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Wash (visual arts)
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A wash is a term for a visual arts technique resulting in a semi-transparent layer of colour. A wash of diluted ink or watercolor paint applied in combination with drawing is called pen and wash, wash
Xia Gui (Song dynasty) – Mountain Market- Clear with Rising Mist, one of the 8 scenes of the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, a favourite subject in the Chinese ink wash painting tradition, showing the variety of effects achievable with black ink.
Xia Gui (Song dynasty) – Mountain Market- Clear with Rising Mist, one of the 8 scenes of the Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, a favourite subject in the Chin
Rembrandt selectively used a wash technique in his depictions of lions to enhance the contrast between "the heavy manes and supple skin".
Rembrandt selectively used a wash technique in his depictions of lions to enhance the contrast between "the heavy manes and supple skin".
Ink wash painting
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Ink wash painting is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses washes of black ink, such as that used in East Asian calligraphy, in different concentrations. It emerged during the Tang dynasty o
Wash (visual arts)
…of wash are used; if more colours are used the result is likely to be classified as a full watercolor painting. The classic East Asian tradition of ink wash painting uses black ink in various levels of dilution. Historically associated with the four arts of the scholar-officials, the technique was often applied to…
Liang Kai (1140–1210), Drunken Celestial (Chinese: 潑墨仙人), ink on Xuan paper, 12th century, Southern Song (Chinese), National Palace Museum, Taipei
Liang Kai (1140–1210), Drunken Celestial (Chinese: 潑墨仙人), ink on Xuan paper, 12th century, Southern Song (Chinese), National Palace Museum, Taipei
Chinese: Li Cheng (919–967), Luxuriant Forest among Distant Peaks (Chinese: 茂林遠岫圖) (detail), ink and light color on silk, dimensions are 46.0 x 298.0
Chinese: Li Cheng (919–967), Luxuriant Forest among Distant Peaks (Chinese: 茂林遠岫圖) (detail), ink and light color on silk, dimensions are 46.0 x 298.0 cm, 10th century China. Collected by Liaoning Provincial Museum.
Korean: An Kyŏn, Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (Korean: 몽유도원도; Hanja: 夢遊桃源圖), medium ink and light color on silk, dimensions 106.5 x 38.7 cm
Korean: An Kyŏn, Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (Korean: 몽유도원도; Hanja: 夢遊桃源圖), medium ink and light color on silk, dimensions 106.5 x 38.7 cm. 1447, Korea. Collected by Tenri University Central Library.
Japanese: Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539–1610), Pine Trees screen, Right panel of the Shōrin-zu byōbu. Ink on Xuan paper. Height: 156.8 cm (61.7 in); width: 35
Japanese: Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539–1610), Pine Trees screen, Right panel of the Shōrin-zu byōbu. Ink on Xuan paper. Height: 156.8 cm (61.7 in); width: 356 cm (140 in). 16th century, Japan. The painting has been designated as a National Treasure.