The benefits of Chinese painting learning are various. If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of life, try to learn something about Chinese mountain and water painting would be a good way. Then do you want to know it?
The benefits of
Chinese painting learning are various. If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of life, try to learn something about Chinese mountain and water painting would be a good way. Then do you want to know it?
Chinese mountain and water painting is known for its artistic conception. It is like the Chinese ancient poetry, although simple in
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appearance but it has rich meaning in content. It is implicative, natural, spontaneous, and uncluttered. There is no overlapping of subjects, with only one or two subjects to one painting for the purpose of simplicity.
Why does Chinese mountain and water painting have this unique effect? The things are relevant with followings:
Balance
Your signature is also considered part of the art itself. Balance, or dispersion, is highly revered in the brush painting. A signature can be used to balance a painting if it is visually heavy on one side. This is called balancing leverage.
Brushes
The brushes traditionally used in Chinese brush painting are made out of animal hair with bamboo handles. You can use a regular soft, round brush made of sable with good effect if you do not have access to bamboo brushes.
Paint
Traditional brush painting also uses ink as a painting medium, but now many artists find that thinned watercolors, acrylics, or strong tea work as wonderful alternatives.
Paper
As a rule, rice paper is the paper of choice here. It is absorbent, but not too much, and lets your brush glide over the paper.
Brushwork
As an art form, Chinese brush painting was derived from calligraphy or "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, humorous and skillful manner". Just like its sister art, brush painting takes something simple, and makes it beautiful in one, fluid stroke. The subjects have no outlines to guide the painter because there is no beforehand drawing.
There are two main ways of holding a brush to get fluid effects; the three-finger hold is for painting bigger objects, while the lock-in hold is for smaller, more detailed objects. Let your fingers move the brush and try not to grip the brush too closely to the bristles.