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Brush Painting: Flowing Leavesby *StarlightJune

Traditional Art / Paintings / Still Life

During my senior year of college I decided to try my hand at Chinese brush painting. My grandma on my mother's side used to do fantastic brush painting, and I inherited her supplies when she went to live with my uncle when I was in high school (she could no longer paint because of arthiritis and a stroke). So off I went, and after a month and more of laboring and learning, I decided it wasn't for me and quit, which is sad, giving up too easily; but while I was at it I did learn the basics and managed to paint a few simple things with the strokes I learned, without blotting the whole mess up.

This is one of the standard type of paintings used to practice the flowing, precise strokes very commonly used. It looks effortless, and I thought so myself when I saw it, but my aching wrist betrayed that.

Actually, the secret to my clean strokes are that I practiced on regular computer paper, which handled the ink smoothly. It's kind of cheating because the proper way to brush paint is on rice paper which I did horribly on because it's very absorbant and soaks up ink like crazy, so that I ended up with big blotches and lumpy things. Again, it would take a lot of practice and patience to master it, which I didn't stick around to do unfortunately.

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~elmi164 Sep 12, 2009

i took a japanese brush painting class for a while
and we had to paint a piece just like that
yours is so much better than mine ever was

~Okami-Rain Mar 10, 2009

I love how simple Chinese Brush Paintings are. Its an art where you're teacher doesn't give you he11 for painting a lone image in the middle of a white or tan sheet of paper because in this style, It just looks right.

I love this!

They're orchids, right? I really like how you did it! I draw EVERYTHIN' ON COMPUTER PAPER! and you know, the ink actually looks good! Any other paint or ink on copy paper will wrinkle it unrecognizably.

I don't do REAL Chinese Brush Paintings, but I DO use customized brushes and other techniques on the computer in photo shop. I find you can get quite realistic drawings.

ANYway, INSTANT

I lURVZ It!! Great Job!!

*StarlightJune Mar 10, 2009

Hey, thanks~ This is indeed ink on computer paper, that's why it flows so well, hehe. When you actually transition to real rice paper you finally understand why the teachers have emphasized brush technique (and how to hold a brush properly) until they're blue in the face. The ink bleeds very well on rice paper -_-; so it's like - control is important. Makes your hand hurt, the way you gotta keep it at the exact angle.

But yeah, it's an awesome style. I'm glad you enjoy this painting!