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The painting of fish 1 |
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The painting of fish 2 |
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fish is the symbol of prosperity and fertility. In Chinese
painting, fish are always painted swimming in the water,
usually among waterweeds.
Catch the swimming poses first. Then you can start
painting the details of the fish, beginning at the head,
progressing to the body, and finishing with the tail.
Use light diluted ink to paint the head -the eyes, the mouth
and the gill covers. Now add thick dark ink on the forehead
and eyes as shown. Use very pale ink along the brim of the gill
cover.
The back is done with dark strokes in three lightly curved
sections. First soak your brush with light diluted ink. Then
dip the tip of your brush into thick dark ink. Apply a few bold
brush strokes to suggest the light and shade of the fish's body.
For the tail, use a wet-loaded brush. First soak it with light
diluted ink and then dip the tip into thick dark ink. Hold the
brush at an oblique angle to make a quick, firm, outward
stroke to form the tail.
The fins, too, are painted with a wet-loaded brush. Press
the obliquely held brush from the leading edge, and stroke
outwards. Do each fin in a single oblique brush stroke.
To delineate the fins and tail, use a dry-loaded brush and
darker tones. Flatten the bristles and paint quick, outward-moving
strokes. Start from the leading edge of the fin while
the painting is still wet.
If you are adding water plants, paint them with the tip of a
vertically held brush, using a medium tone of ink. Water
plants are usually fan-shaped, and grow in clusters.
Colours can be used for washes, and applied either alone
or mixed with ink. |
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