Circular Light Chapter: Fifty Examples of Landscape Creation

Author: Yang Xianjin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: To help those who have mastered the basic techniques of ink painting, aspire to create complete ink painting works, yet struggle to find reference books, this series serves as an in-depth learning guide. We have organized professors and renowned painters from various high-level art colleges in China, who have achievements in the art world, academic expertise, and rich experience in painting, teaching, and creation, as the authors of this series. They provide detailed analyses from various aspects such as material preparation, creative conception, creative process, finishing works, and work reviews. Through clear and accessible technical guidance, learners can grasp relatively complete and systematic creative principles, thereby building a stepping stone to the artistic of ink painting.
The series is divided into five major formats and specifications: scrolls, square frames, fan-shaped scrolls, circular frames, and albums. Each major format is further divided into three forms—flora and fauna, landscapes, and figures—resulting in a total of fifteen volumes. Each volume includes fifty self-drawn examples by the authors, covering aspects such as paper and brush preparation, composition arrangement, painting process, seal appreciation, and work reviews. Additionally, it includes methods for folding paper, inscribing captions, using seals, common painting knowledge, and an anthology of poetry for painting, all to enhance practicality.
This series aims to provide learners with practical technical guidance and specific references, but true mastery requires readers to practice tirelessly. It is by no means to suggest that with guidance from renowned experts, one gains a universal key.