looking for pre mounted Xuan paper with design on the sides

Hi, Yan, I was watching a painter on youtube she was painting on a piece of Xuan paper with design like what a scroll has on it the size looked like the center  was 11×14 in size it looked like it was pre-mounted  but i am not shore i was wondering if you know what I am talking about its hard to explain to you but see what you come up with,

Raz,

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Patricia Larkin Green

Sumi-e (Asian Ink Painter) Artist and Teacher (Sensei) in the Den sho (伝承) tradition (Hand to hand) while meditating on lessons from the Rinzai Zen philosophy

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Reply To: Landscape painting

Hi!

I have a few books to recommend for learning landscapes – both Chinese and Japanese.

1.  Oriental Painting Course – Wang Jia Nan and Cai Xiaoli with Dawn Young

2.  Chinese Brushwork in Calligraphy and Painting – Kwo Da-Wei

3.  Complete Sumi-e Techniques – Sadami Yamada – he also has a separate publication just for Sumi-e landscape painting.

4. The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting – Mai-mai Sze

I have all these books myself plus quite a few more – I refer to all of them depending on whether I am working on calligraphy or sumi-e.

Best of luck!

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Big Wolf Brush

Thanks Casey Shannon for the lovely review on the 梅骨 Meigu Big 狼毫 Lang Hao Wolf brush which is the largest in the inkston brand.
We hope that more people can soon enjoy these fine materials!

Inkston 0700Ws 梅骨 Meigu Big 狼毫 Lang Hao Wolf brush

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I received my brush yesterday. I was very surprised at the wonderful quality of this brush. It is fabulous. I can’t wait to actually do a full painting with it. I tried it out and it dances on the paper! So excited. Inkston company also has my highest recommendation. They are a very classy company with top quality products. Every care is taken with your purchase. My brush came in a cloth holder and also had a sample of Xuan (rice) paper in a beautiful folded gold packet. Very special touch. This is a great brush!

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Landscape painting

Does any one know a good book for practising landscapes, esspecially the layers on the mountains I want to learn better.

Riekje

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

<p style=”text-align: center;”>Thanks for your advice and the link, I read already everything about chinese painting, and watch youtube, there is a lot about mounting, but not a lot about the whole proces, with silk etc. I would love to make a scroll muself.</p>

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

Hello!

riekjecares, chinese mounting is a dificult process, it takes years to master. However, with a bit of concentration you can reach good results faster than that. Be sure to read and watch everything available on line about the subject and make test mountings with less important pieces.

About the tapes, they are not mandatory (not among my favorites either). You can read about them here: http://ift.tt/2hQw60x

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Reply To: Seal Paste Problems

<p style=”text-align: left;”>It dosen’t seem to be too dry, there’s no need to stir or add oil. Beware of adding oil, it may migrate in the paper after you stamp. The paste should be gel-like, just like heavy body artist oil paint. Gently touch it with the stamp, carefull not to load paste inside the carvings. It helps to have a small piece of linoleum to pre stamp on and rub the seal gently against, so as to make the load more uniform. Some experience with linocut printing may help you stamp better! ☺</p>

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Reply To: Seal Paste Problems

When I see your picture, there is enough oil in it. Have you tryed to stamp already? I ad first had sealpaste from holland it was also dry and just if there where long treads of plants in it. Now I have sealpaste of inkston, even the cheapest one, and it works really well.

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Reply To: Rabbit Skin Glue – Why?

In Spain, people use rabbit glue. You might be interested to contact artist Pepe Valera. He will be happy to discuss with you. 🙂

Pepe Valera

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Reply To: Rabbit Skin Glue – Why?

ooops, someone from inkston again.

apply glued water on finished paintings. And then paint again. and then apply some glue. You can repeat this as many times as the painting needs. Do the adjustments yourself.

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Reply To: Seal Paste Problems

Thanks LuoYan!

