New Edition of Jiayou Garden Painting Collection. Aquatic Creatures. Fish

Author: Lu Yuyan
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The New Jiezi Garden Painting Manual gathers nearly one hundred renowned experts, each contributing specialized collections based on their expertise. The creative steps and methods they provide are authoritative and credible. From sketches to life studies to creations, it largely follows a realistic path, demonstrating scientific rigor. At the same time, it selects approximately an equal number of outstanding works from ancient and modern periods to broaden learners' perspectives, supplemented by about 15,000 words of explanatory text to elevate their theoretical understanding. Beyond the major categories of figures, landscapes, flowers, feathers, and beasts, the book also includes sections on calligraphy and seals, as well as brushes, ink, and paper, making it a comprehensive manual on Chinese painting techniques. The New Jiezi Garden Painting Manual is an accumulation project of national culture and an important part of the "Ninety-Five" publishing plan of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House. The editors are all seasoned professionals. One of the key features of teaching techniques is the continuation of formulaic methods. Whether in opera, dance, or painting, these formulas originate from life—they are specific generalized approaches to transforming life phenomena into artistic forms. Examples include the eighteen brush strokes for painting figures, the crisscross and dotting techniques for trees and rocks, the boundary drawing method for buildings, and the outlining and shading methods for flowers and birds—all of which are accumulations of past masters' techniques in observing and recreating life. Creative painters excel at absorbing the achievements of their predecessors.