Lotus Pond 荷塘水榭

The weather are so hot, so today I want to paint a common scenery in summer to cool me. I wish I had been there. In this painting, painting these trees is rather time-consuming. It took me some time in the morning and in the evening to finish it. Though the title is lotus pond, you can find these gentle trees look more beautiful. Nature is always so beautiful, but they never say. As an old saying goes "The Great Beauty of Heaven and Earth is Silence."

天气炎热，画一幅夏天里最常见的风景，吹着凉风赏荷图，也给自己降降温。
先用墨勾画出大致轮廓，然后皴擦，补充骨架，再画树的中枝和叶子，不得不说画这种树还是比较费时间的。虽说是荷塘，毕竟婀娜多姿的大树才是这幅画的主角。最后是点染，包括远处和近处的山坡，屋顶，荷叶和荷花。大自然的美无处不在，但它们自己从未说过---天地有大美而不言。