Rongbaozhai Painting Spectrum - Part 161: Characters

Author: Xu Yansun
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Publish Date: 2003-10-17
Features: Xu Yansun paints by laying paper on the table, sketching lightly with charcoal, then immediately applying ink without hesitation, effortlessly and freely, without any hesitation or "nine drafts, one final version" habit of preliminary sketches. Although ancient techniques are in mind, with every stroke having a source, he is not confined by the ancients but rather expresses himself freely, using his imagination freely in depicting figures, clothing, utensils, and supplementary scenes—all of which are beyond comparison with ordinary practitioners. The master enjoys using old paper, such as 12-foot rolls or gold-threaded scrolls, because the ink on old paper remains light after drying, and the dark ink becomes even richer.