There are several techniques in Chinese painting

There are six strokes in Chinese painting, which are center front, side front, reverse front, dragging front, folding hairpin strands and house leakage marks, flying white front.

1, the center front: the center front that the conical brush tip in the process of running the brush, always in the center of the pen position. The center of the brush is the first feature of the Chinese painting brush method. It is characterized by a full-bodied brush, rich in connotation. It is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and is extremely expressive.

2. Side-stroke: The side-stroke is to lay or tilt the barrel of the brush horizontally. With the paper at various angles, the tip of the pen is not in the middle of the ink line, the tip of the pen is on the side of the ink line, and the effect of flying white.

3, counter-front: counter-front is relative to the positive hand position in the direction of the direction of the reverse direction of the brush running method. Counter-front pen resistance increases, the pen gathered and scattered, loose and tight change is different from the smooth pen means. Characterized by the hardness of the brush, the force through the back of the paper, but the lack of softness. Can not be commonly used, moderate.

4, dragging the front: dragging the front will be the brush upside down on the paper, dragging the run. Characterized by a natural transition, fast and slow. In the figure of painting the shape of the accurate requirements, drag the front than other methods easy to do, the method is practical and simple. The disadvantage is that the brush is relatively floating, without the feeling of force through the back of the paper.

5, folding hairpin stock and leakage marks: based on the phenomena and traces of nature and the pursuit of the brush method, is a variation of the center-front strokes, thus enriching the performance of the center-front strokes.

6, flying white front: this penmanship is transformed from the calligraphy of flying white. Characterized by the use of loose, hairy, seemingly slapdash, but actually gnarled and powerful, masculine and internal force, loose to see the spirit, there is a feeling of pallor.

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Figure Painting

(1) Historical Progress of Figure Painting:

Figure painting in China has a long history. According to records, during the Shang and Zhou periods, there were already murals. Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty specialized in figure painting, and was the first painter in the history of Chinese painting to clearly put forward the idea of "writing God in shape". Yan Liben of the Tang Dynasty also specialized in figure painting. There are also Wu Daozi, Han Gu and so on. All of them made contributions to figure painting. After the Tang Dynasty, there are more painters of figure painting, all generations.

(2) figure painting and expression methods:

To paint a good figure painting, in addition to inheriting the tradition, it is necessary to understand and study the human body's basic form, proportions, anatomical structure, as well as the changing law of the human body's movement, so as to accurately portray and express the figure's shape and spirit. There are several methods of expression for drawing figures, each with its own strengths, such as: white drawing method, hook filling method, ink splashing method, and dyeing method.

Landscape Painting

Landscape painting (commonly known as landscape painting, scenery painting), is a specialized art discipline with a long history. Since the Tang Dynasty, every period, there are famous painters, specializing in landscape painting. Despite their different backgrounds, qualities, schools of thought, methods, etc.; however, are able to use ink, color, skills, flexible management, seriously depicted, is the beauty of the natural scenery, gladly jumped on the paper, its buy the same, majestic, chiaroscuro.