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Maple Tree Painting by Chang Hsiung
Tree - III
"The maple leaves are painted with carmine mixed with some ink in broken dots."
This beautiful painting is from Chang Hsiung's book, Lan...
Landscape Painting by Ning Yeh
This landscape painting by Ning Yeh was painted using Semi-Sized Xuan Paper.
This is an excellent all-purpose paper as it offers you the smoothness...
Xuan Paper
The History of Xuan Paper
Xuan paper is a type of paper that goes back to the Tang Dynasty. "Xuan" refers to the town where the paper was originall...
How to Choose the Right Paper for Chinese Brush Painting
Let's Start with Defining Some Terms
Rice Paper:Rice paper is a generic term that really just means paper that is for Chinese Brush Painting or Cal...
What is Shuen or Xuan Paper?
Shuen and Xuan Paper:
"Shuen" and "Xuan" are different spellings for the same type of paper. This is the original type of paper used for Chinese Br...
Pygmy Owl by O-shi Yang
This beautiful Pygmy Owl painting by O-shi Yang is featured in her Book 100 Birds. Check out the video book review below:
Chrysanthemum Painting from Magic of the Brush
Chrysanthemum Painting from Magic of the Brush by Kai-Yu Hsu and Catherine Woo. This book is a wonderful overview of the philosophy, history, techn...
Praying Mantis and Chrysanthemum by Su-sing Chow
This lovely Praying Mantis and Chrysanthemum painting by Su-sing Chow is featured in his book Vegetables, Fruits, Insects & Aquatic Life: Insec...
Painting Cute Animals - Peek Inside
Squirrel painting from the book, "Painting Cute Animals by Fang Zhwu-shiung"
Painting Cute Animals
Artist Fang Zhwu-shiung gives step-by-step instr...
Two Small Paintings Done with Suminagashi (Marbling) Backgrounds on OAS Artist Stationery
These two small paintings were done one suminagashi (marbling) ink backgrounds on the versatile OAS Artist Stationery.
Artist Stationery is vintage...
Water Lily by Ning Yeh
This Water Lily composition by Ning Yeh is featured in his book, 108 Flowers Book 4.
Hollyhock by Ning Yeh from 108 Flowers Book 3
This Hollyhock painting is featured in Ning Yeh's 108 Flowers, Book 3. Stay tuned as our new video this week, takes inspiration from this lesson an...
