Chinese watercolor painting techniques. Cherry tree painting using toothbrush and q tip painting techniques duration. The following excerpt is from his book chinese landscape painting techniques for watercolor. 11 common watercolor painting techniques flat wash. Traditional chinese painting has developed continuously over a period of more than six thousand years.
Lotus chinese ink and color on mature shuan paper 1418 by lian quan zhen for years ive studied with both chinese painting and watercolor masters and have attempted to blend eastern and western art theories and techniques in my own work. In its early stage of development chinese painting was closely related to the other crafts from pottery to the decorations used on the bronzes carved jade and lacqerware. Starting around 4000 bc. Chinese painting technique using bamboo brushes and watercolor paints.
Zhen was not the first chinese author who tried to combine western watercolor medium and painting techniques with chinese painting concepts professor shu chi chang for example has written on chinese watercolor in the early 50s. A flat wash makes up a majority of watercolor painting. These advanced watercolor techniques are a lot of fun and can really add some excitement to your painting. Painting in the chinese manner.
Its growth has inevitably reflected the changes of time and social conditions. A post shared by jenny k atlivingpattern on jul 3 2018 at 1144am pdt. Two of the techniques of chinese and japanese watercolor painting i use myself are. Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.
Then use cunfa a chinese painting technique or method using light ink strokes to express texture and dianfa a chinese painting technique or method using dots on all the mountain rocks and trees making them more ideographic and solid. The variety of nature is expressed using various cunfa and dianfa. Colors are used in the two mayor styles of chinese painting in the detailed more academic style called kung pi gongbi and in the spontaneous style hsieh i xieyi. Painting in the traditional style is known today in chinese as guohua simplified chinese.
Its such a basic technique that you dont even realize youre doing it.