Newly Composed Ink and Brush Paintings of Flowers and Birds

Author: Jin Na
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This series of books is aimed at college and university students as well as, serving as a fundamental textbook for learning and studying Chinese calligraphy and painting. The series consists of nine specialized works: 《New Compendium of Chinese Art History》, 《New Compendium of Gongbi Figure Painting》, 《New Compendium of Xieyi Figure Painting》, 《New Compendium of Gongbi Flower and Bird Painting》, 《New Compendium of Xieyi Flower and Bird Painting》, 《New Compendium of Green and Blue Mountain Landscape Painting》, 《New Compendium of Ink Wash Mountain Landscape Painting》, 《New Compendium of Calligraphy》, and 《New Compendium of Seal Carving》。After appreciating classic works of Gongbi flower and bird painting from various dynasties, this book provides a detailed introduction to the materials, evolution of techniques, artistic requirements and expressive methods of white-line flower painting, the artistic requirements and expressive methods of heavy-color flower painting, basic coloring techniques for grass and insects, basic coloring techniques for birds, as well as sketching and creation. The book is richly illustrated with images and includes exquisite plate illustrations.