An introduction to CBP video from Member Teacher Paul Maslowski.
Written tutorials by CBPS member teacher Jane Dwight:
- Little Birds
- Insects
- Chickens and Chicks
- Loading the Brush: peony & chrysanthemum
Videos of CBP Honorary President Jane Evans ‘s demonstrations of roses and wisteria.
Online videos
- Henry Li (Blue Heron Arts) is generally reliable
- Bamboo examples 1 & 2 & 3
- Good illustration of the triangular grouping of leaves
- Virginia Lloyd-Davies has beautiful brushwork
- She has a useful tutorial on how to improve an old painting
- Nan Rae is clear, detailed and left-handed
- Bamboo clear, detailed introduction parts 1 & 2, very good on leaves
- Famous Chinese painters and other videos in Chinese
- A video touring the Chinese collections of the Metropolitan Museum in New York – a great overview of different media, periods, styles and imagery, and a glimpse of the richness of the Met’s collection
Blogs
- Follow my Brushmarks is a very informative blog by the wonderfully-named Reluctant Rat
- Joyful Brush is blog by Virginia Lloyd-Davies
- Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
Some help with mounting your pictures:
- Video on mounting by Henry Li
- A video made by the British Museum showing Qu Leilei’s paintings being mounted as traditional scrolls
Wet mounting is the traditional method, but dry mounting may be possible; have a look at these notes: Dry Mounting