The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques

(Darren Dugan) #1

THE ORIENTAL BRUSH AND ROUND HEAD
BRUSH


Oriental brushes are traditional brushes
used in Chinese and Japanese drawing and
calligraphy. The brush was traditionally
used by holding it vertically to the paper
and making the marks with free rhythmical
strokes. The control in the mark, and the


varied weight of mark, are achieved by
varying the pressure on the brush. The
amount of ink the brush is holding will also
have an effect on the nature of the mark. As
you can see some brush strokes are strong
in definition and some are more textured -
others are tonally lighter and more
sensitive. In the example shown on page
176, notice the artist’s signature – there is

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Part Three – PENS, INK, BRUSHES and PAPER


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