Sparrows by Han Jia-Xi in Chinese brush painting technique

Chinese brush painting of sparrows in spontaneous xieyi style by Han Jia-Xi, using inks on rice xuan paper. This was filmed in China by Virginia Lloyd-Davies during a workshop in 2006.
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Learn more about painting birds in my new sumi-e painting how-to book, "Mindful Artist: Sumi-e Painting" . Published in 2019 worldwide by: Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA it can be purchased online at https://quartokno.ws/MindfulArtistSumie, Barnes & Noble (https://bit.ly/3cgTPAL) or Amazon (https://amzn.to/2XG2Elf in the US). Also available through your local bookstore. The book contains over 300 illustrations, creative tips and step-by-step instructions. You can see more of my paintings and get painting ideas for your sumi-e and Chinese brush paintings from my painting blog at http://www.joyfulbrush.com. Also included, suggestions for brushes, inks, paints and different kinds of Asian rice paper.