Chinese Brush Painting: Plum Blossoms with Ling Chi | Traditional Ink Painting
Discover the timeless beauty of Chinese brush painting as artist Ling Chi demonstrates how to paint an elegant plum blossom composition using traditional Chinese ink painting techniques.
In this demonstration, Ling Chi explores the expressive qualities of brushwork, ink tones, and delicate floral details to bring the graceful plum blossom branch to life. Plum blossoms are among the most beloved subjects in Chinese art, symbolizing perseverance, renewal, and the arrival of spring.
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✨ IN THIS VIDEO: Traditional Chinese plum blossom painting techniques Expressive ink brushwork and tonal variations Painting delicate plum blossoms and branches Introducing the Plum Bud brush Exploring Desert Mulberry paper Traditional Chinese flower and bird painting techniques
Whether you're a beginner discovering Chinese brush painting or an experienced artist looking to expand your techniques, we hope this demonstration inspires your own artistic journey.
This tutorial provides a beginner's guide to brush painting a plum blossom using a fine-line style. The instructor demonstrates how to use bottle ink and specific brushes on desert mulberry paper to create a detailed composition focusing on structure and texture rather than color.
This is Ling Qi, brush painting for beginners.
And we're going to do a plum blossom,
this demonstration.
I'm using the desert mulberry.
And majority, the style is more closer to the fine line
Fine line.
than Xie Yi's style.
And it is...
Line, a lot of lines, some texture.
We're not going to deal with color this time.
So we're using bottle ink only.
And I have,
I'm going to use straight ink as well as light ink.
The two brush I'm using
is our new plum bud
and the...
Red feathers are small for the line of the flower,
which is very delicate.
And then the rest of the trunk,
I'm using the plum blossom all the way through.
So I'm using the desert mulberry.
If you use any other paper,
you have trouble to control the running and I will use some
glue water, which that I have talked before,
one whole tube of glue water with a half cup
of water and before you load the brush,
I will load the glue water first and then load
And so I'm starting with the
plum blossom brush and light ink
to do the trunk of the line.
So
these
are
the,
so
this
is
the
structure
of
the
trunk
I'm
going
to do.
So I use the light ink.
So now I'm going to start doing the flower.
It's all kind of different shape.
Side view of the...
Plum
blossom. The
first one is
a frontal
view. So then
underneath
is the
upside down.
Then I'm
using
the plum bud
brush to do
additional
branches.
So then I
have one
just circle,
Which is
And then this other one, another bud.
And then...
Here,
I have
a side
view,
and
then a
little
bud
here.
And then I'm going
to have another full side of the...
So the plum blossom has five petals.
So here's the center
of the...
And then I have a little bit
of the calyx to hold this.
And then
on here, I have
another here.
So here I have another bud
and have a calyx here,
and then I have
another flower.
All right,
and then I'm
going to
do another
flower on
this side.
Add some
And then have a little
I'm going
to have a
side view of
the flower.
Okay, and then now I'm going to show you how do I.
Accent make the trunk come alive.
So where
the
connecting
part,
I make it
have more
of some
texture
here.
So where the tree is connecting
with the branches, I will make it stronger.
And then
I'm going
to do
some
with
some
happy
dot.
So then I finish
my plum blossom
with line only.
I hope you have a good time painting this.
We'll see you next time.
