Chinese Brush Painting--Landscape

 
Landscape painting is one of the three Chinese painting branches. The other two are flower-bird and figure. As 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.