Sketches of White Peonies in Simple Lines

Author: Zhou Junhe
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This art album contains the author's preserved sketches in ink wash style. At the request of our publishing house, it has been compiled and published in the form of a fine arts textbook. To learn flower-and-bird painting, one must first master "ink wash." "Ink wash painting does not use any color; it fully relies on brushstrokes to depict objects. When practicing ink wash, one must carefully study the application of lines, as lines are a crucial means for shaping flower-and-bird paintings. The varying thickness, softness, dryness, and gloss of the lines, achieved through the (lightness and heaviness), (speed and slowness), (stopping and starting), and (turning and reversing of the brush), are used to express the different forms and textures of the depicted objects—such as their vigor, age, softness, and hardness." On these ink wash sketches, there are also relationships in coloration for heavy-ink paintings, making them excellent learning and reference materials for those studying meticulous flower-and-bird paintings in the traditional style.