley's 390th Assignment at Chinese National Academy of Arts-June 28, 2015 | 
                                 
                                
                                                                 
                                  | Artist: Shirley Yiping Zhang | 
                                 
                                 
                                  | Size: 70cm x 45cm (27.55inches x 17.71inches) | 
                                 
                                 
                                  | Completed Time: June 28, 2015                                   | 
                                 
                                 
                                  Remarks:  This is my 551stChinese Xieyi Painting and  my 1022nd painting since 2003, the 390th assignment of Chinese National Academy of Arts.
  Also, it is the 77th picture I painted in my daily practice since June 6, 2015. 
  Even though I had painted many bamboos since I started to paint Chinese Painting, before 2012, I had often painted no matter a bamboo or a grass with a very sharp style. 
  One day, Dr. Cao Jianhua came to give us a class. I asked him to comment my painting. He told me that Chinese culture advocates " Zhong Yong -- Middle of the Road " , therefore, we should not paint or express something with a too sharp style. To paint a Chinese painting is in fact the process to is just to cultivate one's mind...
  Since there, I started to pay more attention to both of my painting and my thinking and speaking styles... never do anything with a too sharp or too extreme style... 
  So, when I painted the third time of this painting, you can see the leavs of the bamboo are not too sharp as well. :-) 
 
  
  How do you think of the two paintings? Which one looks better in your opinions? 
 
  If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to  shirley@ebridge.cn,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)  
  --Shirley Yiping Zhang June 29, 2014  | 
                                 
                               
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