The Twelve Things to Avoid in Painting

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The Twelve Things to Avoid in Painting

  • To avoid is a crowded, ill arranged composition (composition)
  • Far and near not clearly distinguished (composition)
  • Mountains without Ch’i, the pulse of life
  • Referring not only to the need for pictorial vitality created by composition with a quality of spirit, particularly since mountains were symbols of life. Of the Yang (of Heaven and the Spirit)
  • Water with no indication of its source
  • The element regarded as a source of life and associated with the Yin.
  • Scenes lacking any places made inaccessible by nature (natural and logical)
  • Where man has ventured, paths are a sign of his presence and should naturally lead somewhere.
  • Paths with no indication of beginning and end
  • Stones and rocks with one face
  • The rock has 3 faces, referring to the third dimension and technical skill in rendering it .
  • Trees with less than four main branches
  • The tree has four main branches and is represented as having solidity, roundness, and unity
  • Figures unnaturally distorted
  • Emphasize fitness based on naturalness, contributing to the harmony of the parts and the whole of a painting.  Figures not only should be undistorted but should be shown in action, their position and mood in tune with the rest of the painting and thus with the order of nature.
  • Buildings and pavilions inappropriately placed
  • Houses, pavilions, bridges, waterwheels, or boats, never overshadow other elements in the picture but contribute to its main theme, usually some aspect of nature rather than of human activity.
  • Atmospheric effects of mist and clearness neglected
  • Color applied without method
  • Mountains and water are not only the main structural elements in a landscape painting, but serve as symbols of the Yin and Yang.  They are structural ideas, hence the significance of the term ShanShui (mountain water) for landscape pictures.

"Shih Erh Chi",
quoted from a XIII-century work by Jao Tzu-jan.

 

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