What is the paper used for Chinese painting?

The paper used in Chinese painting is mainly rice paper, leather paper and silk. Xuan paper is divided into raw Xuan paper, cooked Xuan paper, half raw and half cooked paper. Good Xuan paper has cotton, white, fine, uniform characteristics, but also to have "hair ink fixed pen" characteristics (hair ink refers to the ink color on the paper, colorful, fixed pen refers to the pen marks clear).

Raw Xuan paper is divided into single Xuan, Xuan, three layers of Xuan and other types of thickness according to the paper. The general situation is that thin paper seepage faster than thick paper. Half raw and half ripe Xuan paper refers to the seepage ability between the raw Xuan paper and ripe Xuan paper.

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Painting Chinese painting techniques:

1, hook: one of the main techniques of brushstrokes, writing painting method. "Hook" in the brush painting used more. The combination of "hook" and "color" can show some specific content, such as the character's hands, face, etc.; and landscape painting in the stone painting, mostly with the "chapped" used in combination.

2, erase: brush strokes are not clear called erase. "Rub" is "chapped" continue, is a supplement to the chapped, the purpose is to make the picture effect more thick.

3, point: is the expression of the surface modeling techniques, the more common use of the writing painting. The point of brushwork and dye is inseparable, so called point and dye. The point in the writing painting is called point poke or point poke.

4. Dyeing: used to enhance the effect of the picture. Both brushwork and brush painting will be used, and brushwork is more. Dyeing in brush painting can be divided into two kinds of hook dye, baking dye.