Emperor Huizong of Song and His Work of Art
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Emperor Huizong, personal name Zhao Ji, was in reign from 1100 to 1126. Although he has never been considered as a good ruler, he has been thought to be one of the best artists in whole Chinese history. Besides a set of Emperor Huizong's best art works, in this post you will also see a lecture done by Professor James Cahill on Bird and Flower Painting: Emperor Huizong and After.
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5 USD Offer: Gongbi Painting Practice Book - Beijing Opera Face and Famous Chinese Flower & Bird Paintings
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These are very helpful sets of famous Chinese Gongbi paintings. The detailed sketch is already printed on cooked Gongbi Xuan papers. One set has 5 or 15 paintings (Beijing Opera Face has 15, while Famous Chinese Flower & Bird Paintings 5.). It helps students of Gongbi paintings to understand how to paint Gongbi style paintings.
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Use a set of Gongbi brushes to fill in proper colours according to the pictures which are how these paintings look like.
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New Special Papers
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Corn Silk Paper
This is fine 30.6 gsm paper, in 70 * 138 cm. Natural corn silk is added in the paper’s raw materials.
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It is suitable for calligraphy, small scale Xie Yi style painting. The paper itself is raw paper but it shows effects of ‘half-cooked’ Xuan paper. The paper edge is not trimmed.
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Natural Beige Cloud Dragon Mulberry Paper
This is fine 32.6 gsm paper, in 70 * 138 cm.
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It is suitable for calligraphy, small scale Xie Yi style painting. The paper itself is raw paper but it shows effects of ‘half-cooked’ Xuan paper. The paper edge is not trimmed.
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