Sifting through bags of goat hairs to select quality ones for the production of Chinese ink brushes can be tough and boring, but this is routine work for Zhang Wennian, 50, who is an inheritor of the ...

Li Keran's ink-brush landscape, Lijiang River, is being shown at the National Museum of China. [Photo provided to China Daily] New exhibition highlights the stunning bout of creativity unleashed by ...

Chen Ching-tsung (陳景聰), who has been making calligraphy brushes for more than 50 years, said he sees himself as a “a life-long warrior-artisan” and wants to attract young brush makers to preserve the ...

In a golden field, an illustrated lion stands on his hind legs with a comical look of befuddlement on his face, bathed in the warm glow of the sun. Accompanied by a flock of abstract birds and a ...

Beijing-based artist Lin Ruoxi, 54, rose to fame in the 1980s for his mastery of meticulous gongbi brushwork and the traditional flower-and-bird paintings. Over the past three decades, he has dug ...

An artisan shows one of the best writing brushes produced by the Shanlian Huzhou Ink Brush Factory (YANG YANG / CHINA DAILY) A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and ...

Wearing a beaming smile and pastel pink overalls, Ink Brush Art therapist and owner of Pambula's Brush with Clay Studio, Bella Insch, sat joyfully as she intricately painted a mug, while the heart she ...