Literati Bonsai Pine
Scots pine literati bonsai styling sbr3 sweden 2019 page 1.
Literati bonsai pine. Literati painting was born of minimalism philosophy and the attempts to duplicate these painted trees with real trees in the form of bonsai stayed true to its parent literati bonsai were tree forms reduced to the bare elements. The scots pine that featured in the earlier post from 2015 has now grown enough ready for the next stage. Page 1 of 1. Pine bonsai juniper bonsai bonsai art bonsai garden garden trees bonsai tattoo bonsai forest bonsai tree types bonsai styles a brief exploration of the literati style five needle pine by qingquan zhao like the style itself the name used to describe it takes on many forms and the usage changes from region to region.
Starting a progression thread on this pitch pine i recently got. I did the styling right after i got this tree so here is the result. Next i want to make the apex come down 1 by bending it pretty sharp and make the next branch. I am going to style it as a literati.
They first appeared during the song dynasty 960 1279 a d like so many bonsai this tree has a story. The new bonsai book for 2019 by harry harrington bonsai books bonsai tools bonsai for sale carving tools bonsai pots bonsai t shirts. The literati style or bunjin gi bonsai is characterized by a generally bare trunk line with branches reduced to a minimum and typically placed higher up on a long often contorted trunk. Juniper bonsai by mike sullivan the bonsai shape shown here closely follows the aesthetic principles established for literati paintings.
Here is my idea get rid of most of the branches except the first branch shown and drop it low. Pine also work well as do a large number of other evergreens. This style derives its name from the chinese literati who were often artists. The needles which may be blue green or yellow green are borne in pairs.
Japanese black pine literati 4 months 6 days ago 56329 mimo wrote. Although i am tempted to do as my last pic virtual but it need a bit more time to cut back. Deciduous species do not work as well because of their tendency to break and for foliage to always assume an upward growing path. Since a literati trunk usually features quite a bit of movement junipers because of their elasticity make excellent bonsai subjects.
The principle of development is the same with the ultimate ambition of a literati tree means that many branches still need to be removed. The tree makes a delightful bonsai.