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Simplicity Of Brush Painting: Handling A Double Edged Sword
Simple bamboo painting on new Semi-sized Shuen Paper
The Initial Attraction
Many of us were initially attracted to Chinese Brush Painting or Sumi-e...
You Are Unique As An Artist
"Carefree" by Chao Shao-an. Featured in Album Paintings by Chao Shao-an. Look out for a video book review of this beautiful book to be released on ...
Lotus and Transcendence
Photo credit: Linda W. MyOwnChineseBrocade.com
History of Lotus in China
Lotus has a significant place as a symbol in Chinese culture. We see Lotus...
Life Lessons From The Spirit Of Bamboo
Bamboo in the wind painting, featured in M003: The Fundamentals of Chinese Floral Painting V3: Bamboo
The Essence of Bamboo is Strength Through Fle...
Dancing Grass Brush, Goldfish and Carp Book Review, Free As A Bird Lesson
Free Demo Video Featuring the Dancing Grass Brush and the Free as a Bird Lesson
Dancing Grass Brush
A useful and addictive line brush
Slim bod...
Collaborative Painting
With all of the social distancing that is necessary because of the pandemic, we are missing the in person experience of painting with those with a ...
Exploring A New Paper: One Artist's Process
How to Explore a New Paper
During our last OAS Painting Challenge in our OASlife Facebook group, we were struck by the submissions of artist and OA...
Crow on Suminagashi by Peggy Kimiecik
Crow with Suminagashi (marbling) background by Peggy Kimiecik on OAS Vintage Mulberry Paper. Peggy went through a wonderful process "getting to kno...
“I have always been surprised with what washes up at the beach.” Painting by Clifford Brown
Wonderfully interesting painting by Clifford Brown on OAS Practice Roll. We love the humor and non-traditional feeling of this painting. Clifford i...
The Power of Students
A painting of Xi Chun demonstrating painting to her friend. This is from the rare book Beautiful Women by Hwa San-chiuen.
The Often Underestimated...
Tattoo Art
Tattoo art, founded thousands of years ago, and other related art forms, have never been more popular than they are today. Their popularity gained ...
Rose of China from 100 Flowers by O-Shi Yang
This beautiful painting is just one of 100 different flowers featured in this popular and iconic book. O-Shi Yang is a Chinese Brush Painting maste...
