Chinese Lantern Dream Mini Painting
Chinese Lantern Dream Mini Painting, originally uploaded by plasticpumpkin.
mini painting (Artist trading card size; the size of a baseball card), done with Japanese watercolors and a Niji water pen, on white rice paper. Available.
Lately I’ve been playing with a Japanese Niji water pen (a portable, almost-sumi style brush, with a body which can hold water). It’s a very different animal from the Chinese brushes I’m used to, and it’s been fun to expierment.
I love Chinese lanterns. I love Japanese lanterns. Heck, I love lanterns of any size, shape, and origin.
The soft glow of an illuminated paper or silk lantern, set against a night sky is enchanting–yet so is the soft glow of a red lantern against the fresh, sunny sky. The glow is not quite as prominent, but it still whispers.
I’d have my entire house filled with lanterns, if my cats didn’t also enjoy them. 
