Unfortunately, I lost my original drawing of “Endless Yearning” that I had painted few years ago. Then I decided to recreate this drawing again for my art collection book. The great thing is I love the new version even more than the old one. The same topic, but with different type of style and emotion.
“Endless Yearing” is not only a name of ancient Chinese poem, but also a type of name of lyric form since thousand years ago. Usually it is like playing games or words, such as the beginning and the ending of the lyrics have to be the same melody for pronunciation. And of course, all of these type of lyrics about the yearning of couples separations.
This drawing wasn’t inspired by any of them exactly, but I like the version from poet Li Bai the most. The way he described the surrounding and imagination was unbelievably poetic and romantic. This atmosphere of this poem influenced my drawing.
“…Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well;
A thin frost glistens like little mirrors on my cold mat;
The high lantern flickers;
and. deeper grows my longing.
I lift the shade and,
with many a sigh,
gaze upon the moon,
Single as a flower,
centred from the clouds. “
Have a nice weekend.
Illustration by Nancy.Z
Naomi
It’s beautiful~
Mariya Olshevska
Beautiful illustration and poem!
elke's perspective
This is beautiful. The colour combination is lovely.
B
Your illustration is so pretty and it suits the poem. 🙂
Rosalinda Tjioe
Stunning illustration as always, beautiful 🙂 xx
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Tran Tung
So beautiful, you inspired us (me and my girlfriend). Thank you
Kitsune-kun
SO gorgeous! you’re amazing!