Yellow Mountain Pine Trees and Clouds

Yellow Mountain or "Huang Shan" is one of the oldest tourist attractions in all of China. For the past 3000 years, Yellow Mountain has been the destination of poets, pilgrims, and emperors. All seeking the scenic view for inspiration.

Look closely, and you will see stone stairs that lead to a tiny house in the mountains.

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According to the artist, this type of painting represents the "yin and yang" philosophy of ancient China because the black and white parts of this painting are in balance with each other.

The Chinese characters written on this painting include the title, as translated above, the year painted (2004) and the artist's signature.

This type of painting must be done quickly as the rice paper absorbs the ink very fast.
One wrong move by the artist, and all is lost.
Artists who practice this type of work in China must have many years of experience.

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Painted by (Li Nan).

This is painted on special xuan paper (rice paper) with a traditional silk brocade matting/border. Painted entirely with special Chinese black ink. In fact, there is no actual "paint" used to create this "painting". The gray tones are accomplished by mixing a little alcohol or water with the black ink.

Because no actual paint is used, the white parts are created by simply not touching the brush to that area. But this fact also means that any mistakes can not be covered up, so the artist's hand must be perfect.