Category: Stories

See also inkston gallery. Guides and stories about chinese culture and history and the craftspeople keeping these alive today.

Happy New Year from Inkston

新年快乐 Happy New Year 万事如意 May all your wishes come true

Year of the Dog Painting Competition

Painting competition to celebrate Chinese Year of the Dog 2018. This February China has a week long Chinese New Year celebration to mark the new…

Four Gentlemen: Bamboo – painting techniques from Mustard Seed Garden – 兰竹梅菊 : 竹 zhú

Part of a series of articles on painting techniques from 'Mustard Seed Garden' manual and encyclopedia of chinese painting. Cover Picture Cover pictures by master…

Insects – painting techniques from Mustard Seed Garden

Part of a series of articles on painting techniques from 'Mustard Seed Garden' manual and encyclopedia of chinese painting. Cover Picture Here's an example of…

Flower Stems – painting techniques from Mustard Seed Garden

Part of a series of articles on painting techniques from 'Mustard Seed Garden' manual and encyclopedia of chinese painting. Cover Picture Cover picture is by…

Four Gentlemen: Chrysanthemum – painting techniques from Mustard Seed Garden – 兰竹梅菊 : 菊花 júhuā

菊：凌霜飘逸，特立独行，不趋炎势，是为世外隐士。 Chrysanthemums "菊花 júhuā", are one of the traditional 'four gentlemen' of Chinese painting, representing autumn. (The others are plum blossom, orchid and bamboo, representing…

Flower Leaves – painting techniques from Mustard Seed Garden

Part of a series of articles on painting techniques from 'Mustard Seed Garden' manual and encyclopedia of chinese painting. Inkston Summary A complete flower painting…

Flower Petals – Mustard Seed Garden

Part of a series of articles on painting techniques from 'Mustard Seed Garden' manual and encyclopedia of chinese painting. Cover Picture Here's an example of…

ShuNan Bamboo Sea 蜀南竹海, Bamboo Life

ShuNan 蜀南 means "Shu South" the southern part of the ancient Shu kingdom (now Sichuan province). ShuNan Bamboo Sea (蜀南竹海) is probably the largest bamboo…

Li Zhuang 李庄, historic Sichuan village

LiZhuang 李庄 is an ancient village with over 1000 years of history and the birthplace of Yan from Inkston. LiZhuang played an extremely important role…

Chinese Painting/ Sumi E Colour Mixing Chart

In this article, we have listed some popular formulas to create new colours. The colour on the right end of each colour row is the…

孙岩 SunYan – 山水 ShanShui landscape painting

SunYan (Ding Fa), artistic name "Shi Chi" is a leading landscape painter, his art works are presented frequently at various professional art exhibitions and on…