For itself of Chinese painting, it is an extremely difficult art.
Present skill of Chinese painting can be exactly summarized with
two words "brush and ink". "Brush and ink" in Chinese painting is
just the most significant means to form abstract present of Chinese
Painting. Two words of "brush and ink" should have three
explanations nowadays. The first one is the names of tool materials
of Chinese painting (ink-wash painting), which just refers to the brush
and the ink. The second one is it is the general name of traditional
present skill of Chinese painting (using brush and ink). The third one
is it not only refers to accumulated experience and traditional essence,
but also includes a variety of present skills developed, enriched and innovated
based on traditional skills of using brush and ink.
Tool materials of Chinese
brush and ink have very complex functions of application:
Use the brush's center, side, loosed, free or adverse part with skills of
rapidness, slowness, lifting, pressing, pausing and transiting. Use strong,
light, dry, wet, withered or moist ink with skills of amass-ink, splash-ink,
cleave-ink and lodge-ink. With the skill of using water, there are endless
skills. These infinite skills present various visional types, such as large
or small, thick or light, long or short, square or round, transverse or upright,
wind or straight, light or weight, numerous or simple, void or real, motive
or quiet, light or thick, gathering or dismissing, open or close, slow or quick,
strong or weak, serious or free, young or old, simple or colorful, quiet or busy,
vigorous or charming, bright or dark and grant or elegant. With the present
style of general line, unique sculpt skill of using brush and ink in Chinese
painting is built.
In Chinese painting, both nice and fluent traditional Chinese
realistic painting with its excellent and unique present to characters, grasses,
flowers, birds, mountains and water and natural vigorous traditional Chinese
freehand painting with its powerful romantic charm not only come from
internal artistic spirit of artists, but also spring from brush, rice paper and
Chinese ink. Chinese painting will show its gloss with its unique character
forever.
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