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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.    

2 x Xiling Brand Red Seal Ink Paste Refill 20g
1 x Returning Sail (2017)
1 x Simple and Clear Bamboo Painting Manual(E-Book)
1 x Window-free Blank Silk Hanging Scroll 19"x 36"
1 x Victoria's Calligraphy on Shikishi Board(including digital)
1 x Two Koi Fish in the Lotus Pond
1 x Basic Four(4) Chinese Painting Brushes(all 4)
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(11) DOWNLOAD
1 x Balin Rectangular Stone with Bamboo Relief #001
1 x Scroll Hanging String order by yard
1 x Blank Hand Scrolls Sized Xuan with Silk Brocade Box 16cmx2.6M
14 x Silicone Mounting Paper - 10 Yards (26.5 x 360)
2 x Single, Double and Triple Xuan Paper Assortment Pack
1 x Durbar Square in Nepal(2019)
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(06) DOWNLOAD
1 x Mica-Sized Single Xuan Rice Paper - 12 small sheets (8.75\"x12.5\")
1 x Porcelain Box for Seal Ink Paste - Plum Blossoms
1 x Unsized Single Xuan Rice Paper Pad 30 Sheets 10x14
1 x 200 Best Paintings by Fu Baoshi(E-book)
2 x Soft-Stiff Hair Combination Brush with Thicker Core
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(10) DOWNLOAD
2 x Unsized Red Star Xuan Rice Paper 12 Sm Sheets (13.75x18)
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(08) DOWNLOAD
1 x 2cm 3/4" Indian Soapstone with Box
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(13) DOWNLOAD
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(09) DOWNLOAD
1 x Tessai's Tung Oil Soot Sumi Ink Stick for Chinese Painting
1 x Balin Seal Stone Oval with Squash Knob #005
1 x 10x 2 Large Waterbrush Pens Piston Filler(WS)
1 x Basic Stiff Wolf Hair Brush
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Video(21) DOWNLOAD
1 x Artgeology Landscape Paintings by Kang Yuyi
1 x Jumbo Size Goat(Sheep) Hair Zen Grab Brush
1 x ACEO-F0494 Lotus in Full Bloom
1 x 
1 x Seven Wolf Three Sheep Brush(Extra Large)
1 x Balin Seal Stone with Hand Carved Peach #002
2 x Mulberry Paper #4M with Golden Flakes 18x27 10 medium sheets
1 x Scroll Box made of Tung Wood
1 x Magic Cloth with Red Outlined Stroke Guides
1 x Painting Squirrels Step-by-step with Henry Li(Zoom recording)
6 x Red Hair Brush for Fine Outline and Calligraphy(L)
1 x Double Sided Japanese Ink Stone Made of Bakelite
1 x Henry Li's Chinese Painting Class Handouts PDF(Lesson 15-21)
1 x Pre-mounted Fan Face on Soft Shikishi Board(pack of 10)
1 x 3/4 Balin Seal Stone with Squash Knob #016
2 x Xiling Brand Dark Red Seal Ink Paste Refill Bag 30g
3 x Liu-style Chinese Calligraphy Copybook with Classic Poems
1 x Sakura Chinese Painting Color - Gamboge / Yellow (12ml)
1 x English to Chinese translation fee
3 x Maobian Bamboo Paper for Practice Chinese or Kanji Calligraphy
1 x Silk Ribbon for Scroll Mounting order by yard
1 x Japanese Rice Paper for Sumi-e or Calligraphy White 120
2 x Soft Shikishi Pre-mounted Palace Fan Shape Card(Large)
1 x Red Diamond Paper with Golden Patterns 10 Sheets 13.5x13.5
1 x Fine Tuning Your Seal with Henry Li
1 x Giuseppe Castiglione's Chinoiserie Gongbi Paintings
1 x Lesson 19: Misty Mountains Landscape (DVD)
1 x Mulberry Paper #2D Pi/Kozo (38.5x74) - 5 X-Large Sheets
1 x ACEO-F0498 Pink Lotus with Grey Ink Leaves
1 x Jumbo Zen Brush Goat Hair with Real Ox Horn Handle
1 x Blank Hand Scrolls with Silk Brocade Box
1 x 2-1/8" Long bristle Wolf stiff hair brush by Xu Laosan
1 x Small Mood Seal #206 Chen
1 x Japanese Rice Paper for Sumi-e or Calligraphy Off White 120
1 x Lesson 18: Mogu or Boneless Flowers and Birds (DVD)
1 x Lesson 11: Chinese Dragon (DVD)
1 x Flower Paintings by Guo Yicong
1 x Mulberry Paper #3 Unbleached Tan Color - 10 medium sheets
1 x Wind chimes in Kathmandu
1 x Wood Clamp or Seal Bed for Seal Engraving - Large
1 x Shuxu "Mouse Whisker" Stiff Brush Handcrafted by Master Xu
1 x Small Wolf Hair Stiff Brush
1 x Seal Ink Paste Stirrer Spatula
1 x Balin Seal Stone Oval with Squash Knob #012
1 x Magic Cloth with Grids for Practicing Calligraphy
1 x 6 Varieties of BHA Piston-filler Water Brushes & Pens
2 x Silicone Mounting Paper - the Whole Roll (26.5" x 54.68 yards)
2 x Peach Sap Painting Glue Powder a vegan alternative to gelatin
2 x Mingjiao Gelatin Glue for Chinese Painting
2 x Alum Powder for Sizing Rice Paper, Mounting and Snowy Effects
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