<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713762078669490863</id><updated>2011-12-03T14:25:06.643-08:00</updated><title type='text'>China Painting Workshop</title><subtitle type='html'>Plein Air and Figure Painting Workshop in China: Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting Workshop in Tuscany, Italy.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://china-painting-workshop.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7713762078669490863/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://china-painting-workshop.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Barry John Raybould</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16853860380672958348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_A4-nCQ7E-Go/SBLD9ARuP6I/AAAAAAAAAJk/OqsC-xizKKQ/S220/PIC00012+zoom.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713762078669490863.post-2715682710479106972</id><published>2009-12-21T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-09T10:04:21.188-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hong Kong Workshop March 9,10,11  2010</title><content type='html'>To be notified of any future workshops in China, please sign up on &lt;a href="http://www.virtualartacademy.com/workshops_asia.html"&gt;Barry's Asia Workshop list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a three-day workshop in Hong Kong. It will be held in the studio (in an industrial building in Kowloon), and we will focus on studio painting from photographs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will focus on the process of developing a studio painting, from initial studies and planning to the final painting. I will show you how to integrate linear compositional studies to plan eye movement and focal areas to make your paintings more interesting, notan studies to select an interesting dark/light harmony and give strength to your design, and color notan to plan a beautiful color harmony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you interested in figure work, we will look at how to do figure and portrait studies to prepare you for the final painting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will also go over the painting process to show you the most efficient way of building up a painting in the studio. For past students I will also take a look at the work you have done since your previous workshop and review it for you.&lt;br /&gt;Tuition Fee: US dollars $575  (approximately Euros 400-420 depending on current exchange rate.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are two methods of payment: (if you have problems with one method in a particular country, try the other method)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;.nobrtable br { display: none }&lt;/style&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="nobrtable"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Method 1: &lt;a href="https://www.2checkout.com/2co/buyer/purchase?sid=1282917&amp;amp;quantity=1&amp;amp;product_id=31&amp;amp;fixed=Y"&gt;Click here to Pay USD $575 Tuition Fee using a credit card through 2ChecOut.com&lt;/a&gt;, and confirm your place on the workshop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Method 2: Click the button below to Pay USD $575 Tuition Fee using a credit card through PayPal, and confirm your place on the workshop. Please note that Paypal will charge a USD $23.65 processing fee, identified as 'shipping'), so that the total charge to your credit card will be USD $575 plus $23.65 = USD $598.65&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="TB93TXTS29JAJ" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" name="submit" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" type="image" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note that 2CheckOut.com Inc. (Ohio, USA) authorized retailer for goods and services provided by Barry John Raybould and therefore your credit card will show a charge from 2CheckOut.com. Alternatively, if you pay via PayPal, your credit card will show a charge from PayPal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After making your payment, please fill in the following form so I can send you any detailed information about the workshop and keep you updated with any new information. 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Two of my students will be helping us find good locations to paint and draw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;captions=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feat=flashalbum&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbjrgallery%2Falbumid%2F5363957616966589409%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All levels of painters are welcome, from beginners to more advanced students. I will tailor the workshop according to your specific needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can work in whatever medium you prefer: oil, acrcylic, watercolor, pastel, pen and ink, charcoal, graphite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Travel &amp;amp; Lodging Arrangements&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrange your own travel to Hong Kong and book a room at the same hotel in which I will be staying. I am staying at the City Garden Hotel,  Northpoint. You may choose to stay somewhere else if you wish, but we will meet at the City Garden Hotel each morning at 8:30 to plan the day's painting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book your hotel to arrive on October 2, the night before the workshop, and depart on October 7th (day the workshop ends) or October 8th, the day after the workshop ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details of the hotel are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citygarden.com.hk/"&gt;City Garden Hotel&lt;/a&gt;,  Northpoint, Prices for the rooms are Hong Kong $ 600.00-$680.00 (approximately USD S78 - $88) daily depending on the type of room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get to the hotel from the airport, you can take a taxi from the airport Terminal to City Garden Hotel - Cost about HK$300, duration 45 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;What Is The Workshop Schedule?