Work by Chinese brush artist and calligrapher Gail Threinen is featured at the Lake Travis Community Library through May 29. Threinen’s works include famous Chinese poetry and inspirational ...

Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting styles. When grouped together with the inkstone, inkstick, and xuan ...

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 ...

In traditional Chinese brush paintings, it's not unusual to find a scene of galloping horses, with delicate calligraphy spilling down the margins. But it is somewhat unusual to encounter a Texas ...

What do you think of when you think of traditional Chinese ink painting? To start with, ink on paper and silk. Then, century upon century of graceful, languid calligraphy and dreamy landscapes and ...

WASHINGTON — By the light of a lone desk lamp in the dank kitchen of a Northeast Washington house, Gong Nai Chang hunches over a large sheet of rice paper and dips the carefully sharpened nail of his ...

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CHINESE PANDA WORKSHOP: The Chinese artists offer a couple of paintings to children and young adult librarian Katarina Collier. From left Tairāwhiti Cultural Festival and Events rep Dan Li, artist Lei ...

HEFEI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sifting through bags of goat hairs to select quality ones for the production of Chinese ink brushes can be tough and boring, but this is routine work for Zhang Wennian, 50, ...

Discover the fascinating art of Chinese brush painting and explore the cultural richness of Asian traditions with a focus on the symbolic importance of orchids in China and Japan and try your hand at ...