Lesson 34: Shrimps and Crabs in Qi Baishi Style with Prof Rao
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Qi Baishi is the icon of Chinese brush painting, so as his shrimp painting. If you have not tried to paint his shrimps you have not leaned the best of Qi Baishi or CBP. In last lesson Prof Rao has showed us how to paint Qi Baishi style insects, in this class she will share her study on his shrimps and crabs based on her teaching book "Learn from Qi Baiqi Painting Shrimp and Crabs".
The second source of this video lesson was from my recent painting workshop at Nan Rae's studio, and we had great fun doing these shellfish in Qi Baishi style! Don't miss this opportunity to learn Qi Baishi's shrimps from a specialized Chinese professor!
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Video Length: 1.3 Hours
Assignments:
1) Following the video and handouts to learn how to load the brush properly to paint the shrimp's body, legs, claw and antennas. Try to capture the gesture and movement of the shrimp with brush strokes and indicate the translucency of shell by controlling the moisture and tonality. 2) Following the step by step instructions on the video and handouts to paint crabs.
3) Try to learn composition from master Qi Baishi's shrimp or crab paintings. Discussion question, how did Master Qi suggest the water in which the shrimps live without painting any background?
Diagrams and finished paintings seen in the video are included in the handouts.
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Here is the the introduction part of Lesson 34. Enjoy!