&lt;/h2&gt;The workshop will consist of four hours of formal tuition in the morning plus painting together in afternoon. The schedule for the painting workshop is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9:00 to 10:00 Lecture on the topic for the day and critique of previous days work.&lt;br /&gt;10:00-10:30  We will then travel to the painting location by taxi.&lt;br /&gt;10:30 - 12:30 Painting and Quick Studies with personal guidance and advice from Barry.&lt;br /&gt;Afternoon: free time for working on your own artwork, or watching Barry at work. We recommend you work on consolidating the information you learned in the morning during this free time, in preparation for the next day of the workshop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, October 3rd    meet 09:00 on  at the City Garden Hotel&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, October 3rd    evening, eat together then go out to Victoria Park to see the Lantern Festival&lt;br /&gt;Tues Oct 6:  Dinner together with Susan&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, October 7.  The workshop will end formally at 15:00.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;What Is The Weather in Hong Kong in October, What shall I wear?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the best months to visit Hong Kong, the city’s normal humidity is low, and the skies are clear and blue, while the constant sunshine makes October in Hong Kong a good month to explore the city. Many Hong Kongers consider October and November as Hong Kong’s summer months, as the temperature is lower, and people go to Hong Kong’s beaches and hiking trails. Generally this is a good month for outdoor activities. There  are occasionally still very wet days from a passing typhoon. If it does rain it tends to rain at night.  October in Hong Kong is also full of wildlife, as the northern hemispheres birds take a breather on their way to warmer climes in the south. The temperature is around 25C-30C.   You should bring cotton T shirts and a light cardigan or jacket for air conditioning. Do not bring too much because you might like to do some shopping here.  T-shirts about HK$30-50. Jacket about HK$80-100.  Umbrella is about HK$20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;What Is The Workshop Cost?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tuition cost for the 5 day workshop is (EUR,euros) €575, (or USD,US Dollars $845, as of Aug 6).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To book the workshop, you can pay the tuition fee by bank wire transfer, or by credit card using PayPal. (Please note that Paypal will charge a 24 euro processing fee, identified as 'shipping'), so that the total charge to your credit card will be €575 plus €24 = €599. To pay by credit card, please click the following button:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="7499592" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" type="image" border="0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" border="0" height="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All other expenses (travel to Hong Kong, taxis within Hong Kong, hotel, meals, etc), you will pay directly. If you need any help or have any other questions please do not hesitate to ask. Contact me via &lt;a href="http://www.bjrgallery.com/"&gt;www.BJRGallery.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;What equipment do I need?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This booklet will show you the basic equipment you need if you are an oil or acrylic painter: &lt;a href="http://www.virtualartacademy.com/virtual_art_academy/process_unit_8_beginner_equipment_oa.pdf"&gt;Outdoor painting equipment guide&lt;/a&gt;. If you paint in watercolors, then bring whatever you normally use at home.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7713762078669490863-5036298066741268431?l=china-painting-workshop.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://china-painting-workshop.blogspot.com/feeds/5036298066741268431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://china-painting-workshop.blogspot.com/2009/07/hong-kong-workshop-october-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7713762078669490863/posts/default/5036298066741268431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7713762078669490863/posts/default/5036298066741268431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://china-painting-workshop.blogspot.com/2009/07/hong-kong-workshop-october-2009.html' title='Hong Kong Workshop - October 3-7'/><author><name>Barry John Raybould</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16853860380672958348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_A4-nCQ7E-Go/SBLD9ARuP6I/AAAAAAAAAJk/OqsC-xizKKQ/S220/PIC00012+zoom.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713762078669490863.post-488704056981539368</id><published>2009-01-18T07:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T04:06:55.082-07:00</updated><title type='text'>&lt;!-- Plein Air Painting Workshop in China--&gt;</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- &lt;table style="width:194px;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/bjrgallery/XizhouTownAndCountryside?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_A4-nCQ7E-Go/SJ05n2xUSFE/AAAAAAAABYw/38aGqO7yYMw/s160-c/XizhouTownAndCountryside.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/bjrgallery/XizhouTownAndCountryside?