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Chinese Brush Painting Four Seasons

Paint Flowers, Birds, Fruits & More with Step-by-Step Projects
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Chinese Brush Painting Four Seasons by Fei Le Niao explores traditional Chinese painting through the lens of the twenty-four solar terms representing spring, summer, autumn, and winter. This practical guide introduces the foundational materials—brush, ink, paper, inkstone, and pigment—and gradually leads readers through more than 30 brush techniques. Detailed tutorials demonstrate how to create 24 elegant ink paintings featuring flowers, birds, fruits, landscapes, and more, accompanied by clear graphic steps and helpful tips.

The book also encourages readers to incorporate their paintings into everyday life, transforming art into decorative items and gifts. Its user-friendly spine design ensures ease of use while practising.
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This book is ideal for beginner and intermediate artists interested in Chinese ink painting, as well as those fascinated by Chinese culture and seasonal themes. It suits hobbyists seeking step-by-step guidance to develop brush skills and create meaningful artworks.

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Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Chinese Brush Painting Four Seasons combines Chinese painting techniques with the twenty-four solar terms of traditional Chinese culture. According to the sequence of the four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—natural scenes are refined into a series of charming ink paintings. Following the tutorials in this book, you can complete beautiful ink and wash paintings in just a few strokes.

In this book:

Starting with the most basic knowledge, you will gain an understanding of the classification and characteristics of the brush, ink, paper, inkstone, and pigment. You can gradually move from superficial to deeper techniques as they are integrated into the tutorials, including a total of more than 30 painting techniques that can be easily learned through practice.

Follow meticulous graphic steps and intimate key tips to complete 24 fine ink paintings with rich themes centred around flowers, birds, vegetables and fruits, fish and insects, and landscapes. Gain inspiration to integrate these paintings into life and turn them into practical items which can be used to decorate your home or as gifts. Easily copied images and the spine binding design make it easy to spread the book evenly as you practice.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781938368981

Publisher: Shanghai Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 April 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: SCPG Publishing Corporation

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 120

About the Author

With 11 years of experience in painting education, Fei Le Niao Studio has published more than 400 art books, of which more than 100 have been translated and imported to many countries. With its own art education and painting material research and development center, more than 30 million people around the world learn painting from Fei Le Niao Studio and enjoy the beautiful life of painting it introduces.

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