Art Fun Chinese Landscape Painting III Water Patterns

Chinese Landscape Painting III: Water Patterns Chinese landscape painting became an independent genre by

Chinese Landscape Painting III: Water Patterns How to hold a Chinese calligraphy/painting brush Art.

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint Water Sample I - Use the

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Continue to draw more lines

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - From one wave to another

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Adding some foam Art. Fun

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - A complete group of waves

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint Water Sample II - Draw curves

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Adding curves one by one

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - A complete body of water

Art. Fun How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Water Patterns? Water Album No. 5

Art. Fun How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Water Patterns? Water Album No. 7

Art. Fun How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Water Patterns? Detail of Tea Tasting

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

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Art. Fun Chinese Landscape Painting III: Water Patterns

Chinese Landscape Painting III: Water Patterns Chinese landscape painting became an independent genre by the late Tang Dynasty (618 -907). 山水 (shān shuǐ) refers to a style of Chinese painting that involves the painting of scenery or natural landscapes with brush and ink. The name 山水画 (shān shuǐ huà) literally translates to "mountain-water-picture. " Mountains, rivers, and often waterfalls are prominent in this art form. Landscape painting is considered the highest form of painting in China, with a long history. It consists of four basic elements: rocks, trees, water and mountains. Bodies of water are one of the main elements of landscape painting. In this workshop series, we’ll instruct you in painting water patterns. You will learn some basic techniques, step by step. Art. Fun

Chinese Landscape Painting III: Water Patterns How to hold a Chinese calligraphy/painting brush Art. Fun

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint Water Sample I - Use the tip of a brush to draw a curve Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Continue to draw more lines to form a wave Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - From one wave to another Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Adding some foam Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - A complete group of waves Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint Water Sample II - Draw curves -some lines are like an “S” Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - Adding curves one by one Art. Fun @yue ma

Using the Tip of a Brush to Paint - A complete body of water Art. Fun @yue ma

Art. Fun How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Water Patterns? Water Album No. 5 Ten Thousand Ripples on the Yangzi, dated 1212 Ma Yuan (1160– 65 – 1225) Song dynasty Although a very versatile painter, Ma Yuan is known today primarily for his landscape scrolls. In his series, Water Album, Ma Yuan explored the various movements of water found in lakes and rivers. Credit: The Palace Museum, Beijing

Art. Fun How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Water Patterns? Water Album No. 7 The Undulating Surface of a River in Autumn, dated 1212 Ma Yuan (1160– 65 – 1225) Song dynasty Credit: The Palace Museum, Beijing

Art. Fun How Have Famous Chinese Artists Painted Water Patterns? Detail of Tea Tasting under Shade of Pines, dated 1701 Cai Ze (active 1662 -1722) Qing dynasty Credit: From Passion for the Mountains: 17 th Century Landscape Paintings from Nanjing Museum, China Institute Gallery, 2003

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