Sunday, November 5, 2017

How often should I replace my brush?

Recently I visited one Chinese artist and found that he has so many brushes which are exactly the same. I thought once you buy one brush, the brush can last for years if it is a high quality one. However, he told me that he replaces brushes almost every week. I was really surprised! If I need to replace brushes so frequently, what should I do with the old brushes? They seem too good to be thrown away.

Only professionals are so strict on their materials? Or should I also change my brushes so often? What do you think?

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

Mounting silk is the same as mounting painting. 🙂 Therefore, we didn’t write a separate article this subject. If you encounter any problem during mounting, please share your experience with us in the forum! 🙂

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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Reply To: "SU" ink vs Fresh ink

hi luoyan

this is really interesting…you have shared some unique information. i will have a look at this artist’s work.

thank you!

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Reply To: painting three faces of a rock in Chinese painting

Another good example of rock painting by Chinese artists SunYan. He paints the lines by dotting the brush quickly. And he also suggested that to get special texture of the rock, you can also leave the paper on uneven surface and then paint. This will help create a very natural texture.

There is one example.

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

Thank you, maybe it would be nice to have a subject about silk around the painting as well someday.

 

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Reply To: "SU" ink vs Fresh ink

Su Ink can also help avoid the fuzziness of painting. Yes, quality inksticks are the best choice to make Su Ink. This is a famous painting technique used by Huang BinHong. Some of his paintings are very thick and you will find that actually he paints both sized of the paper, which even further makes the painting thicker and darker.

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Reply To: How can I avoid ink ´running off the painting´when I mount my painting?

‘running ink’ can happen quite often even if sometimes you use high quality inkstick and paper. There are many reasons to explain this. Most commonly reason is bad Xuan paper. However, bad control of water can also cause this problem. Artists in China use Su Ink to avoid ‘running ink’ problem. Su Ink can avoid this problem is because it is very thick. The special effect that Su Ink can realize is ‘lock ink on paper while only let extra water spread away’.

 

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Reply To: Second layer, mounting.

Hi Bei Li, you can also try one layer if you use the thick backing paper. Yes, once it is mounted, you can frame it. 🙂 For the natural mounting glue, we will update one more tip. I will send you the link shortly.

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Reply To: brush for cursive script, semi-cursive script

Thanks cwtmovement! We got some ideas on use of brush. Hopefully we can share them soon today or tomorrow. 🙂

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Reply To: Huangshan – Yellow Mountain

Foggy yellow mountain:

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Reply To: Huangshan – Yellow Mountain

Thanks Jonathan! I also have two to share! Sadly, my mobile phone battery was dead when sunrise came.

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Reply To: inktober

Thank you so much, Yan.  The painting was done on toned tan paper – I am still learning how to work with rice paper and definitely need some practice!

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