| Ink Shades
Ink is divided into five shades; burnt, thick, heavy, light and
clear.
1. Burnt ink: The liquid ink is ground very thick. When used in
a painting, it is black and glossy.
2. Thick ink: Next to burnt ink in blackness, but since a little
moisture has been added, it is not glossy.
3. Heavy ink: Slightly blacker than light ink.
4. Light ink: Moisture is added until it becomes grey.
5. Clear ink: Only a light-grey shadow. In contrast to other ink
shades it appears clear and vivid.
6. Dry ink and moist ink: The dryness and moistness of ink is the
so-called ink charm. The dryness and moistness of the ink represents
the dryness and moistness of the brush technique. The two are inseparable.
The brush technique and the use of ink are closely linked. Both
a moist brush and a dry brush can produce dark and light shades.
In addition, before light ink becomes dry, some thick or moist ink
may be added, or before thick ink becomes dry, some light ink may
be added, giving the painting liveliness and variety. Although the
painting is dry, it is endowed with a sense of moisture.
Structure of The Brush
Holding The Brush
To paint well, you should, first of all, learn how to hold the
brush. The correct method of holding the brush is: keep the fingers
firm and the palm relaxed. the thumb pressed the brush handle inward
and the index finger presses it outward. Hold the hourth and little
finger against the middle finger. Thus you will paint fairly fexibly.
Using The Brush
The tip of the brush is where the hair is most pointed. There are
six ways of using the brush:
1.Central brush-point technique: The brush handle is perpendicular
to the paper. When drawing a line, you should keep the brush tip
in the middle of the line.
2.Side technique: In holding the brush, tilt the brush toward the
paper. When drawing a line, keep the brush tip on one side of the
line.
3.Revering th direction taken by the brush tip: Move the brush upward
or toward the left. Though inconvenient when you paint in this way,
your line will show richer variation.
4.Duo technique: This technique in freehand flower painting requires
dipping the brush tip in ink or colours, very often one colour after
another, so that one stroke can paint both dark and light colors.
5.Applying dots: Horizontal dots, vertical dots, round dots adn
slanting dots.
6.Turn and twist:Turn the brush tip inward and outward.
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