Handmade Ripe Shu Xuan Paper 手工 熟宣纸 for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy中国画书法毛笔字

Description

Price is for per sheet

Ideally for Gongbi Style. (The careful brush or the skilful brush) is characterized by its delicay and its precision in detail.

Ripe Paper is less absorbent and is suitable for muliple layers of colour and fine brushwork.

Ripe paper has Potassium alum worked into it during production, which results in a stiffer texture, a reduced ability to absorb water, and less resistance to shear stress (meaning that it can be torn much more easily). Ripe Xuan Paper is usually used to write smaller sized calligraphy which requires more accuracy and neatness.

in Chinese painting, meticulous brush technique that delimits details very precisely and without independent or expressive variation. It is often highly coloured and usually depicts figural or narrative subjects. The term gongbi is also used to refer to paintings that are generally more descriptive than interpretive. Gongbi paintings are considered to be the opposite of more freely and quickly sketched paintings called xieyi.”

Handmade paper in Jingxian, Anhui China

Example of Gongbi Style.

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