What are the common brush strokes in China?

The so-called brushwork is the method of writing and painting, i.e. the method of using lines unique to Chinese painting. Chinese painting and calligraphy are mainly line performance, the tools used are pointed brush, in order to make the painting and calligraphy of the line drawing changes, must first pay attention to the pen, in the operation of the pen to master the weight, fast and slow, bias. Straight and curved method, known as the "brush method".

Zhong Feng: Zhong Feng that is, the tip of the conical brush in the process of running the brush, always in the center of the pen position. The center of the brush is the primary feature of the Chinese painting brush method. It is characterized by a full-bodied brush, rich in connotations. It is soft on the outside, strong on the inside, and extremely expressive. It can be said that the quality of Chinese painting depends largely on the quality of the center brush.

Side-front: Side-front, as the name suggests, is the tilting of the brush, with the center of the brush tip on the side. Its characteristics are: rich changes in the use of the brush, there is a strong tension in the use of the brush, crisp in the mountain. The disadvantage is that it is thinner and shallower than the center-front brush. However, the side-front is one of the most common methods in figure painting, and also reflects the aesthetic needs of another state of mind.

Counter-front: The counter-front is a method of running the brush in the opposite direction from the downward direction of the positive hand position. Counterfrontal brush resistance increases, the brush is gathered and scattered, loose and tight change is different from the smooth brush means. The purpose is to pursue the changes of the brush, characterized by the hardness of the brush, the force through the back of the paper, but the lack of soft power. Can not be commonly used, moderate.

Dragging: dragging the brush down on the paper, dragging and running. It is characterized by a natural transition, fast and slow. Under the requirement of accurate shape in figure drawing, dragging the brush is easier than other methods, and 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.

Folding Hairpin and House Leakage Marks: The brush method pursued according to the phenomena and traces in nature is a variation of the center-front brush, thus enriching the performance of the center-front brush.

Flying White: This brushwork is transformed from flying white in calligraphy. 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.