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2. Ink wash painting - Wikipedia

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   Ink wash painting (simplified Chinese: 水墨画; traditional Chinese: 水墨畫; pinyin: shuǐmòhuà); is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses washes of black ink, such as that used in East Asian calligraphy, in different concentrations. It emerged during the Tang dynasty of China (618–907), and overturned earlier, more realistic ...

3. Chinese painting - Wikipedia

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   Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó huà (simplified Chinese: 国画; traditional Chinese: 國畫), meaning "national painting" or "native painting", as opposed to Western styles of art which became popular in China in the 20th century. It is also called danqing (Chinese: 丹青; pinyin: dān qīng).

4. Shan shui - Wikipedia

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   Shan shui (Chinese: 山 水; pinyin: shān shuǐ; lit. 'mountain-water'; pronounced [ʂán ʂwèɪ]) refers to a style of traditional Chinese painting that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes, using a brush and ink rather than more conventional paints. Mountains, rivers and waterfalls are common subjects of shan shui paintings.

5. Ink brush - Wikipedia

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   Ink brush. Ink brush with golden dragon design, used by the Wanli Emperor (1563–1620). A writing brush (traditional Chinese: 毛筆; simplified Chinese: 毛笔; pinyin: máo bǐ) is a paintbrush used as a writing tool in Chinese calligraphy as well as in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese which all have roots in Chinese calligraphy.

6. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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   A wash is a term for a visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of colour. A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink and wash. [citation needed] Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is likely to ...

7. Freehand brush work - Wikipedia

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   Freehand brush work is a genre of Chinese traditional painting which includes poem, calligraphy, painting and seal. In Chinese called Hsieh yi ( traditional Chinese: 寫意; simplified Chinese: 写意; pinyin: Xiěyì ), which literally means "writing ideas". [1] It was formed in a long period of artistic activities and promoted by the literati.

8. Chinese pigment - Wikipedia

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   Chinese pigments ( Chinese: 中國國畫傳統顏料) are the traditional medium to execute traditional Chinese brush paintings, besides ink. Chinese pigments is similar to Western gouache paint in that it contains more glue than watercolours, but more so than gouache. The high glue content makes the pigment bind better to Chinese paper and ...

9. Six principles of Chinese painting - Wikipedia

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   The six elements that define a painting are: "Spirit Resonance" (qiyun 气韵) or vitality (shengdong 生动), and seems to translate to the nervous energy transmitted from the artist into the work. The overall energy of a work of art. Xie He said that without Spirit Resonance, there was no need to look further. "Bone Method" (gufa 骨法) or ...