Download or read book Chinese Landscape Painting Techniques for Watercolor written by Lian Quan Zhen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimum stroke - maximum effect Learn how to make each brushstroke count when painting classically beautiful landscapes using a combination of traditional and modern watercolor techniques. Master artist and teacher Lian Quan Zhen shows how to blend Eastern and Western art theories, materials and techniques to create landscapes with graceful simplicity. Chinese Landscape Painting Techniques for Watercolor includes 27 start-to-finish demonstrations, which show how to capture the spirit and mood of the landscape in all types of weather and in all four seasons. It also features a wide variety of landscape subjects from America and around the world.
Download or read book Chinese Watercolor Techniques Painting Animals written by Lian Quan Zhen and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2004-12-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the essence of animals like never before! Using Chinese and watercolor techniques and materials, you can create animals with elegance and grace. Let award-winning artist Lian Quan Zhan show you how with his clear and basic step-by-step instructions. Artists at all levels will benefit from Lian's deep understanding of both art forms. He guides you through the process by beginning with the basic properties of Chinese materials such as rice paper and ink, and leading to more advanced techniques such as loading a brush with multiple colors. He also teaches watercolor pouring techniques so you can create vibrant animals and beautiful backgrounds. So much of Chinese painting stems from observation and interpretation of nature. Apply these principles by painting cats, birds, tigers, and many other animals in seventeen step-by-step demonstrations. Find your inspiration within the animals of this book, and breathe the spirit of the East and West into your own art.
Download or read book Chinese Painting Techniques for Exquisite Watercolors written by Lian Quan Zhen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the beauty and vitality of Chinese painting in your watercolors! Using a few brushes, some rice paper and a small number of inks and paints, you can explore new realms of artistic expression in your watercolors. Author and artist Lian Quan Zhen shows you how, providing you with the clear, practical instruction you need to master every element of this intriguing style - from holding a bamboo brush to applying Chinese composition techniques. Zhen makes learning easy with step-by-step instructions that enable you to apply brushstrokes with strength and confidence - a skill that will carry over into your everyday watercolor work. And you'll find inspiration in Zhen's own works of art - ranging from egrets in flight to gracefully swimming koi - as you discover the best techniques of the East and West. He'll show you that the beauty of fine art crosses every border and that your artistic journey has no limits.
Download or read book Chinese Brush Painting written by Ning Yeh and published by . This book was released on 2022-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A second addition, also known as Ning Yeh's "Gold Edition" updates his original guide of step-by-step instructions for Chinese Brush Painting.
Download or read book Chinese Brush Painting written by Jane Evans and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How-to" manual provides all levels of students with detailed methods for painting such simple subjects as bamboo and plum blossoms as well as more ambitious motifs. 150 illustrations, including 82 in full color.
Download or read book Art of Chinese Brush Painting written by Caroline Self and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Chinese Brush Painting is an excellent way for newcomers to experience this ancient Chinese art form. The book introduces traditional Chinese ink painting techniques developed over a thousand years ago. In 35 simple and intermediate lessons, readers will learn to paint towering landscapes; the elegant Four Generals: bamboo, orchid, plum blossom and chrysanthemum; rugged, steadfast pine; animals from the Chinese Zodiac; and basic strokes used in Chinese calligraphy. To better understand "the soft martial art," the book includes an introduction to the Chinese ink painting tradition and detailed discussion of brushes, paper and other tools and accessories. The lessons are instructive for artists at any level of expertise but are directed to the dedicated beginner.
Download or read book Chinese Watercolor Journeys With Lian Quan Zhen written by Lian Quan Zhen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey with the master, Lian Quan Zhen! From landscapes and architecture to people and animals, Lian Quan Zhen has painted it all. Inside Chinese Watercolor Journeys with Lian Quan Zhen, you will see beautiful paintings in both the Chinese and Western styles. Filled with tips and stories, you'll learn about Lian's techniques and artistic journey. The large, colorful images will inspire you to take a journey of your own.
