Painting ink and wash landscapes for the first time. What Chinese painting materials to buy and how to draw them? What should I pay attention to? Can you be specific?

Just prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. As for how to draw, it's a bit complicated. You can refer to the book Biography of Mustard Seed Orchard first. The overall learning steps are: first learn how to draw trees and stones, then learn how to draw clouds and water, and finally learn how to draw boats and cars in the house and decorate people and animals. Then you can progress in the order of copying and sketching.

In the process of learning techniques, we should first pay attention to the use of brushwork and ink method. Pay attention to the effect and usage of the center, side and back of the brushwork; In the dot dyeing process, it is particularly important to control the shade, moistening degree and lightness of ink. Then there is layout and composition.