with its rolling hills and majestic oaks, looking south toward the Pacific Ocean. As you can see from the series title, “Ikebana”, this piece is modeled after a traditional Japanese flower arrangement using a California native plant called Oso Easy as my focal point.
Using a variety of Nihon-ga (Japanese style) painting tools, I’ll show you how this was made.
First pencil in the horizon line and some evenly spaced dots for distant oak trees.
Using a plastic or rubber brayer, I applied straight Burnt Sienna oil paint in parallel strokes following the direction of the hills.
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