BuyTea BuyArt BuyAccessary Chinese Brush Paintings Chinese calligraphy and Chinese brush painting are closely related because lines are used in both. Chinese people have turned simple lines into a highly-developed form of art. Lines are used not only to draw contours but to express the artist's concepts and feelings. For different subjects and different purposes a variety of lines are used. They may be straight or curved, hard or soft, thick or thin, pale or dark, and the ink may be dry or running. The use of lines and strokes is one of the elements that give Chinese brush painting its unique qualities. Traditional Chinese brush painting is a combination in the same picture of the arts of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal engraving. * Old life style in Beijing brush painting on rice paper; represent the old life style in Beijing; two sizes; non-mounted or mounted * Old tea house * Ancient beauty * Chinese doll * Four seasons brush painting on rice paper; represent significant flowers and scenery of four seasons; two sizes; mounted on white hard paper * Silk painting brush painting on silk; different categories of scenery,flower, animal, and figure paintings * Zoidac symbols brush painting on rice paper; 12 animals represent Chinese zoidac symbols for different years of born; two different style: brush painting of animal or pictographic character; all mounted to be scrolls * Calligraphy & Poetry SOLD unique calligraphy of Chinese character and poetry on rice papers; 3 different shapes * Single calligraphy different single Chinese characters which mean love, longevity, honest, buddha, etc. Traditional vintage yellow rice paper; mounted to be scrolls