Figure Silk Painting Art

This figure painting employs an extremely concise brushwork, with rich variations in ink tones, utilizing both lines and block shapes. In terms of composition, it aims for expressive suggestion rather than precise representation of form. There are as many as eighteen different techniques for figure painting in the Song Dynasty, but they can generally be categorized into three types: Yousi (fine, continuous lines), Liuye (willow leaf-shaped lines), and Jianbi (abbreviated brushstrokes). The other techniques are variations derived from these three, offering even richer expressiveness.

This is an original Asian silk painting art, not a print, that was produced in the 1980s and 1990s by painters from Suzhou, China. Using silk as their canvas, the artists skillfully captured the Song dynasty style of Chinese watercolor paintings. 

Because these paintings are all handicrafts, works with the same theme may have different layout and colors. Also because of limitations in imaging and photography equipment, the image may have subtle color differences from the actual product.