Blue willow

Blue willow china pattern on china accessories by Churchill

'Two birds flying high, A Chinese vessel, sailing by. A bridge with three men, sometimes four, A willow tree, hanging o'er. A Chinese temple, there it stands, Built upon the river sands. An apple tree, with apples on, A crooked fence to end my song.' No one knows the origin of this classic English children's rhyme - even today, many people have never heard the popular story of the willow pattern. The legend says it was told in China more than a thousand years ago and brought over to England…

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This student created YouTube video tells the story read from this book... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZHCpe6TkOc Kinder Plates 3rd grade plates 4th grade plates Mrs. Rivera's clas

Blue willow tattoo design

Here I have all the elements except the three people crossing the bridge. Plus a couple of things that don't exist yet (but are being built, credit crunch or not). Actually I have two bridges (the Ha'Penny Hatch footbridge and the DLR) across the creek instead of just one (when there are in reality also two road bridges). The Mandarin's house is a jumble of new and old buildings; the newer ones are gated communities. The island is the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf. The two skyscraper images…

Y'all, we had a cloud parting, angels singing moment in our dining room last night. It all happened pretty fast actually, let me fill y...

The drawing is finished - the two doves [the lovers] now deconstructed into wings, beaks and feathers. I feel quite euphoric. I really enjoyed making this drawing which I can see, now is the beginning of a whole new piece of work.After this experimental stage I intend to deconstruct the images, patterns and motifs in a more systematic and organised fashioned, thinking more about how to draw the items, how to separate them and their positioning.The project will take this iconic, traditional…