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The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting Mai-mai Sze
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Kathy enclosed some great instructions and there are also some fabulous tutorials on the web. At first, the only models available were woodblock-printed manuals such as the Kaishien gaden ('Mustard Seed Garden') and a few imported Chinese paintings. Note the color gradations in the image below. City and the Summer Palace, as well as traditional calligraphy and brush painting. 3/07/2010 12:11 AM; Blogger Alan Lawrence said. Many cultures and people will always chose clarity of statement over “realism' as the “Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting states, “Rocks must always have three faces”. The seminal painting manual was Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, first printed in 1679. Recently he has been revisiting the art of calligraphy and has studied the traditional manual of the 'Mustard Seed Garden'. Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Ming Dynasty. As a matter of fact, today I received a new copy of The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, which I know will be a great resource. The illustration is originally from the famous Ming dynasty manual of painting for aspiring literati painters, the Mustard Seed Garden manual of painting (芥子園畫傳).