Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Your Art-making Activity: Chinese Painting

Resource Kit Overview

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

Exploring the Visual Effects on Xuan Paper

Video Viewing and appreciation

Artist Introduction

Based on the HKMoA collection, this series, ‘In Touch with Hong Kong Artists’, provides education materials and activity sets designed with the aim to raise the interest in artists and art and culture in Hong Kong. In this resource kit, Chu Hing-wah will be introduced.

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Chu Hing-wah

Visual Arts

The Arts

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.

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In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Chu Hing-wah

Exploring the Visual Effects on Xuan Paper

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