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Authors: Caroline Self,Susan Self
Chinese Brush Painting (26 page)
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the different ways to paint bamboo stalks?
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how to recognize flying white?
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the rules for painting bamboo branches?
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hint:
look at the section starting on page 36)
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the different ways to make pine trunks?
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how to place the pine wheels?
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what stroke you use to make a pine cone?
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hint:
look at the section starting on page 44)
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how to paint the antenna of a butterfly?
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how to paint a snail shell?
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what makes a bird look like it is singing?
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hint:
look at the section starting on page 51)
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the forms of water that might be seen in a landscape painting?
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what an enso is?
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how to put your left hand under your right hand to paint details?
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hint:
look at the section starting on page 55)
Books on
Painting
Look at the following books to learn more about the topics in this book.
Chieh Tzu Yuan Hua Chuan
(The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting), translated and edited by Mai-Mai Sze (Bollingen Series, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1978).
This book has many examples and variations of trees, bamboo, orchid, landscape paintings, and traditional Chinese birds and insects.
Evans, Jane.
Chinese Brush Painting
(Watson-Guptill, New York, 1987).
This book has mostly black-and-white, step-by-step paintings of orchid, bamboo, and landscape, and lessons on calligraphy.
Fazzioli, Edoardo.
Chinese Calligraphy: History of Essential Chinese and Japanese Characters
(Abbeville Press, New York, 1986).
This is a good introduction to calligraphy. One of the chapters traces the evolution from pictograms to ideograms.
Heizlar, Josef.
Chinese Watercolor
(Galley Press, London, 1987).
This book has many landscapes in traditional black and white. It tells how to look at Chinese paintings and describes the training necessary to paint them.
Kan, Diana.
The How and Why of Chinese Painting
(Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1974).
This book describes step by step how to paint landscapes in black and white. It also shows the steps to paint orchid and bamboo.
Sze, Mai-Mai.
The Way of Chinese Painting
(Random House, New York, 1959).
This book explains the history and philosophy of Chinese painting. It also has painting techniques for trees and bamboo.
Weng, Wan-go.
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
(Dover Publications, New York, 1978).
This book covers the history and techniques of painting. It explains seals and their use, and landscapes in black and white.
Yeh, Ning.
Chinese Brush Painting: An Instructional Guide
(Silk Era Corp., Huntington Beach, CA, 1988).
This book contains step-by-step directions for painting bamboo, orchid, and flowers, and explains the philosophy of harmony and contrast.
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