Download or read book Chinese Brush Painting written by Mei Ruo and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Try your hands at these historically and culturally important methods, and create some beautiful paintings of your own. Chinese painting is an ancient art that has evolved and become refined over many centuries. Artists brush ink and color pigments onto silk or paper using a variety of techniques, with two main approaches: gongbi a traditional and realistic style based on line drawing, and xieyi style, a freehand method that uses fewer strokes to suggest objects in a less literal way. Painting themes generally fall into three categories: figure, landscaping, and bird-and-flower. Chinese brush painting is mainly presented in lines, shades and white space to express the feelings about nature, social phenomena, and the very essence of the universe. The framework for this expression is often traditional: certain subjects carry cultural connotations that are well-known and imbue the painting with a layer of meaning beyond face value of objects shown. The traditional subjects such as mandarin ducks, butterflies, and the 'Four Gentlemen' (plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos, and chrysanthemum) are examples that contain this rich cultural meaning. Readers will learn first about the tools and materials, then painting techniques. Early pages explore the very basic painting methods and subjects—perfect for beginning painters—but continue to build skills for painting plants and animals of increasing complexity. Chinese Brush Painting illustrates several Chinese brush painting techniques with the use of different tools, brushwork and color mixing. With the step-by-step projects, you can first follow the introductory lessons to learn the necessary skills of brushwork, usage of paper, and characteristics of water, ink and colors; then follow the advanced lessons to learn the compositions and more complicated color applications.
Download or read book The how and why of Chinese Painting written by Diana Kan and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tao of Watercolor written by Jeanne Carbonetti and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the best of Eastern philosophy with the best of Western technique, this book is the first in a three-part series that offers inspiring and empowering advice for artists and creators of all levels. 100 color illustrations.
Download or read book The Spirit of the Brush written by Sungsook Hong Setton and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chinese ink painting is one of the oldest continually practiced art forms in the world. It first appeared in China in the fifth century, and soon traveled to Korea and then to Japan. As old and deeply rooted in East Asian aesthetics and meditation as it is, ink painting is credited with influencing the development of Western modern art. Its minimalist approach to painting continues to have enormous appeal. Artist and teacher Sungsook Setton, who learned the techniques with Chinese and Korean masters in her native South Korea, brings new excitement to this age-old art. While teaching the traditional disciplines for holding and using the brush, she shows students how to turn the techniques and inner meditation toward interpreting their own world: city views, music, and the essence of contemporary life"--
Download or read book Chinese Painting Techniques written by Lian Quan Zhen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese brushwork and painting techniques have long been renowned and respected as a classic style in water-based media. Celebrated for its simplicity and fluid lines, it has the ability to render natural objects with a minimum of effort and marks. Many western artists, however, were daunted by the special inks required and the low-key palette of colours. In this book the author, Chinese-born Lian Zhen, introduces his fresh new approach to Chinese painting that combines the best elements of its mark-making and sympathy for natural subjects with the freshness and vitality of modern watercolours in a range of attractive colours. The book starts with some basic advice about Chinese painting, with the author showing how to hold a brush and make basic strokes. In the second chapter he goes on to show, in short step-by-step demonstrations, how to work in either a detailed style or a loose style, and how to combine the two approaches to give focus to compositions. The second half of the book concentrates on the two main subjects of traditional Chinese paintings - the 'bird and flower' genre and swimming fish. These subjects allow artists free reign to explore compositions and colours, and
Download or read book Splash Ink with Watercolor written by Ming Franz and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ming takes the splashed ink tradition, which uses black ink and varying tones of black ink, and has contributed the use of Western watercolors and watercolor techniques, making the paintings contemporary, lively, and part of the 21st century progression in art. This book gives a step-by-demonstration of the blending of these two techniques, including "how to" steps, with details and photographs of each step.
Download or read book Oriental Watercolor Techniques written by Frederick Wong and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use Asian tools, equipment and techniques to create modern paintings in the Oriental tradition. 188 illustrations provide close-up details of trees, skies, water, snow, and architecture to show how the author achieves his haunting, atmospheric effects.
Download or read book Chinese Brush Painting written by Rebecca Yue and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of gorgeous brushwork, easy-to-follow instruction, and exciting art materials, this complete kit is the perfect introduction to the ancient art of Chinese brush painting. After an introduction to the philosophy behind painting with Chinese brushstrokes and techniqes for holding and guiding the brush, aspiring artists are guided through step-by-step painting projects. Several accomplished artists show their process of painting subjects ranging from traditional bamboo and animals to a landscape and figure. And this kit contains everything needed to complete all the projects in the 32-page lesson book. The hardcover case includes a 40-page paperback book with corresponding Spanish translation, watercolor paints, Chinese paintbrushes, ink stick, ink stone, palette, and watercolor paper.
Download or read book Watercolor Color written by Ray Smith and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve art projects with step-by-step instructions and advice on materials, subjects, and methods.
Download or read book The Art of Chinese Brush Painting written by Lucy Wang and published by Walter Foster Library. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to Chinese brush painting that provides information about materials and offers seventeen step-by-step lessons on techniques and rendering a variety of subjects.
