Chinese Calligraphy Painting Techniques. Gongbi 工笔 gong bee literally working pen is a meticulous style rich in color and detailed brush strokes. Calligraphy has endured for more than 2 000 years and evolved into five main ways of writing each with different techniques.
To make the ink grind some of the ink cake in to the ink stone with a little bit of water. Thick ink will appear glossy and deep on your paper. Using this technique you will be prepared to write beautiful chinese characters in the traditional manner.
It is often used for portraits or narrative subjects.
The brush techniques are closely related to each chinese character s strokes as well as different chinese calligraphy styles. Shun kai tse demonstrates and explains basic chinese calligraphy brush stoke technique. Thin ink made with more water will be more lively. Even today these are still followed and practiced often as a hobby.
