on top of the world

OK, this one is closer to a traditional sumi-e, ink brush, painting.

I've done a number of sumi-e of the Four Gentlemen (四君子): the plum (梅), the orchid (蘭), the bamboo (竹), and the chrysanthemum (菊). It's suggested that if you master and can capture those four images you have all the strokes necessary to paint any subject. No, of course I haven't mastered them but ...
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