Chinese painting

After a break we return to the Chinese art. We've discussed their way of storing paintings. And what about the painting itself? What are its features compared to the traditional Western art? Their materials are different as we have already said here, here and here. But the main thing is not in ...

I told you about the tools used by Chinese artists (ink, brushes, paper), how they frame finished paintings. The question arises: well, how do the paintings differ? Answer: the difference is almost everywhere! Let's begin with the things that are immediately evident. On a Chinese painting in ...

The Europeans are accustomed that a picture should be framed and hung on a wall. In the East it's different. Nowadays, of course, baguette has penetrated there, and you can see there paintings on walls, but the traditional way of presenting a painting in the form of a scroll is still used in ...

We learned how they make paper and brushes for painting and calligraphy in China. Now it's time to talk about ink, because according to the treatises on painting it is the blood of images. The main ingredient of Chinese ink is soot. To get 10 pounds of wood soot one have to burn 400 pounds of ...

Chinese craftsmen believe that a brush connects heaven and people. In the moment of creating a painting or a calligraphy work it becomes a conductor for energy, to which the artist connects if he is ready and is in the correct state of mind. Therefore, the brush is not just an operational tool, it ...

Animals... These animals are adorable, fluffy and so similar to... real animals! They're like jumping out of the picture :) And the fruits painted by the creator of these masterpieces are so mouthwatering! All these birds singing... seriously, realism in works by Li Zhe is on top! Fur with its ...

Chinese painter Liu Yutao was born in 1955 in Yunnan. In 1997, Yitao Liu was awarded the title of 'One of the hundred most outstanding artists of China' by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The elegance and brilliance of these extraordinary masterpieces of Chinese painting make ...

It's time to get ready for summer heat and humidity. For me, temperature over 30 is a sheer torture. So I never leave a fan. I remembered that in China and Japan ordinary paper fans are highly popular as in the photo below: So I quickly made a fan and share  this DIY with you! You need: 1. Two ...