Drawings from across the continent

China Pen-and-Ink

All drawings done on location

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All drawings done on location in China, 2003, except for the detailed people studies, which were drawn later from photos I took on the trip. I visited China on a Sierra Club trip and we traveled from the busy eastern side in Shanghai to the far west in Dali and Kunming. The total trip was about three weeks. Our group was quite small, led by Pritpal Singh Kochhar. We bonded quickly and made a good and efficient traveling team, and I found that I could carve out little blocks of time to draw.

Artist, Dali, China, 2003, pen-and-ink by Jonathan Machen

Dali Courtyard, China, 2003

Woman hauling baskets, Dali, China, 2003, pen-and-ink

Laughing Buddha, Thousand Buddha cave, Guilin, China, 2003

Suzhou, Anhui, China, 2003

Humble Administrator's garden, Suzhou, China, 2003

Han Qinhu Anhuan, Guzhou Province, Shanghjai Museum, China, 2003

Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin, China, 2003

Key Bridge, Zhouzhuang, China, 2003

Shanghai, China, 2003

Bodhisattva, Song dynasty, AD 900-1279, Shanghai Museum, China, 2003

Chang Shang monastery, Dali, China, 2003

Ayou, Yangshao China, 2003

Lijiang, China, 2003

Ayou Eastern Island, Yanghsao China 2003

Jin Suo Man, Dali, China, 2003 pen-and-ink

Tongli, Jiangsu, China, 2003

Stone Forest, Kunming, China, 2003

Mother and son cooking, China, 2003, pen-and-ink

Aoyu, Eastern Island, Yanghsao, China, 2003

Tiger Leaping Gorge, China, 2003

Men staring, Shanghai, China, 2003

Stone Forest, Kunming, China, 2003

Stupa, Western China, 2003

Songzanlin Monastery, Yunan, China, 2003

Picking Tea, Hangzhou, China, 2003, pen-and-ink

Sonam, Zhongdian, China, 2003, pen-and-ink

General Fubo, Guilin, China, 2003

Thousand Buddha cave, Guilin, China, 2003

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