The Spirit of the Brush: Chinese Brush Painting Techniques: Simplicity, Spirit, and Personal

131 Pages·2017·25.14 MB·English

by  Sungsook Hong Setton

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CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING TECHNIQUES:
SIMPLICITY, SPIRIT, & PERSONAL JOURNEY
SUNGSOOK HONG SETTON
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The
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CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING TECHNIQUES:
SIMPLICITY, SPIRIT, AND PERSONAL JOURNEY
SUNGSOOK HONG SETTON
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Text and Illustrations © 2017 Sungsook Hong Setton
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Contents
9 INTRODUCTION: 72 SPRING
Letting the Brush Lead 73 Willow Tree
74 Spring Branches with Birds
12 SPIRIT: IN SEARCH OF Qi 76 Pond with Ducks
16 TOOLS AND MATERIALS 7 9 SUMMER
16 Brushes 80 Avalon Garden: Echinacea and
17 Preparing a New Brush & Brush Dragonflies
Maintenance 82 Dunes
18 Ink Sticks and Ink Stones 84 Banana Palms
18 Grinding Ink
19 Paper 86 FALL
19 Other Accessories 87 Fall at the Beach
2 0 Paint 88 Silver Birch Tree
2 0 How to Set Up a Table 90 Maple Tree
21 BASICS TECHNIQUES 92 WINTER
21 Holding & Loading a Brush 93 Snow-Covered Pine Needles
2 4 Ink Tones 96 Central Park
2 5 Basic Use of the Brush 100 Misty, Windy, Stormy Day
2 6 Center Brush Stroke
2 7 Reverse Stroke 102 PAINTING MUSIC
2 8 Side Brush Stroke
108 MOUNTING PAPER
2 9 Orchid Flower or Bamboo Leaf
Brush Stroke 1 1 2 NAME AND MOOD SEALS
3 0 Flying White Stroke 1 1 4 GALLER Y
3 0 Split Brush Stroke
122 CONCLUSION
31 Hake Brush Stroke
31 Dancing Brush Stroke 124 RESOURCES
3 2 The Four Noble Plants
125 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
5 2 Landscape Painting
6 8 Composition, Perspective, and Space 126 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
127 INDEX

OPPOSITE: TH E F L AT I R O N B U I L D I N G , N E W YO R K
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