OMG | Modern Chinese ink wash painting: The beauty of tears

Traditional ink wash painting or "Shui Mo Hua" is a type of brush painting that uses both water and black ink. Emerging in the Tang dynasty in China (618–907), it really flourished later in the Song dynasty (960–1279). This special drawing technique is created by dipping a brush into ink, then submerging it in water before painting it onto a canvas of paper.

However, Unlike the tradition of black-and-white landscape painting, modern Chinese painters have improved the traditional method by boldly using colored pigments to draw modern patterns. Let's take a look at this new modern ink wash painting.