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Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy
by Rebecca Yue

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback

Rebecca Yue’s unique approach to calligraphy comes from years of teaching this ancient art. Most teachers prefer to demonstrate all of the basic brushstrokes before teaching you how to form words. However in Rebecca’s experience, students soon become bored with this method and fail to progress. Whilst teaching new brushstrokes, 'Chinese Calligraphy Made Easy' allows the reader to practise them, and brushstrokes learnt previously, by writing Chinese words. As the lessons progress, the words introduced become more complicated. When there are enough words to form phrases, projects are introduced. These include painting Chinese characters onto a bonsai pot, a t-shirt, a vase and making personalised greeting cards.
Price: £14.99

Chinese Flower Painting Made Easy
by Rebecca Yue

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback

Chinese Flower Painting Made Easy promises to show you how to paint flowers in the classic Chinese style. Starting with how to hold and control a Chinese brush, the author builds your confidence by demonstrating the simplest brushmarks on paper before building up to more complex marks. There are projects throughout showing you how to paint a whole flower with leaves and stem. At the end, the Gallery showcases entire paintings, explaining the marks and brushes used to make each one.
Price: £14.99

Chinese Landscapes Made Easy
by Rebecca Yue

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

Chinese Landscapes Made Easy shows you how to paint stunning landscapes in the classic Chinese style with a core material list of just six essential Chinese brushes. Starting with how to hold and control a Chinese brush, the author builds your confidence by demonstrating simple techniques on paper, before tackling more complex marks in conjunction with a series of painting ‘lessons’, each dedicated to a different key element of Chinese landscape painting. The projects section takes you through all the step-by-step techniques in order to complete your very own works of art. Each project has a colour palette and information on brushes to use, so you can be fully prepared.
Price: £14.99

The Art of Chinese Brush Painting
by Lucy Wang

Publisher Walter Foster Publishing
Edition Paperback

Accomplished Chinese brush artist Lucy Wang guides the reader step by step through a series of painting lessons, each complete with clear written instruction. The subjects include an array of charming animals, florals, and even landscape and figure paintings. Designed to aid artists of all experience levels in expanding their creativity, conquering technical obstacles, and exploring this exciting artform, this book will serve as a useful reference tool artists can turn to again and again!
Price: £6.99

Chinese Painting Techniques
by Lian Quan

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Hardback

Lian Quan Zhen's exquisite watercolours take the best artistic elements from two different worlds - the traditional painting techniques of the East and the watercolour techniques and perspective theory of the West. He then combines them to create a unique style all of his own. Now you can learn his methods, too, and produce the kind of paintings you've always dreamed of - gorgeous images that echo the spirit and personality of the natural world around you.
Price: £12.99

Learn to Paint: Chinese Brush
by Jane Evans

Publisher Harper Collins
Edition Paperback

Chinese brush painting is a versatile and expressive medium which offers Western artists a range of exciting and different techniques and a fresh approach to composition. In this book Jane Evans introduces the artist to the specialist materials required and then looks at techniques such as grinding the ink, creating flowing brush strokes, using colour and applying washes. A wide range of subjects is featured, including flowers and plants, birds, fish and other aquatic creatures, animals, people and landscapes, all illustrated with step-by-step examples and Jane's beautiful paintings.
Price: £9.99

Traditional and Contemporary Chinese Brush Painting
by Cheng Yan

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Using step-by-step demonstrations and his own evocative and inspirational pictures, Cheng Yan shows you how to capture the beauty and freshness of this exquisite style of painting.
Price: £10.99

Complete Chinese Brush Painting Course
by Wang Jia Nan, Cai Xiaoli & Dawn Young

Publisher A & C Black
Edition Paperback

This book is a beginner’s step-by-step guide to the art of Chinese brush painting. Highly illustrated, it takes the reader through the materials and equipment needed as well as the various techniques that are employed in this style of painting. The book contains 24 project-based lessons, each concentrating on traditional elements or themes. The work of a number of artists is included making this both a beautiful and inspirational guide to the subject.
Price: £14.99

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