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;"&gt;Xizhou Town and Countryside&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Yunnan, China: February 23 - March 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a two week workshop given by &lt;a href="http://www.bjrgallery.com/"&gt;Barry John Raybould&lt;/a&gt; in partnership with the Linden Center, with the second week optional. The majority of the teaching will take place during the first week, with the second week planned for you to practice the skills you learned in the first week. The Linden Center will also help you arrange a third week of traveling if you would like to see more of Yunnan and explore this beautiful part of China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Overview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date: February 23-27, and March 2-6, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Length of workshop: 10 days (5 days teaching during the first week and 5 days painting on your own in Xizhou on the second week with 2 critiques)&lt;br /&gt;Focus: painting the figure in the landscape&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuition: 700 Euros (575 first week, 125 second week) payable to Barry John Raybould. Full tuition fee is required upon sign up if less than three months before workshop. If student cancels the workshop, the workshop fee may be applied towards another workshop for the following 12 months only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linden Center: $100 per night payable to the Linden Center. Covers three meals a day at the center, and lodging in a double occupancy room. A deposit of $250 is required upon sign-up, the balance of your account will be charged 1 month before the workshop begins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other costs: You will need to pay all other costs directly:&lt;br /&gt;        - your own airfare to Kunming airport KMG, China&lt;br /&gt;        - overnight hotel in Kunming (the Linden Center will help you with booking this)&lt;br /&gt;        - transport from Kunming to the Linden Center (again, the Linden Center will help you with booking this). About $40.&lt;br /&gt;        - model fees (if you want to work from the model). About $4-$8 per day&lt;br /&gt;        - transport in and around Xizhou if you want to explore the area  (very cheap)&lt;br /&gt;        - alcoholic beverages at the Linden Center&lt;br /&gt;        - your visa for China&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Schedule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sat Feb 21:  Students arrive in Kunming, go to hotel in Kunming,  and meet other students.&lt;br /&gt;Sun Feb 22:  Students travel from Kunming to the Linden Center by coach  (4.5 hour coach ride, plus short taxi ride)&lt;br /&gt;Mon Feb 23:  Workshop starts in the Linden Center. Lectures and coaching in the morning, practice assignments in the afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;Tues to Fri: Continue same activities as Monday (lectures and coaching in the morning, practice assignments in the afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;Fri Feb 27:  Last day of lectures and assignments&lt;br /&gt;Mon Mar 2:   Start of second week, when we will be working on finished paintings&lt;br /&gt;Tue Mar 3:   First checkpoint critique of Monday's and Tuesday's work (in evening)&lt;br /&gt;Thu Mar 5:   Second checkpoint critique of Wednesday's and Thursday's work&lt;br /&gt;Fri Mar 6:   Last day of painting together&lt;br /&gt;Sat Mar 7:   Students depart for Kunming (or do some sightseeing in Yunnan)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The purpose of the trip is to spend some time in an authentic village in China, with the special opportunity to work with the figure in the landscape. For beginners we will go through all the essential elements of painting, including notan, atmospheric perspective, color and brushwork. For advanced painters we will focus on figure techniques, and Barry will go over some of the new material on planes of the figure and portrait from an upcoming course on figure and portrait that Barry has been working on for the past couple of years. China is a fascinating destination and here you can still see traditional people living as they have done for thousands of years of human civilization and culture. We will be staying near the beautiful Lake Erhai, near &lt;a href="http://www.molon.de/galleries/China/Yunnan/Dali/"&gt;Dali&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://ellensander.com/dalitravels/dalitravel.html"&gt;more photos&lt;/a&gt;) in Yunnan province of China. Yunnan is one of the most beautiful provinces in China, with many authentic villages and lovely mountain scenery, and home to many of the various ethnic minorities in China. This makes it a very colorful place to stay and paint. Our village has many original homes built in the traditional historic architectural style of the region.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lake Views&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures taken this August of Lake Erhai. (These photographs were taken August this year, In March you will see a lot more sun).&lt;br /&gt;Click the photo for a larger version and slide show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/afbBg-lRJLXQrKzxHWWnXA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ2xMr8HyKI/AAAAAAAABLU/HzQhXqcNPBc/s144/A_P1000203.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kQU6FAykbNh57ZIXEskT7A"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5CjmjNuHI/AAAAAAAABNE/knoZuiJbxsA/s144/A_P1000032.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PMmu292Mh8D-ylxUvot5Wg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5ClAVDWzI/AAAAAAAABNc/fUOCZpVOQKE/s144/A_P1000225.