Something about Chinese painting

>>The main tools used in Chinese painting are the same as those of Chinese calligraphy: the brush,the ink and the ink-stone.

>>As you see ,in Chinese painting ,flowers may be painted without braches or any other background,for these could be of only secondary interest(By doing this ,the artist presents his main theme in a more concentrated ,vivid and strking manner.)

>>Chinese painters aim at capturing both the form and the spirit of their objects.They put more emphasis on portraying the spirit than on the presenting a photographic likeness.An artist who paints from life pays less attention to light and shade than to the object itself—above all,its spirit,inner nature and character.

Here has two pictures about the main tools in Chinese painting ,as you see the ink-stone is the balck one here.