Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting 1679
wanggai
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tree
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toned paper
# print
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asian-art
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sketch book
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house
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personal sketchbook
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coloured pencil
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pen-ink sketch
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mountain
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china
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sketchbook drawing
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watercolour bleed
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watercolour illustration
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sketchbook art
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watercolor
This page from the *Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting* is a 17th-century Chinese illustrated guide to painting. Created by Wang Gai in 1679, it exemplifies the Qing dynasty's focus on artistic manuals, offering detailed instructions on brushwork, composition, and perspective. The illustrative example depicts a mountainous landscape with a small dwelling nestled within the valley, highlighting traditional Chinese landscape aesthetics, a hallmark of the period.
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