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Ink wash painting (simplified Chinese: 水墨画; traditional Chinese: 水墨畫; pinyin: shuǐmòhuà); is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses washes of black ink, such as that used in East Asian calligraphy, in different concentrations.
Ink and wash painting, in Chinese shuǐ-mò (水墨, "water and ink") also loosely termed watercolor or brush painting, and also known as "literati painting", as it was one of the "four arts" of the Chinese Scholar-official class. [1]
A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash drawing, or ink and wash. [ citation needed ] Normally only one or two colours of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting .
Splashed-ink Landscape (破墨山水, Haboku sansui) by Sesshū Tōyō, 1495 Sesshu's landscape in hatsuboku style. Haboku (破墨) and Hatsuboku (溌墨) are both painting techniques employed in suiboku (ink-wash painting) in China and Japan, as seen in landscape paintings, involving an abstract simplification of forms and freedom of brushwork.
It is a masterpiece of Guo Xi by using light ink and magnificent composition to express his open and high artistic conception. Autumn in the River Valley Guo Xi ( Chinese : 郭熙 ; pinyin : Guō Xī ; Wade–Giles : Kuo Hsi ) ( c. 1020 – c. 1090) [ 1 ] was a Chinese landscape painter from Henan Province [ 2 ] who lived during the Northern ...
Chinese calligraphy and ink and wash painting are closely related: they are accomplished using similar tools and techniques, and have a long history of shared artistry. Distinguishing features of Chinese painting and calligraphy include an emphasis on motion charged with dynamic life.
Ink and wash painting, in Chinese Shui-mo or (水墨 [35]) also loosely termed watercolour or brush painting, and also known as "literati painting", as it was one of the "four arts" of the Chinese Scholar-official class. [36]
Shan shui painting is a kind of painting which goes against the common definition of what a painting is. Shan shui painting refutes color, light and shadow and personal brush work. Shan shui painting is not an open window for the viewer's eye, it is an object for the viewer's mind. Shan shui painting is more like a vehicle of philosophy. [6]