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phoenixfyre6967 — Peacock:Chinese Brush Painting
Published: 2009-08-03 00:44:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 12690; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 8003
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Well, i spent 4 maybe 5 hours on this (which wasn't too bad) but my dog ripped it nearly in half so there's only like 3 inches holding it together. (if you look very carefully, the rip is at the right side and starts at the top)But good thing in chinese brush painting it's totally repairable (if i don't make another mistake that is...) since in traditional, chinese brush painting, they do this thing with paintings where they sort of paste it to another sheet of paper to strengthen it, and paste that to a sort of cloth, which is kind of like their version of framing, so i'm not too angry or sad.
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Wonderful painting!I love the colors and composition of the piece.
Beautiful details in the feathers!
May I ask what the difference between Chinese painting and traditional painting is? :3
I have never worked with a tecnique so distinct before, so it's very exiting!
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Chinese Brush Paintings, or at least the style I work with, uses paints similar to watercolors, and super thin paper, and it takes a lot of control of your brush and water to be able to work with the absorbent paper. It's built to be a fairly fast style, and really meant to give an idea of what something looks like, and really tries to take advantage of negative space. I guess it's like a super early form of abstraction, with more constraints.
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Hehe maybe 
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Very nice. The blue colour is beautiful. Did you use ink? or paint? I also have a chinese brush and use it with thin ink. The legs of the bid and the head are very elegant. I think you used a pen here. Is that right? Perhaps it would be nice to use those elegant pen strokes more in the feathers as well.
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Thank you
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This is beautiful, I wish I was able to express myself like that.
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amazing!!!!! it is really cool!!! i am actually doing chinese brush painting in art class right now. can you give me some tips?
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Thanks! And wow, that's great! Where do you go to school that does Chinese brush painting in art class?
Tips: well, I could give you a whole list, but a lot of it is really getting used to the medium because it is after all pretty different from other things.
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NY ^^
ya it's kinda hard because this is like the first time i'm doing this. and what i was trying to do is a cherry blossom but the shades are tricky and i cant get the petals right. but your's is amazing ^^
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Oh ok, that's a bit more specific. Well, let's start with the tree trunk itself, I usually do an outline, then use the side of the brush, no water and black ink to get the roughness and then go over it later when it's dry with light gray (ink and water). As for the petals, practice on the side first, mix out a pink with carmine and white, or use carmine by itself, and dip the very tip of your brush with a darker red or pink. Less water is also better for cherry blossoms.
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but that's the thing we are only allowed to use light wash and india ink ... it's really hard because i cant use color
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Hmm, you could still do the rough side of the brush thing, and just use a light gray (india ink and water) and dip the tip of the brush in darker ink and you'll still get a similar effect
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ok thanks ^^ i'll try that in school tommorow i really appreciate your help because it's so hard!
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Just practice on the side first, this is really the type of thing you just need to get used to. Also, check into the brushes you're using, there are special chinese brush painting brushes you're supposed to use, if you don't have them, softer bristles I suspect are easier
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THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!! the project is finally over and i drew a cherry blossom tree with petals falling it was great thanks to you thank you so much!
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You're welcome
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Im going to try to as soon as my teacher returns the pictures but i suspect that will only be at the end of the year
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Aww, ok, keep me posted!
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I will! im so grateful! XD we are doing pop art right now like andy warhol stuff
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I'm glad I was such a help
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Amazing, you have excellent control of the different inks.
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wow looking good with the peacock! very lingnan style of painting. you should check out zhao shao ang he does simular style
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Fantastic painting. I love the use of colours. What paper did you use for this?
I tend to use wallpaper for practice pieces as it doesnt blotch too much. But use xuan paper for main painting. Though I havent started mounting any yet.
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Thanks and yep, xuan paper. (By the way, do you know whether or not it's called rice paper in English?) And NOW I know that it's called mounting, I could never find the word for it
I've done some mounting on my own, or at least the first part where it's onto another piece of paper. I mostly get mine done professionally in China though. I think it's like under $10 USD per painting
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I think xuan refers to the weave. I use mulberry paper, but know a few colelagues use rice paper. And glad to help with the mounting :
Mostly though I use lining paper (underlay for wallpaper) or just wallpaper. It has just about the right absorbtion.
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I really like this one. I don't know much about Chinese brush painting, but I love the color scheme and softness of the image
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this is my favorite piece of yours. the traditional painting style really suits you i think. it's organic and the colors are beautiful. good job!
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I always loved the more ancient styles of Chinese drawing/painting and this is perfect ramdition of those ancient works. Lovely with your own touches as I doubt they ever painted peacocks...but then again, what do I know? I never did truly indulge in studying that kind of artwork. But you did very well and I do love this. Too bad though your dog liked it too and tried to eat it..lol.
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They did actually, just not really that often. and thanks 
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Yeah, I would agree not often as I have never seen a peacock done in the japanese style before but I am not an expert. And your welcome.
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Actually, this is a chinese style, I think the Japanese stole it from the Chinese, but not sure about that
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Oh wow, bravo, bravo this is absolutely gorgeous! I've always wanted to try Chinese brush painting, and always loved to look at works in that style. Forgive me for gushing, but I am absolutely in love with this piece. The deep indigo blue of the peacock's body is mesmerizing in it's flow and variation of shades, and I adore the sense of movement captured in the angle of the bird's head and neck, positioning of the feet and left-ward lean of the tail.
I'm glad your dog didn't do any further damage!
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Hello! This piece has been featured in my journal
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Lovely work. You did the strokes very beautifully. I've always loved Asian painting, and this looks fairly close to it.
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