The original painting by Jing Huao, by the way, was done on a piece of silk cloth dyed to the tint of dark orange color. Also, perhaps time (over one thousand years) has worked on it to make it appear so. Anyway, having finished the painting, I tried to dye the rice paper all over to orange color as close as possible to the original. Having done three times of dyeing, it turns out to be a bit too bright, as one of my friends commented. But, she added, given it one thousand years, perhaps it will tune down a little. Who knows?
I also added some calligraphy narrative about Jing Huao the painter, some social context and his artistic specialties in reference to other artists of his time.
Thus my self-imposed "assignment" of emulation is finished. Now your suggestions and comments will be greatly appreciated.
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