If you're a beginner like me, and have no access yet to a Sumi-e or Chinese Brush Painting teacher, these new videos from our dear friend Haiying Yang can clear a lot of questions in your mind. She demonstrates everything from start to finish, including how to choose good materials to use in your painting.
Grinding the Ink: About The Inkstone.
More about grinding ink, and holding the brush in this previous post.
Video Demonstrations by Haiying Yang
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Showing posts with label inkstone. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Beginning Chinese Brush Painting: Inksticks 1
Grinding the Ink: Kinds of inksticks and how to choose the good ones.
Video Demonstrations by Haiying Yang
Video Demonstrations by Haiying Yang
Beginning Chinese Brush Painting: Basic Strokes
Video Demonstration by Haiying Yang.
Basic Strokes.
Troubleshooting the Bamboo Leaf (or some reasons why your brush doesn't spring back into shape.)
Yes, I needed this one very much. And I'm editorializing again.
Basic Strokes.
Troubleshooting the Bamboo Leaf (or some reasons why your brush doesn't spring back into shape.)
Yes, I needed this one very much. And I'm editorializing again.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Preparing To Paint
My favourite part of Chinese Brush Painting! Oh no, I'm editorializing! Oh wait, it's a blog, I'm allowed. LOL.
Video demonstrations are by Haiying Yang.
Grinding the ink on the inkstone.
Sitting down and holding the brush.
Video demonstrations are by Haiying Yang.
Grinding the ink on the inkstone.
Sitting down and holding the brush.
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