Ah, how nice! I think this is the Inkston Double Layer Xuan paper. Inkston double layer paper is much thicker than normal double layer Xuan papers. It is nice to see this humid weather in the painting. And I found that your signature seems to be very consistent in your paintings. Is that seal with black seal paste?
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It is very beautiful! Do you offer classes in your country?
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Hi riekjecares,
For the absolute beginners, you can consider our art material kit for beginners of Chinese painting and calligraphy.
For the brushes, you can consider the brushes listed in this kit. They are also available for sale separately. Inkston has special offer for workshops and schools. Please contact us service@inkston.com and our salesperson will be in contact with you shortly.
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Hi riejkecares,
For me, I use mostly weasel hair brush to do the beak and eye because this type of hair is stiff and can easily create the texture feeling of the beak and eyes.
As for the size of the brush, I sometimes use the Inkston gongbi brush which is made with weasel hair. Sometimes, I just use the standard weasel brush which is used also for small regular script calligraphy.
Inkston 0903Ws 花枝俏 “Flower Brush” Extra Fine Detail LangHao Wolf brush
Or bigger sizes,
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What would be a good brush for the thin lines of the beak and eye of a bird
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In fact, since different people usually have different preferences on Xuan paper. In order to find the most suitable paper without wasting money and time, we would recommend you to order a pack of our Inkston handmade xuan paper sample pack. This is 0.5 USD and contains 22 different types of papers which are well organized in a nice case. You can also get this sample pack for free for your first order at inkston.
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This was down inkston Xuan paper.
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Hi Amr,
We consulted some mounting masters and their suggestion is that you can boil the entire brush. However, I also heard that some people feel the brush would get a bit too soft after being boiled. Some people like it soft while some people prefer it a bit harder. It is a bit personal. There is no strict timing on the boiling process. Maybe you can check it frequently while boiling it?
And, the palm brush might have too much ‘dust’ *small bits of fibers. Normally the higher grade, the less small fibers would fall out. The small ‘dust’ can be very annoying when you use it to mount. Therefore, if you feel there seems to be endless small fibers falling out even after you have boiled the brush, you can use the brush for other purposes for a while. Other purposes can include use the brush to clean table, carpet, etc. Because this will help ‘polish’ the brush in a natural way. In the end, the brush will become ‘cooperative’. 🙂 Again, this can be different from people to people.
We would recommend you to apply different extra steps when you feel necessary. If you take very good care of the brush, a high quality brush can endure for 10 years or even more. The longer the better it can become.
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Hi Yan,
Thank you so much for the answer. One clarification, do you boil the entire brush including the grip, or do you boil only the bristle part, or do you boil only the tip that touches the paper?
Thanks!
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For natural stone seal, it is not very recommended to use chemicals to clean it because the chemicals might harm the stone surface. There is a very popular way in China to clean the seal. I use kneadable eraser. This can help clean the small details on the carving. I think this way is quite good.
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Yes exactly… and there are some papers of different hues such as the walnut aged appearance:
and the decorated papers: http://ift.tt/2jWz6w4 which are also quite traditional – that is to make use of a coloured background, not necessarily that background detail should be painted.
I also like the pictures where the background is entirely implied: http://ift.tt/2y4fU60 or suggested with a stroke:
Other times, other styles a background is needed and that can be great too…
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Oh I see what you mean – lovely picture but a bit too big for my screen too.
To get the best result:
I’ve just done this on this picture: http://ift.tt/2fmkvoy and now it fits on the screen and it is also possible to zoom right in.
However it might also be just a good and simpler solution to make the picture smaller before uploading.
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The peculiarity is this…
Traditionally Chinese Paintings did NOT have a coloured background. Rather the hue of paper would allow some degree of mood swing on content painted.
The westerner always paints in the details of what was in the background of the painting, a church, some trees, a blue sky and some clouds but the traditionalist doesn’t add these elements
Some of the beauty of real traditional Chinese art is that it isolates the subject without a background no matter what the background.
Otherwise the question is a complicated one.
To colour the background depends on the type, thickness, age, resistance to water, fibre type and size of the paper used and then the colour required, its paint substance, the viscosity, the acidity of the water, the density of the mixture and on and on and on.
In art there is no recipe that’s universal.
You experiment as we all do.
And even then, this week it looks one way next week another because weather changes, humidity changes, speed of drying, and so on.
The PERFECT way? you nee an airbrush and paint solution that will work through it. This way the mist is so fine it will discolour the paper without droplets and without tide-line.
Be confident. Anything goes. This is art. Not cake baking. 🙂
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Hi when I send a picture in it gets to be to big how do I make the picture smaller to fit the page on( what did you paint today)
Raz.
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this was done on double Xuan the size is 9×12,
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Please you can boil it for a couple of minutes or you simply soak the new brush in hot water for 5 to 10 minutes. It would also be recommended to add a bit salt in the water. The salt can help protect the brush by avoiding fungus.
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Feng Zikai (simplified Chinese: 丰子恺; traditional Chinese: 豐子愷; pinyin: Fēng Zǐkǎi) (November 9, 1898 – September 15, 1975) was an influential Chinese painter, pioneering manhua artist and essay author. ...
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Wow, beautiful! I love the villages very much!
I have tried 0809 raw Xuan paper too but I always feel it is a bit absorbent. How did you manage to paint such nice details of the dragon? Did you use alum and resin to lay the colors?
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This was done on Inkston Xuan paper 0809.
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Done on Inkston circle unmounted Xuan paper.
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This was done on Inkston Xuan paper (0809)
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This was done on Inkstone unmounted circle Xuan paper.
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Gail has always worked in the arts including music, theatre and painting. While earning her degree in Directing for the Theatre, she did her costume, set and lighting design renderings...
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Anhui has some beautiful historic villages that continue to inspire new generations of painters.
Hongcun, Anhui, from China Daily.
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Apparently this 1,000 year old brush rinsing pot is expected to sell for over 13 million US dollars!
Ru rinsing pot, Northern Song dynasty
Apparently the last similar pot sold at Sotheby’s in 2012 went for $22 million…!
For those on a more modest budget, Inkston has some newer designer ceramic rinsing pots etc here: http://ift.tt/2yuTGHf
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Made on Extra fine flower/bird paper from inkston.
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Hi everyone. I just received some palm fibre brushes for mounting, and the instructions said to boil and sand before use. I was aware that the tip should be sanded with sand paper to make sure it is smooth before touching the paper, but I didn’t know about the boiling.
Do you boil the whole brush or just the tip? How long should it be boiled? Should it be boiled with plain water or alum water?
I would appreciate any help on this subject.
Thanks!
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Name: Meredith McPherson Artistic/studio name (given to me by master calligrapher Liang Zongheng) is Mo Feisheng 墨蜚聲 While I was working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., I asked...
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