Week 6 - Thursday 3.15 pm tutorial by Georgina Walker https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk6_fri_315pm The Meaning of a Medium: 1. What are the different ways in which artists can utilise the act of drawing? 2. Why is pastel regarded by some as particularly suited ‘to female artists’? en-us 2018-07-19 07:57:27 UTC 2024-10-18 14:58:54 UTC hello@padlet.com One medium and various ways for act of drawing. tifftiffanyfu https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk6_fri_315pm/wish/276551665 Chinese traditional artists use different styles of 'cun'(皴) to express their personality and achieve aesthetic authenticity. By mastering the brush in different ways, the lines and shading could appear very differently.
It is similar to the western development of styles of oil medium, e.g. pointillism and impasto paintings.
Thus change of medium is not the only option for an artist to achieve different visual elements.


Mi Fu: Auspicious Pines in the Spring Mountains]]> 2018-08-30 12:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk6_fri_315pm/wish/276551665 Just to add another artwork to compare the 'cun' used tifftiffanyfu https://padlet.com/walker_g/AHIS20018_wk6_fri_315pm/wish/276557455 Early Spring (早春圖),
Guo Xi (郭熙, active 11th century), Song Dynasty (960–1279)

Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk, 158.3 x 108.1 cm, National Palace Museum, Taipei

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