Since our first article How to Paint Gongbi Style: Lotus Out of Water, we have received quite a few queries on Gongbi painting. These queries…
A practical example of how to do a Gongbi style chinese detail painting using a famous lotus flower painting as an example.
Huang Guohong (黄国鸿), GongBi painter from Shexian, Huizhou, near Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in Anhui tells us about Chinese GongBi detail Painting.
A selection of Song dynasty Gongbi detail paintings with accompanying sketches to help do you paint as described in "How to Paint Gongbihua"
This is a very helpful set of famous Chinese ancient flower and bird Gongbi paintings. The detailed sketch is already printed on cooked Gongbi Xuan… $5.50 (USD)
A very detailed book to help all levels Gongbi painting students/ professionals learn 于非闇 Yu Fei An's techniques on dealing with birds and flowers in Gongbi… $16.50 (USD)
This is a very helpful set of famous Chinese Beijing Opera Faces. The detailed sketch is already printed on cooked Gongbi Xuan papers. One set… $5.50 (USD)
This is a set of very classic and versatile Gongbi painting brushes. These fine brushes are made with pure weasel hair. They are designed especially… $33.00 (USD)
Compared with standard Gongbi Sized Xuan Paper, this paper is much thinner. It is also referred to as 'wing of cicada' （蝉翼）because it is thin and… $28.16 – $169.40
A very detailed book to help you paint flowers with Gongbi style. The book has very good sketches on different types of flowers. You can… $7.59 (USD)
Sized papers with added Mica to create the Shimmer effect, made with alpine rushes, deliberately less absorbent than unsized raw Xuan tree bark paper to… $27.39 – $137.50
A very detailed book to help beginners learn how to paint grass and insects for Gongbi paintings. It is a book full of easy-to-understand techniques.… $9.79 (USD)
