Guides and advice about painting, calligraphy and selection of materials.
陈尹 Chen Yin, 清 early Qing Dynasty. 'Retirement' is a set of 12 fine Chinese brush paintings done by artist Chen Yin in early…
This is a guide to the types of stone and how to buy them, for general introduction and workshop pictures see Ink Stone, a work of…
This is a short guide to tools and materials for traditional wet mounting, to see the full process in action try this video from the…
This article is about the special pastes used to apply Seal markings. Colours The color of high quality seal paste is bright, vivid, and long-lasting. The most…
Seals have long history in Chinese painting and calligraphy. Use of seals is also strictly regulated. For example, different types of seals should be different…
Jiang SiXu Tang 姜思序堂 (Jiang SiXu Workshop) is the most prestigious natural mineral colour workshop in China. This workshop has been providing the highest grade…
Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, 芥子園畫譜, is the very first collection of guides about Chinese painting and is still referred to today. It shows people how…
How to look after your Xuan paper and options for mounting your finished painting or calligraphy.
Over 80 handmade Hui inksticks, special mixes for different painting effects, professional, historic & collectible designs from Old Hu Kai Wen in Anhui.
Here we are starting a little dictionary showing Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters (where different) Pinyin and English. Key words 畫 / 画 Huà painting…
A range of Xuan papers mounted on card, gold, red white and other colours and designs, cut into square, circle or other traditional shapes and…
Over 60 brushes including specialist and premium Red Star and a value range from Inkston, all quality handmade Xuan brushes from traditional workshop in Anhui. Special…
