Customer Reviews

The Art of Chinese Brush Painting (Artist's Library Series)

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I love this book and I have several books on Chinese brush painting. (I'd not part with any of them.) What I like is that she gives you a sense of porportion and she teaches you how to not just draw the figures but how to add to the subject and balance the picture. Chinese painting is about simplicity and doing it has taught me how to do more with my other works. This is a bit pedantic for intermediate artists but everyone can learn from it.

I painted some of the pictures as she directed, and I wasn't exactly skilled as she and yet the results were so charming people like them enough to hang them on the wall. She teaches technique, and its wonderful. :>

the title for the review pretty much says it all.

had i realized the length of the book and who published it I might not have purchased it. Walter Foster books are really very basic,basic,basic. this does not mean they are not good books. I just prefer lengthier explanations for some things, especially Chinese brush strokes.

The sellers were very good and sent the book in a timely manner

I am a Chinese brush artist who is just starting out. I would say I am at the intermediate level, and this book was perfect for me. I painted many of the pictures in here and was very pleased with how they came out.

The book is nice and all - little reference with practical guidance.
However, the pictures in the book are not very original - nearly all of them are presented in Chinese Brush Painting Kit: Professional materials and step-by-step instruction for the aspiring artist by Lucy Wang, which also comes with paints, brushes, etc.