I will try this.  It is not dry but yet very thick and hard to stir so maybe small amount of oil is the answer!
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Reply To: Seal Paste Problems

Please try Castor oil. Sometimes, white sesame oil is also added in the Castor oil. Add oil to rescue the seal paste needs to be very careful! Never add extra oil to the seal paste. Otherwise, the it will get too much oil stain.

Nevertheless, I feel the seal paste in your picture doesn’t seem to be dry.

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Reply To: Seal Paste Problems

yes, here it is.

thanks.

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Reply To: Seal Paste Problems

It might depend on the formulation of the paste.   Any picture?  was it in an airtight container?  how old is it?

While not a direct answer, there are some notes here – as noted in the article and someone also answered on facebook the oil may have separated, so if it is not completely solid it could be possible to mix some oil back in.

“Hui Chi Yeung mix it with some walnut oil. just one or two drops and stir it. maybe olive oil is also ok.”

Chinese Seal Paste

and you can replace the paste, there are range of red refills from Jiang SiXu Tang including an aged appearance which might meet your needs:

仿古印泥 Aging Appearance Cinnabar Seal Paste

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Reply To: Rabbit Skin Glue – Why?

Thank you, most of that I could find out in general research, but I was particularly interested in how it is used in Asian  painting other than mixing with paint – and someone else (not from Inkston) told me it is used to adhere gold leaf to paintings. I have since found that reference in a Japanese painting book.

 

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Reply To: Rabbit Skin Glue – Why?

Animal glue has a history of over 6,000 years, made from animal skin, bones etc.
In fact ancient chinese ink was made from pine soot and animal glue, for example buffalo horn.

Hide glue from animal skin is fairly neutral PH whereas bone glue is more acidic.
The easy water solubility in water together with the neutral PH makes hide glue a preferred choice for working with sensitive materials and delicate woodwork such as veneer and marquetry and delicate musical instruments such as violins:  the glue needs to be non damaging and easily removable to be able to open and repair the violin.

In artistic use, rabbit-skin glue can be used as a binder or thickener for paint and is the traditional binding ingredient in gesso. You can also use it when mixing your own colours.
It can also be used with alum as an ingredient for sizing paper for gongbi style painting.

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Rabbit Skin Glue – Why?

I was given a small packet and told it was Rabbit Skin glue.  First, I was upset for the rabbit – but I have since seen it sold in the art stores also – so I would like to know its function with regard to Asian paintings.  Thank you.

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

Hi

Yes I do think rough-to-rough is ideal, but rough-to-smooth would work too, I think.  I also do bookbinding and so work with paste and glue often. My calligraphy is done typically on the smooth side, as I was taught.

Sometimes there is almost no difference between sides of the paper which tells me that I have to ‘test’ each side first if I want to make absolutely sure, but with paper like that, in the end, it doesn’t seem to matter.  The same amount of sizing has probably been used on both sides when it was made.

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Reply To: Preparation of palm fibre brush

Thank you for this great information – I recently purchased a palm brush and was wondering whether I needed to prepare it first. This has been so helpful!

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Seal Paste Problems

Hello

I purchased a seal paste in a lovely box which came with a special tool to stir the paste and the seal paste container had not been opened. However, the paste is so thick I can’t use it – it does not seem to work. Can I rescue it? Does anyone know how to restore seal paste to make it more usable?  I really like the colour of it – it’s an antique red.  Hope you can help me!

Thank you.

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Sumi-E Society of America, INC.

Sumi-E Society of America
Connect East and West through East Asian Brush Painting

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“Beauty in the New Era” – Beijing

“Beauty in the New Era”  opens at National Art Museum of China, Beijing

(Xu Beihong – galloping horse 徐悲鸿 奔马 105×60.8cm 1944年 国画)

 

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300 Tang Poems – translated by Xu YuanChong

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A very fine book on the famous 300 poems from Tang Dynasty. This book definitely has selected the most classic Tang poems. It is a very well edited book for Chinese literature and art lovers. Each poem is also accompanied with one Chinese painting.

