In calligraphy or oriental painting, the brush is held upright. With a single brush. one can execute or demonstrate thick or thin strokes, wet or dry strokes, soft or hard strokes, fluid or resistant strokes, and weak or strong strokes. It's the amount of pressure that is exerted at the tip and movement of the brush.

The Tale of A Mystical-Master Artist: Closing his eyes, as if to freeze the picture in his mind before transferring it onto the canvas, the Mystical-Master Artist held the brush firmly in his hand, as he dipped its end into the water in a bowl. As the end of the brush touched the water, the ripples caused the water to twirl and turn into a thick cloud of white mist, which then filled the room until nothing was within the Mystical-Master Artist's sight. Only his breath could be heard. When he opened his eyes, the mist had disappeared, and he discovered that he was in the picture that was earlier in his mind. And, the picture was a beach with the rays of the setting sun glowing red over the sky and the water at the far end of the horizon. The end of his brush was still dipped in the water, but this time, it was the water washed ashore from the sea. -by  Amilcar Cabral on FB

An nps pic , as exhibited, among other images,  at the Hyatt Regency Kinabalu, during Chinese New Year.http://www.myfinepix.co.uk/gallery/608071/417086

I agree with Phil.  This is superb, personally, I think, it will be hard to beat.

Calligraphy,, 'The art of beautiful writing' and also beautiful picture,, Goooood luk,,,

I agree with everything above, this is superb.

this was the first photo i thought of when the theme was announced. glad you chose to enter it.

good idea, well done and good luck.

This fantastic shot is going to be hard to beat. I hate you.

Good luck.

Hello Phil Turner, bairdy, Peter, David Ritchie, Paul Shade, thank you very much for your inspiring and welcoming comments. I have written and thanked  those with contact buttons separately.

There were other images in my mind, but this came to thought after Welsh Jen posted as a possibility in a forum and Vivian L further encouraged it. Thanks to the ladies.

well done on getting to the scroller where hopefully more people will notice it.

An excellent entry.  The effect of the perspective to foreshorten the image and create the illusion of a giant hand dipping the brush into the lake must have been difficult to do and must have taken several attempts.  The use of the fill flash works really well too.  I'm sure you've inspired others to try something similar.  Good luck.

What a brilliant idea!   This is very memorable.

Oh my word what a fab photo.Well done I am inspired to try even harder now.Very best of luck in the competition and many thanks for the inspiration. Best wishes Julie

Hi HPL, No Alan N. hasn't explained it. Was the camera on a tripod and ye walked forward tae get your arm in the shot? Someone else must have pressed the shutter button then? Or did ye get a friend tae go forward and hold the brush?

Ye surely couldn't have taken the shot with yer left hand as your simple compact couldn't zoom so accurately tae include both your hand , the brush and the background, could it ?

Ah do understand both the principles and maths of perspective but ah'm confused with this shot. Can you enlighten me?

Thanks,

a lovely image certainly fits this months competition good luck with this

This is a perfect entry ,it sums up perspective in a glorious image.

MUST BE A WINNER!

Regards

Mick B

Stunning. BOL in comp

I , personally, don't care how you did this (I have ideas though) because its quite superb.

Well done my oriental friend, you continue to confuse us with your 'different' thinking.

BOL in the competition.

Fantastic, Huang! Really like it. Congratulations for making it to the scroller.

Superb photo - if jumps off the page

This really is MyFinePix at its very best - seeing pictures from around the globe taken by people who have come together to enjoy photography.

Hi Jim...that's a fine compliment. I am just trying, in different ways.  Sredov, I am glad you like its originality. Steelian, thank you for your kind words.Hope it deserves to be on the scroller, as most are still unsure of how it works. Homer, yes this site is  great place to interact from all over the world. Hi Adrain, thank you and I  will take that as a compliment too, as the image is in its purest form.

Brilliant idea and nicely executed!

http://www.myfinepix.co.uk/pl/gallery/767413

Wow, its a wonderful shot for this month's theme. Great idea for an artistic perspective, BOL

love the photo, this is mine...good luck

http://www.myfinepix.co.uk/competition/entry/420756

Very imaginative,  You can be sure of grabbing the judges attention. Well done and best of luck

http://www.myfinepix.co.uk/competition/entry/417432