Tuesday 26 March 2013

How to draw the inner painting bottle?

First of all, let us look at the tools of drawing inner painting - writing brush.
Actually, it is not the Chinese traditional  writing brush, but disposed writing brush, designed by the different inner painting artists based on their painting demand. The following picture is all of basic tools of drawing inner painting

Sometimes, the artists could use some special tools to finish specific part of inner painting:

Compared to the oil painting and traditional Chinese painting, it is impossible for the artists to draw a draft, it demands artists have very good feeling towards the entire structure of the inner painting.When an artist is drawing the inner painting work, he or she will choose suitable tools for the different part, and then insert it into the bottle or other carrier material to conduct the drawing.
Some artists of inner painting connected the inner painting with traditional China calligraphy, forming their own exclusive style.
In the next blog, i will introduce the other carrier format of inner painting except snuff bottle, including the crystal balls, Christmas eggs & beads,Ding,  decorative items, pen holder, tea holder, handy pot, tea pot and so on.

3 comments:

  1. anmazing chinese handcraft!!!

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  2. very sophisticated and complicated procedures which definitely test the craftsman's patience and skills. Inner Painting is one of Chinese cultural heritages that we will be pround of.

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  3. Yes, Wen Ni, it takes 1 month or a few months that an artist finishs a good inner painting works. In the auction, a good inner painting bottle costs A$100,000 or even more.

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