Poppys

Works of students who visited the workshop about poppys, carried our by Nataly Kotova in Wu Xing School of Painting (Moscow).
This technique is a bit unusual. It is done over a thick layer of gouache painting and water. The word "gouache" translates from Italian as a "wet moor", so they used the opportunity to make thick untransparent layers of this paint. 

Mountaints, pinetrees, waterfall and clounds

Works of Elena Kasiyanenko



   
  

Wu Xing painting: How to draw a lion? By Nataly Kotova

Let's start!

Wu Xing painting: trees

 Works of Andrey Scherbakov

Wu Xing painting: Sceneries

Works of Andrey Scherbakov

Works of Elena Kasiyanenko

Works of Katrin Chernaya

Wu Xing painting: birds

Works of Elena Kasiyanenko

 Work of Nataly Kotova

 Work of Margarita Volkova















Works of Yuliya Zima

 Work of Ruslan Omeliyanenko

Wu Xing painting: fruits

I didn't cover this "tasty" theme which is widely used in Chinese painting. Here it is!
Works of teachers, School of Wu Xing painting, Moscow, Russia

Chinese painting: cats

Author: Nataly Kotova, artist and teacher of Wu Xing painting

Since painting appeared in China there was invented a style called "sketch of lines". Ancient Chinese philosophers, scientists and poets made sketches with 2-3 lines which were supposed to reveal "the spirit of alive movement". These lines have a nature of Metal energy. As only Metal brushstroke can change from wide line into thin one, can be long or sharp. 
I tried to paint cats in this style, this animal is flexible, the right sense for the Metal brushstroke. 


Painting in this style you don't have to picture every part of the animal, you can forget one leg or eyes. The main idea is to feel and show the main line of movement in this or that pose. 
                   

Japanese style: Katrin Chernaya, workshop in Rostov(Russia)