Author: Liu Zhibai
Publisher: Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 7-5003-0845-0
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 44
Language: Chinese
Description:
This instructional album, *Freehand Landscape Painting Paradigms – Liu Zhibai*, presents a curated selection of landscape compositions by the renowned modern Chinese painter Liu Zhibai(1915-2003). First published in 2006 by Rong Bao Zhai, one of China's most prestigious art publishers, the book gathers Liu’s teaching examples created specifically as demonstration works for his students.
Rather than refined exhibition pieces, these paintings were made to illustrate core concepts of composition, brushwork, and structure in traditional Chinese landscape painting (shanshui). Liu’s distinctive ink style, developed in his later years, merges traditional methods with bold ink rhythms and Daoist spatial sensibilities.
Contents Include:
• Techniques for painting mountains: form, texture (cunfa), and ink application
• Methods for rendering trees and foliage: branch structure and expressive brushwork
• Composition training: layout principles and the art of intentional blank space (liubai)
• Several stylistic approaches to freehand (xieyi) landscape painting
• Explanations of Liu Zhibai’s ink-splash and “broken ink” techniques (pomo and pomo-huyong)
• Numerous annotated student demonstration works ideal for copying and study
Who This Book Is For:
• Intermediate and advanced students of Chinese brush painting
• Instructors of landscape painting and traditional ink techniques
• Art school programs seeking visual teaching material
• Collectors and scholars studying Liu Zhibai or modern ink innovations
Note:
This book is written in Chinese, but the visuals are highly instructive for artists familiar with Chinese brush painting. It serves as an excellent studio reference and historical study resource. A supplementary English overview and lesson guide is also available for download.
