Sender: xxstar xxstar@窭冱水云间 , message area: ascii club Title: Re: I would like to invite xxstar to talk about Chinese painting Sending station: BBS Westward Journey Station Wed Nov 3 17:56:15 2004 , within the station Indeed, if you want to use lines to represent denser branches, it will be messy. It might be better to use flowers, leaves and the like placed in dense areas. This is a random drawing I made before. If the left side is denser, no bamboo branches will be drawn. If the right side is thinner, you can add some embellishments.