Let’s explore and practice before making your Chinese painting. 

Xuan paper, Chinese painting pigments, Chinese ink, big and small ink brushes, flat hake brushes, mats, cartridge paper, water glasses.

• Value: Add different amounts of white paint to other paint.

• Density: Add different amounts of water to the paint.

• Brush stroke techniques: Apply large strokes, or draw small dots, layers and lines

Try at least four variations of each visual effects!

First pour a tablespoonful of ink into three glasses and add different amounts of water (e.g. a half, one or two tablespoons) to different glasses. Then, apply ink of various densities on the reverse side of the 

paper completed in activity 1 with a flat hake brush. Apply ink and paints of different value and density to examine their visual effects.

Standards for Exploring the Visual Effects on Xuan Paper