Floral and Avian Creations: 50 Examples - The Small Square Format

Author: Yang Xianjin
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This series is divided into five major categories—scrolls, square frames, fan surfaces, round borders, and booklets—using approximate forms and specifications. Each category features illustrations in three styles: flowers and birds, landscapes, and figures, totaling fifteen volumes. Each volume contains fifty self-drawn examples by the author, providing guidance on aspects such as paper and brush preparation, composition arrangement, painting process, seal appreciation, and artwork reviews. It also includes methods for folding paper, inscribing captions, using seals, common painting knowledge, and an anthology of poetry for painting, all to enhance its practicality. This series aims to offer learners a practical technical guide and specific references, but true mastery still requires readers to practice tirelessly. It is by no means a universal key just because it is guided by renowned masters. To think that this alone can make one excel in art is impossible. If one blindly follows the book, they may end up knowing nothing at all!