Falling from the tip of a brush suspended in mid-air, an ink droplet touches a painted surface and blossoms into a masterpiece of ever-changing beauty. It weaves a tapestry of intricate, evolving ...

Wang Xijing is a famous painter specializing in realist portraits. Wang had an important turning point in 2000, transferring toward contemporary figure painting. The year also marked a revival of ink ...

Huang Binhong (China, 1864–1955), Mountain Landscape, c. 1953. Ink and color on paper. Gift of Dr. Shirley Sun (A.B., 1964; A.M., 1969; Ph.D, 1974), 1994.113 The ...

DIPPING A BRUSH in ink and putting it to paper is a practice older than time. The ancient art of painting with ink has a certain unchanging sequence that goes like this: – The artist loads up his ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mention Chinese art and most people think of brush-and-ink painting, a medium that has been around for at least 2000 years. The image ...

Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama manipulates alcohol and inks to create tree-like dendritic patterns during a live painting session. Credit: Akiko Nakayama Japanese artist Akiko Nakayama manipulates ...