It is translated by professor 許淵冲 Xu YuanChong (1921- ) who is a knowledgeable professor from Peking University. In 1999, he was nominated for Nobel Literature Prize. Besides English, professor Xu is also an expert on French classic literature and he translated major French classics into Chinese. He also translates Chinese classics into French.

 

Author: various poets from Tang Dynasty

Translator: 許淵冲 Xu YuanChong
Publishing House: Wu Zhou Broadcasting Publishing House, 1st edition, 1st January, 2012
Name: 300 Tang Poems
Page: 336 pages

Languages: Chinese, English
ISBN: 9787508521916

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Yuan dynasty involvement in astronomical observatories in Australia

This curious study examines Yuan dynasty involvement in astronomical observatories in Australia:

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廖勤 Liao Qin, 中央美术学院中国画学院教师 Professor at China Central Academy of Fine Arts, School of Traditional Chinese Painting

Biography 1981年生于湖南 2001年毕业于中央美术学院附中； 2005年毕业于中央美术学院中国画系水墨人物专业本科，获文学学士学位； 2010年毕业于中央美术学院中国画学院人物造型专业研究生，获文学硕士学位；同年留校任教于中央美术学院中国画学院至今，中国美术家协会会员。 中国画作品参展“第五、六届中国北京国际美术双年展”、“第四、五届全国青年美展”、“第十二届全国美展”、“第四届全国中国画大展”，“首届中国美术馆收藏青年美术家作品展”、“纪念中国人民抗战暨世界反法西斯战争胜利70周年全国美展”、“纪念中国工农红军长征胜利80周年美展”、“中华民族大团结全国美展”、“亚洲国际艺术节”等；多幅作品被中国美术馆、中央美院美术馆、加拿大、日本、韩国等海内外艺术机构所收藏。 Born in Hunan in 1981 In 2001 graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts middle school; In 2005 graduated from Central Academy of Fine...

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Reply To: Calligraphy next to painting.

许渊冲 Xu YuanChong has wonderful translations of ancient Chinese poems. Inkston definitely loves his translations most and would like to recommend his books to all who love Chinese arts and literature. He was also nominated for the Noble Literature Prize.

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

Nice comment from facebook:

Meredith McPherson The rough and smooth sides of raw single xuan can be subtle in their differences. I like to write calligraphy on the smooth side since it allows the brush to move faster and more freely. Wet mounting is basically pasting two pieces of paper together. From a physical perspective, paste will adhere better to a rough texture than to a smooth surface. For that reason alone, I apply wet mounting paste to the back rough side of the painting and adhere the wet mounting paper’s rough side next to the painting’s rough side. That is … rough side to rough side for best adherence. Any other ideas on this?

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Ancient Wall Paintings from the Shanxi Museum

“Ancient Wall Paintings from the Shanxi Museum” exhibition will start at the Shanghai Museum on November 29 and end in March next year.

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Reply To: How to choose proper brush size to paint?

Weasel hair brush is a very good choice for any levels. They are suitable for regular script 楷书 KaiShu, cursive script 草书 CaoShu, semi cursive script 行书 XingShu, and Xing Cao 行草 which is  script between cursive and regular.

• 小楷 small script is 3 – 5 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 2.1 * 0.5cm.

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• 中楷 medium script is 3 – 7 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 2.7 * 0.6cm.

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• 大楷 big script is 3 – 9 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 3.1 * 0.8cm.

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• 寸楷 large script is 5 – 11 cm calligraphy: brush hair is around 3.6 * 1.2 cm.

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Christmas Sales in USA

From the 16th November, Inkston USA Amazon Shop started its Christmas Sales. Over 184 products which are stocked in USA Amazon warehouse are on discount. Discount is from 10 to 70% off.

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30 metre scroll sold for 225,000GBP

This 98ft (30m) handscroll by Xu Naigu has been dubbed an early version of the ‘Facebook wall conversation’, as it has more than 98 ‘posts’ or calligraphic inscriptions spanning 127 years by renowned historical figures.

Telling Tales: rare handscroll by Xu Naigu offered in Fine Chinese Paintings auction

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