{"title":"landscape lessons","description":"\u003cp\u003eChinese Landscape Brush painting lessons by Nan Rae\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"overview-mists","title":"Overview and Mists Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003eExactly the title. Understand Chinese Landscape Painting. Landscape viewing is theoretical with no focal point. Three categories and two methods of perspective (not at all Western as there is no vanishing point!). Color and washes for the mist. We often speak of chi or qi…the life force...especially as it relates to Chinese Brush Painting. Gu Kaizhi (345-406) said, 'form exists in order to express spirit.' Clouds\/mist between mountains link the conduit of energy or life force and actually transmit it. This energy is generated in the atmosphere over and beyond what we can see literally\/visually. In Chinese Brush Landscape Painting when you see high, distant mountains that are shown enveloped by areas of mist representing detachment from the world. 'The spirit travels through space…like scurrying clouds kissing in the wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe downloadable version of this handout is included with Nan Rae’s Chinese Landscape Online Painting Class.\u003cbr\u003e\nGet lifetime access when you sign-up for the class on Crowdcast. You will also have the opportunity to submit your artwork for critique.\u003cbr\u003e\nFor more info and to sign-up \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/e\/chinese-landscape\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLICK HERE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e or click the image below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"attachment_18121\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/e\/chinese-landscape\"\u003e\u003cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18121\" class=\"wp-image-18121\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/4986\/4477\/files\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-20-at-9_39_47-AM-e1626892751408.png\" alt=\"Chinese Landscape Online Brush Painting Class\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"caption-attachment-18121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nan Rae Studio","offers":[{"title":"Downloadable","offer_id":44699589050653,"sku":"LL-01-PDF","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Printed","offer_id":44699589083421,"sku":"LL-01","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/4986\/4477\/products\/Overview-and-Mists.jpg?v=1755397469"},{"product_id":"stately-pine","title":"The Stately Pine Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Chinese landscape, the Pine tree is employed to depict moral principle, power and inner human potential. Historically, the Pine tree has been one of the favorite subjects of both Chinese brush painters and collectors. Whether it is painted simply or directly, it has usually been done in the unique, individual style of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late T’ang period (8th-9th centuries) the independent genre of painting of trees and rocks developed. In the 10th century, the tall Pine tree became ‘the symbol of a man of virtue in the wilderness’ to the recluse scholars in the Tang dynasty. Li Ch’eng (919-967) was the first Northern Sung landscape master. His work no longer exists but survives in ‘Travelers In A Winter Forest’ painted by an unknown 12th century artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe will take special note of this work in the accompanying picture. Enduring life was symbolized by trees, which though born of seeds grow into gnarled, dragon-like forms. 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Dong Yuan created spread-out hemp fiber textured wrinkles to portray the continuous mountain peaks of the state of Southern Tang. Ni Tsan’s flattened, faceted, ephemeral forms which continue to be copied to this day. These composite paintings contain BASIC UNITS OF PATTERN which are repeated and varied. 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