Picture: Little Buddha drinking tea

Tea and contemplation – there is a single whole.

(Japanese proverb)

The concept of "tea as art" means that the process of cultivation, collection, preparation and selection of tea should be considered an aesthetic pleasure, the same as we experience reading beautiful poems or listening to great music. Tea is the embodiment of the spirit of the Universe. When tea enters your body, you are filled with the energy of the sun, moon and earth and all the wonders of the world.

The picture is made with pastels on the sketch with gouache and Col.ink on thick textured paper. Halftone colors change depending on lighting. Feature of pastels is that the ink mass is the individual pigment particles, reflected from which the light scatters in different directions, giving a special colorful layer luchistoi, velvety, specific "pastel" softness.