A Chinese Gongbi is painted using a Chinese writing brush (Mao Bi), Chinese ink and Chinese painting colors, on some impermeable material, mainly on Shu Xuan (impermeable paper), Shu Juan (impermeable thin silk), that has been covered a layer or more layers of gelatin and alum water to ensure that the wet color or color water can not soak through.
Chinese Gongbi is the opposite of Chinese Xieyi Painting. The latter is more freely and quickly sketched paintings, mainly to sketch the thoughts of the artists.
Chinese Gongbi emphasizes meticulous detail. Every thing should be expressed with a quite delicate, meticulous style. Every line, stroke and detail, even a strand of hair must be painted clearly, therefore, it requires the artists not only to have good painting skills, but also to work with very peaceful hearts and much patience. Usually, a Chinese Gongbi Painting takes a long time to complete.
Line is the skeleton of Chinese Gongbi Painting;everything is expressed by different lines. Line gives Chinese Gongbi Painting a strong ornamental result.
Depending on the techniques, Chinese Gongbi Painting includes Baimiao (painting with exact delineation with Chinese ink only), Gongbi Dancai (painting with exact delineation and light colours) and Gongbi Zhongcai (painting with exact delineation and enriched colors).
To paint a Chinese Gongbi painting, the artist usually has to go through a set series of steps:
—Draft it with pencil;
—Copy and delineate the draft as a Chinese Baimiao with Chinese ink and brush. Various lines ( there are at least 18 sorts of lines) are used in painting a Chinese Baimiao Painting.
—Color it several times (usually 3 to 9 times) so that it will be a Chinese Gongbi Painting. (During the process, you usually need to brush the paper with gelatin water and alum water to fix the color on the paper and to prevent seepage through the paper or silk.)
The Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1279 A.D.) reached to the highest peak in Chinese Gongbi Painting.
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Sequence:
Time Content Love, Kinship and Friendship
关雎 — Singing Ospreys
七步诗 — The Quatrain of Seven Steps
寄扬州韩绰判官 — Send to the Official Han Chuo in Yang Zhou
夜雨寄北 —Send a Poem Letter to Someone in the North on a Rainy Night
Landscape
敕勒歌 — Chi Le Song
一望二三里 — Have A Look Over, Two, Three Miles
柏林寺南望 — Look Over the South From the Bailin Temple
江雪 — Fishing on a Snowy River
Philosophy
赋新月 — Ode to the New Moon
Travel and Farewell
赠汪伦 — Present the Poem to Wang Lun
静夜思 — Missing my Hometown in the Peaceful Night
绝句(江碧鸟逾白) — On the Blue River, Birds Seem More White
Song of the Spring
晚春 — Late Spring
Encouragement
庭竹 — The Bamboo in the Courtyard
梅花 — Plum Blossoms
Appendix
My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
The Appendix ( Nov 16, 2017 in China) of My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
Chinese Gongbi Painting
Chinese Gongbi Painting
Chinese Gongbi is also called Traditional Chinese Fine Brush Painting or Chinese Realistic Painting, and is characterized by fine brushwork and close attention to detail.A Chinese Gongbi is painted using a Chinese writing brush (Mao Bi), Chinese ink and Chinese painting colors, on some impermeable material, mainly on Shu Xuan (impermeable paper), Shu Juan (impermeable thin silk), that has been covered a layer or more layers of gelatin and alum water to ensure that the wet color or color water can not soak through.
Chinese Gongbi is the opposite of Chinese Xieyi Painting. The latter is more freely and quickly sketched paintings, mainly to sketch the thoughts of the artists.
Chinese Gongbi emphasizes meticulous detail. Every thing should be expressed with a quite delicate, meticulous style. Every line, stroke and detail, even a strand of hair must be painted clearly, therefore, it requires the artists not only to have good painting skills, but also to work with very peaceful hearts and much patience. Usually, a Chinese Gongbi Painting takes a long time to complete.
Line is the skeleton of Chinese Gongbi Painting;everything is expressed by different lines. Line gives Chinese Gongbi Painting a strong ornamental result.
Depending on the techniques, Chinese Gongbi Painting includes Baimiao (painting with exact delineation with Chinese ink only), Gongbi Dancai (painting with exact delineation and light colours) and Gongbi Zhongcai (painting with exact delineation and enriched colors).
To paint a Chinese Gongbi painting, the artist usually has to go through a set series of steps:
—Draft it with pencil;
—Copy and delineate the draft as a Chinese Baimiao with Chinese ink and brush. Various lines ( there are at least 18 sorts of lines) are used in painting a Chinese Baimiao Painting.
—Color it several times (usually 3 to 9 times) so that it will be a Chinese Gongbi Painting. (During the process, you usually need to brush the paper with gelatin water and alum water to fix the color on the paper and to prevent seepage through the paper or silk.)
The Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1279 A.D.) reached to the highest peak in Chinese Gongbi Painting.