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Xizhou Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xizhou town, is about a half an hour from Dali, one of the top tourist attractions in Yunnan province. The small village of Dali has not been affected by tourism and retains its genuine charm and character. The local people are the Bai people and many of the women wear traditional Bai costume. Horse drawn carts are common, as well as tricyles and small three wheeler taxis. The village has remarkably well preserved traditional Bai architecture, including many intact buildings from the Qing and Ming dynasties, as well as many traditional Republican style houses, with walled courtyards and intricately carved gates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nUQ9m1NZVADYnQTky4tjZg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ2xMPKc9eI/AAAAAAAABK8/-YtxVpjTg_I/s144/A_P1000018.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KY58AkFra-fiDR5eInNfNQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5ElpMAW3I/AAAAAAAABPM/4rTQJM1E1dg/s144/A_%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87%20081.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mbMMdesPSiDgUPU2usPv4w"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SMQzzLAZeOI/AAAAAAAABU8/HxhRdDTnV0w/s144/p1000174_crop.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bai People&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Bai people live around the Dali area and have a long history. We will hire models and paint them in the village and in the courtyard of the Republican era house we are staying in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QiGBEjy1Yc0dAjVoUKpz8Q"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5EgUCr9hI/AAAAAAAABOs/FEtA-lNPDCQ/s144/A_P1000282.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Asc1OYubpOAHyZqiTDBIkA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5EfXjXcxI/AAAAAAAABOU/c7VbZ8U8o5U/s144/A_P1000254.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8QbKS_JF65ZfUd0RLohCzg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5EfkXiwII/AAAAAAAABOc/CZycXtLIlKQ/s144/A_P1000260.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aQRxzcpCsKYBCJlqNEOWzQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SJ5AlbCfgCI/AAAAAAAABMc/lGgKicxp1g0/s144/A_P1000245.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Less than half an hour from where we are staying is a large and historic temple complex which will provide a very interesting setting for us to paint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: auto;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/APONupOIjXasWpaicHsYtw"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SMDI7fDWM8I/AAAAAAAABTg/gQdhK6oYbLY/s144/A_P1000119.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/64hgbBAfJnctWjiKSlKpZA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/bjrgallery/SMDI8HFEmAI/AAAAAAAABTk/skc_xzmYugY/s144/A_P1000121.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our location: The Linden Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The place where we plan to stay is a renovated old Republican Period building. It has several private courtyards and some indoor spaces, where we can work on figure paintings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some photographs of the center. This slideshow shows the architecture of the center, and the accommodation. Click on the album to see larger photographs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&amp;amp;RGB=0x000000&amp;amp;feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbjrgallery%2Falbumid%2F5232394489283034513%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="192" width="288"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Optional travel in Yunnan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you wish, we can help you see something of other places in Yunnan. A couple of very interesting places are Yuhu village, and Lijiang, and &lt;a href="http://www.chinabackpacker.com/old/destinations/yunnan/zhongdian.htm"&gt;Zhongdian&lt;/a&gt;. Here's some &lt;a href="http://www.gluckman.com/Shangri-la.html"&gt;more information on Zhongdian&lt;/a&gt;.  Lijiang is about three hours bus ride away and Zhongdian is a further three to four hour bus ride away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lijiang and Yuhu Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.terragalleria.com/asia/china/lijiang/lijiang.html"&gt;Lijiang&lt;/a&gt; is where most of the tourists go, and is worth about a day or two to visit since it is quite unique and beautiful. A very interesting place to visit that is very close to Lijiang is the village of Yuhu. There is a nice little &lt;a href="http://www.yunnan-roads.com/hotels/yunnan/lijiang/yuhu-guest-house.htm"&gt;guest house&lt;/a&gt; there, which is a traditional Naxi house, built around a courtyard, and a very friendly family who will cook all your meals for you. The village is small, and full of character. The scenery is magnificent since the village sits at the foot of the Snow Jade Dragon Mountain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Zhongdian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zhongdian is also known as Shangrila, and has a lovely little old town, and a &lt;a href="http://www.molon.de/galleries/China/Yunnan/Zhongdian/"&gt;temple&lt;/a&gt; nearby that is like a miniature version of the Potala Palace in Llasa. The old town is much smaller than Lijiang and has a much different character. It is much more like a Tibetan frontier town, with fascinating Tibetan architecture and many small guest houses with a lot of character and charm. The people are really friendly. Here you will see a Tibetan race, that is completely different race from the Naxi people of Lijiang. One of the interesting features of Yunnan is the wide variety of ethnic groups you meet in just one province. Every evening people all meet to dance together in the small town square. This is traditional &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zapPZ0otjlQ"&gt;Yunnan dancing&lt;/a&gt;, (and it is not put on for the tourists). 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