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Chinese Painting Basic Supplies Check List

Chinese Painting Basic Supplies Check List

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If you are a beginner to Chinese brush painting, here is what will you need to prepare for your Chinese painting class.  A student value package is also available.

 

1. 3-5 Chinese Painting Brushes.

You need the basic set of three brushes - a soft brush, a stiff brush and a small detail brush, to get a start. Good varieties in size and shapes are available here for you to choose from. If you already have some Asian brushes, try them to see if they work for you.

2. Sumi Ink. You may use bottled liquid ink or the ink cake for convenience. Traditional inkstick and inkstone and are recommended. You may grind the liquid ink from bottle further to make it into a paste. 

3. Rice Paper. The high quality of authentic Chinese rice paper is available at moderate prices. We recommend semi-sized Xuan rice paper and mulberry papers to beginning students because they are less bleeding.  For advanced students, you might want to try our unsized absorbent Xuan(shuan) paper.

4.  Watercolor Paints. Marie's Chinese painting watercolor and traditional color chips are available in our online store. You may also use artist quality watercolor or gouache.

5. A Palette and Two White Ceramic Saucers.  

6. 2 Water Containers: one for rinsing brush, and one for clean water. 

7. A piece of Felt Pad. It should be in white or light color, no black! Synthetic is fine. Wool is the best. Recommended size: 18"x20". 

8. Paper Towel or Hand Tissue. for blotting or to dry the brush.

9. Brush rest: You need a brush rest to prevent your brushes from staining your table or accidentally rolling over onto your painting.

10. Paper weight:  a pair of paperweights are needed to hold the rice paper in place when you paint.

11. Seal and red ink paste (optional): Don't worry if you don't have one at the beginning. You may write your initials in a red square as your seal. You may order a personalized Chinese name seal later from Henry.    

1 x Basic Stiff Wolf Hair Brush
3 x Daseng Transparent White Ink 105g
1 x Balin Soapstone with Hand Carved Dragon Knob #2
2 x Confucius Unsized Xuan Rice Paper Roll 9.5x787
1 x Painting Deer Step-by-step with Henry Li(Zoom recording)
1 x Mineral stone Blue Powder #3(5g)
1 x Traditional Chinese Chunk Yellow Gamboge(5g)
1 x 3/8 inch (1cm) Qingtian Seal Stone with Box
1 x ACEO-L0303 Canyon Overlook
1 x Pentel Pearl Gold Golden gouache (poster color) Last 1
1 x Red Hair Brush for Fine Outline and Calligraphy(L)
1 x Single, Double and Triple Xuan Paper Assortment Pack
1 x Shikishi Hanging Silk Scroll #003 horizontal
1 x DVD Ax-Cut Stroke Technique in Chinese Landscape Painting
1 x Celadon Brush Washer with Convergence Lip(Green Small)
1 x Seven Wolf Three Sheep Brush(Extra Large)
1 x Maobian Bamboo Paper for Practice Chinese or Kanji Calligraphy
1 x Basic Small Weasel "Leaf Vein" Brush
1 x Baiyun White Cloud Soft Hair Brush Small
1 x Triple Xuan(shuan or shuen) Rice Paper 27x54 87GSM x5 Sheets
1 x 10x 2 Large Waterbrush Pens Piston Filler(WS)
1 x Japanese Rice Paper for Sumi-e or Calligraphy White 120
1 x Mineral Stone Green Powder #2(5g)
1 x Fine Tuning Your Seal with Henry Li
1 x Soft Shikishi Pre-mounted Palace Fan Shape Card(Large)
1 x Unsized Single Xuan Rice Paper Pad 30 Sheets 10x14
1 x Yongs Brand Chinese Seal Carving Engraving Knives set of 2
1 x Shuxu "Rat Whisker" Fine Detail Liner Brush
1 x Mulberry Paper #3 Unbleached 57x27.5 - 10 Large Sheets
1 x BHA Liner Brush Made by Master Xu - New
1 x Two Koi Fish in the Lotus Pond
1 x 67 Gongbi Peony Templates(downloadable)
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Handouts PDF(Lesson 1-7)
1 x 5 Essential Brushes for Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy
1 x Fu Baoshi Landscape Stippling Stabbing Brush
1 x Pine Soot Ink Stick for Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
1 x Shuniku Red Seal Ink Pad for Inkan Hanko Name Chop(5CM)
1 x Lesson 7: Chrysanthemum and Rooster (DVD)
1 x Lesson 1: Orchid, Iris, Chicks and Blue Heron (DVD)
1 x How to Write Your Chinese Name with the process video
1 x Plain Hanging Silk Scroll 69"x22" L-Scroll-#2A
1 x Basic Four(4) Chinese Painting Brushes(all 4)
1 x Sakura Chinese Painting Color - Gold / Golden (12ml)
2 x Xiling Brand Black Seal Ink Paste Refill Bag 30g
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(09) DOWNLOAD
1 x ACEO-L0037 Reflections in a Desert Lake
1 x Mountain Horse Hair Big Chinese Painting Brush
1 x Original Chinoiserie Style Orchids on Silk Paper by Henry Li
3 x Tang-style Rabbit Hair Combination Brush with Extra Fine Tip
3 x Silicone Mounting Paper - the Whole Roll (26.5" x 54.68 yards)
1 x 2-1/8" Long bristle Wolf stiff hair brush by Xu Laosan
1 x Wool Felt Pad 19x19 Mat for Chinese Calligraphy & Painting
1 x DW0001 Snake
1 x Chang Daichien to Picasso Legendary Killer Brush
1 x Portrait of a Bhutanese Woman with Peach Blossom
1 x Lesson 16: Basic Elements of Landscape Painting(DVD)
1 x Jumbo Size Goat(Sheep) Hair Zen Grab Brush
1 x Soft-Stiff Hair Combination Brush with Thicker Core
1 x Lesson 4: Landscape with Pines and Waterfall(DVD)
1 x Magic Cloth for Practice Painting or Calliphy Plain(Small)
2 x Mingjiao Gelatin Glue for Chinese Painting
2 x Peach Sap Painting Glue Powder a vegan alternative to gelatin
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