Article · Asian Art Museum Education
A Visual Vocabulary of Brushstrokes
- Type
- Article
- Level
- All levels
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
Illustrated gallery of eight Chinese brush modes, among them xieyi, gongbi, dry brush, broken ink, boneless and outline, with museum examples. Explains how speed, pressure, moisture and angle change the mark.
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