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

131 Pages·2017·25.14 MB·English

by  Sungsook Hong Setton

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CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING TECHNIQUES:
SIMPLICITY, SPIRIT, & PERSONAL JOURNEY
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© 2017 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.
Text and Illustrations © 2017 Sungsook Hong Setton
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ISBN: 978-1-63159-290-4
Digital edition: 978-1-63159-416-8
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Digital edition published in 2017
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Design and Page Layout: Rita Sowins / Sowins Design
Cover Image: Sungsook Hong Setton
Photography: Christina Bohn Photography
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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 79 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
20 Paint 88 Silver Birch Tree
20 How to Set Up a Table 90 Maple Tree
21 BASICS TECHNIQUES 92 WINTER
21 Holding & Loading a Brush 93 Snow-Covered Pine Needles
24 Ink Tones 96 Central Park
25 Basic Use of the Brush 100 Misty, Windy, Stormy Day
26 Center Brush Stroke
27 Reverse Stroke 102 PAINTING MUSIC
28 Side Brush Stroke
108 MOUNTING PAPER
29 Orchid Flower or Bamboo Leaf
Brush Stroke 112 NAME AND MOOD SEALS
30 Flying White Stroke 114 GALLERY
30 Split Brush Stroke
122 CONCLUSION
31 Hake Brush Stroke
31 Dancing Brush Stroke 124 RESOURCES
32 The Four Noble Plants
125 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
52 Landscape Painting
126 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
68 Composition, Perspective, and Space
127 INDEX

OPPOSITE: THE FLATIRON BUILDING, NEW YORK
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