Mountain Paysage

My name is Ziteng Zhuang. I have learned to paint Chinese traditional painting for almost ten years. It has much more connection with the past than modern art. The feeling of doing the painting is very special when you know that the technique of painting has a history for thousands of years. Can you imagine how amazing it is? Many thousands of years ago in ancient China, there were groups of artists using the same technique of painting as I do.

Ancient artists used ink and water-based colors on paper or silk to create traditional paintings, most often depicting landscapes. For this project, I stick to a traditional topic, and continue to work on landscapes.

In my last trip, there was a special mountain that I came upon, that I will never forget the image of in my mind. In “Mountain Paysage”, I imagined I have a log cabin in the mountains. If you live in the mountains, then you live in an idyllic place. I can escape from covid pandemic and relax with “nature’s art”. I imagined that I can go out of my house in a place like this, then go for a walk and exploring the backcountry trails in the mountains. Doing a bit of wandering, hiking and climbing, find the ideal overlook, sit down with my paint and brushes, and just begin painting.

The shape of the paper for my painting is rounded. Ancient Chinese artists would like to use painting to decorate fans. There are also many different shapes of traditional Chinese fans, and a round shape is one of them. As time went by those shapes became one of the most important parts of the painting.

Title: Pine Tree, Date: November 2020, Dimensions: 1920×1920px，Medium: Water color

Title: Waterfall, Date: November 2020, Dimensions: 1920×1920px，Medium: Water color

Title: Dwelling in the Mountains, Date: November 2020, Dimensions: 1920×1920px，Medium: Water color

Title: Lofty Mountains, Date: November 2020, Dimensions: 1920×1920px，Medium: Water color

Title: Along the River, Date: November 2020, Dimensions: 1920×1920px，Medium: Water color