Blending Techniques

Qian Xiao’s experience with watercolor painting allows her to explore the properties of acrylics

Qian Xiao’s experience with watercolor painting allows her to explore the properties of acrylics

The themes of my works are stories that occur between the environment and people and are closely related to my life stage. Most of the time I live in Shenzhen, China, a young city that grew rapidly. During that time I am busy between the excitement and impact of reality and ideals. When I am in the back garden on the outskirts of Quebec, Canada, all the noises come to an abrupt end. The artificial things gradually disappeared, the time slowed down, and the fineness of nature flowed into my consciousness. As my eyes moved, I began to notice the obvious but eternal relationship and reexamined myself. The theme of this stage of the work shifts from the struggle of the heroine in the street fashion to self-reflection

Hummingbird IX, acrylic on fabric, 36 x 42" (90 x 106 cm) Beautiful journey. Inspired by my selfmade polymer clay jewelry—i make my own wear and send them to my friends as gifts—it is like picking a few wildflowers to invigorate the journey. I use closerange color, mid-tone color scheme and brightness scheme to form a weaker contrast effect. In order to increase the activity, some light and shadow were added to the characters, and a polymer clay earring was made for her.