To paint in traditional, Chinese guo hua (国画) style on rice paper, we spent time learning the basics: how to hold the brush, how to prepare the ink and how to control the ink flow. To get the feeling of how Chinese [...]
Peonies, 1958 Flowers and birds are the most frequent, ravishing and elegant guo hua (国画) subjects. Chinese artists represent in their paintings flowers, praised for size, shape and color, cultivated for their beauty in royal and special gardens. Flowers [...]
Landscape, 1958 The complexity of Chinese landscapes and the unique way it is perceived by locals is reflected in paintings which surprise the viewer, catching the mystery and poetry of rocks, water, mountains, trees, vegetation, fog and clouds. Landscape, [...]
Lady with dog People are well represented in all styles of guo hua (国画). Learning gongbi (工笔) style relies on drawing skills, tracing long, even lines and endless hours of exercising the hand and the tip of a thin brush [...]
Xieyi style by my teacher (1958) Xieyi (寫意) is a new freehand dynamic, Chinese traditional painting style, which emerged during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), promoted by rebel artists who wanted to liberate themselves from the rigid canons of the gongbi [...]
