Art Fun Chinese Landscape Painting II The Tree

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Art. Fun Chinese Landscape Painting II: The Tree

Art. Fun Chinese Landscape Painting II: The Tree

Chinese Landscape Painting II: The Tree Chinese landscape painting became an independent genre by

Chinese Landscape Painting II: The Tree Chinese landscape painting became an independent genre by the late Tang Dynasty (618 -907). Landscape painting is considered the highest form of painting in China, with a long history. It consists of four basic elements: rocks, trees, mountains, and rivers. Trees are one of the main elements of landscape painting. In this workshop series, we’ll instruct you in painting trees. You will learn some basic techniques, step by step. Art. Fun

Chinese Landscape Painting II: The Tree How to hold a Chinese calligraphy/painting brush Art.

Chinese Landscape Painting II: The Tree How to hold a Chinese calligraphy/painting brush Art. Fun

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Use the tip of a

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Use the tip of a brush to form the outline of a branch Art. Fun

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Draw multiple branches and connect

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Draw multiple branches and connect them to a tree trunk Art. Fun

Samples of Tree Branches - Based on these tree branch samples, you can practice

Samples of Tree Branches - Based on these tree branch samples, you can practice the brush painting skills on your own - Branches also grow downward, like one type of pine tree (see the lower right tree) Art. Fun

How to Paint a Common Tree - Once we have the tree branches and

How to Paint a Common Tree - Once we have the tree branches and trunk, it’s not hard to add some leaves - A typical leaf is like drawing dots. Press down the tip of the brush and quickly lift it up. Repeat these actions to form groups of leaves Art. Fun

How to Paint a Common Tree - Make dots around the tree branches -

How to Paint a Common Tree - Make dots around the tree branches - Do more or less, here and there, you decide how your tree shape will look Art. Fun

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Let’s start with practicing some pine needles

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Let’s start with practicing some pine needles - Use the tip of the brush to paint short lines that resemble the sun’s rays Art. Fun

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Assemble the pine needles into groups Art.

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Assemble the pine needles into groups Art. Fun

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Remember I mentioned in slide 6, one

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Remember I mentioned in slide 6, one kind of pine tree’s branches grow downward - Follow my sample of the pine tree to draw your own Art. Fun

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Add these pine needles, and your tree

How to Paint a Pine Tree - Add these pine needles, and your tree is complete Art. Fun

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background Tree leaves - Use the

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background Tree leaves - Use the side of the brush - Press the brush down to form a long grain rice dot - Do more to form a group Art. Fun

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background - Press the brush harder

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background - Press the brush harder to make bigger dots - Or use a larger size brush to paint big dots Art. Fun

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background - Paint vertical lines to

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background - Paint vertical lines to represent tree trunks - Usually paint 2 or 3 trees together in the near background Art. Fun

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background A finished image of trees

A Simple Way to Paint Trees in the Background A finished image of trees on hills Art. Fun

How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Trees? Wind Among the Trees on the Stream

How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Trees? Wind Among the Trees on the Stream Bank dated 1363 Ni Zan (1301 -1374) Yuan and early Ming dynasties Hanging scroll; ink on paper Ni Zan's minimalist brush work together with his poem, created this imagistic and experiential world. Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of John M. Crawford, Jr. ; 1989. 363. 39. Jonathan Chaves The Chinese Painter as Poet China Institute Gallery, New York, 2000. Exhibition catalog, P. 45 Art. Fun

How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Trees? Summer Mountains After the Rain Gong Xian

How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Trees? Summer Mountains After the Rain Gong Xian (1618 -1689) late Ming and early Qing dynasties Hanging scroll, ink on silk Nanjing Museum Gong Xian's layered ink technique depicted the lively leafy trees and piled peaks after the rain. Credit: Willow Weilan Hai Chang Passion for the Mountains: Seventeenth Century Landscape Painting from the Nanjing Museum China Institute Gallery, New York, 2003. Exhibition catalog, P. 19 Art. Fun

Art. Fun Contact Yue Ma, Manager of Discover China Through Art (DCTA), for more

Art. Fun Contact Yue Ma, Manager of Discover China Through Art (DCTA), for more information about this program at yma@chinainstitute. org China Institute Gallery www. chinainstitute. org 40 Rector Street New York, NY 10006 212 -744 -8181