Chinese Brush Painting--Flower and Bird

 
Traditional Chinese painting has three major branches: landscape, flower-bird and figure. Flower-bird painting includes flowers, fruits, vegetables, birds and fish. As for the painting technique styles, it can be Meticulous(gongbi) using contour methods, outline the object first, then color it. Meticulous style requires great care and grace; the strict composition has fine elaboration. The effect is highly decorative; or Freehand(xieyi) -- Freehand style generalizes shapes and displays rich brushwork and ink technique. Paintings in this group are Freehand style.