Present in Chinese or English; Additional good videos (in English) to show students: The Art of Chinese Painting (Part 1 and 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSszFPOX2Pc 和 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMwo_qPoZH8 还有 Mountains and Water: Exploring the Chinese Handscroll at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGEXh1-3wrY 和 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-UDym-bYc
2. Key Vocabulary
国画 (guo hua) Chinese Painting
书法 (shu fa) Calligraphy
画 (hua) to draw/paint
写 (xie) to write
3. Cultural Aspect
历史很长 Long history
国画和书法常常在一起 Chinese painting and calligraphy usually go together.
Calligraphy techniques are often used in Chinese painting.
诗书画不分家 Poetry, calligraphy and painting are often connected.
文人通过画作来表达自己的内心 (写意) Scholars use their artwork to express
their feelings and emotions, or even political view.
人,笔,墨,水,纸的关系 The paly of brush, ink, water and paper
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5. Genres of Chinese Painting
山水画 (shan shui hua) Scenery or natural landscapes
花鸟画 (hua niao hua) Flower and Bird painting (plants and small animals)
人物画 (ren wu hua) Figure painting
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15. 国画里面常常画:梅花、兰花、竹子、菊花、荷花
Plants which are commonly depicted in Chinese painting are: plum blossom,
orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemum, lotus flower
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为什么? Why
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17. 怎么画? Painting Techniques
工笔 (gong bi) Fine-line painting (meticulous attention to details)
写意 (xie yi) Freehand painting
表意 (biao yi) Show your emotions and spirits in your painting
独一无二的内心 (nei xin) Your unique inner self
你的画有什么意思?
不要给画上色 Don’t fill in the color; paint it in the beginning
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20. 用什么画? Painting Tools
文房四宝 (wen fang si bao) Four Treasures of a Chinese Study
笔 (bi) paint brush 毛笔 (mao bi)
墨 (mo) ink 墨水 (mo shui)
纸 (zhi) rice paper
砚 (yan) ink stone