First of all, you need to prepare the following tools and materials: rice paper, brushes, watercolours or Chinese paints and a pot of water. Make sure your work area is spacious and well lit before you begin so that you can paint comfortably and light is an essential ingredient in the representation of sunlight and bamboo shadows.
Let's start with the simple steps:
1.Creating sunlight
In the bright areas already envisaged in the composition, moisten that part of the rice paper with water. When the rice paper is half dry, use light yellow or ivory to lightly dot and sweep these areas to show the effect of the sunlight penetrating the bamboo leaves.
2.Composition
Gently sketch the approximate position of the bamboo on the rice paper. The composition needs to take into account the source of light and where the bamboo shadows will fall. Imagine a beam of sunlight shining in the bamboo forest, where the highlights will be and where the shadows will form.
3.Drawing Bamboo Sticks
Use a brush dipped in an appropriate amount of ink or dark green paint to depict the bamboo poles. Remember that bamboo poles are made up of one section after another, so use the tip of the brush to gently draw each interval to make the poles natural and strong.
4.Drawing Bamboo Leaves
After cleaning the brush, switch to light green or light ink and draw the bamboo leaves in distinct layers. Bamboo leaves should be drawn in the direction of the growth of the bamboo pole, the leaves are thin and then wide, slightly curved, showing the softness and vitality of the bamboo leaves.
5.Rendering Bamboo Shadows
A darker ink colour or dark green can be used in the shadows to simulate the bamboo shadows in the sunlight. The bamboo shadow should not be too obvious, just use light colour accents, so as to show a light mood, and the sunshine.
6.Detail retouching
Finally go back and check the details of the whole image, add some dark or light strokes to adjust the overall sense of light and dark and layering. You can add some thin bamboo leaves that are almost white to visually contrast and enhance the light and shadow effects.
Remember, creating is not just about copying nature, but more about expressing the inner connection between you and nature. Under your brush, "Floating Bamboo Shadow" will no longer be just a picture, but a state of mind, a realm. Observe carefully, experience with your heart, and then turn your feelings into a dance on the tip of your brush, and you will be able to create works that are both vivid and full of emotion.
Floating light and bamboo shadow is a poetic mood. The sunlight passes through the bamboo leaves and casts dappled shadows, leaving a deep impression on people. In such a picture, it seems as if people can find deep inner peace and comfort. It is this peace and comfort that makes the floating light and bamboo shadows a unique and charming piece of light-colour landscape painting.