\[ **BT: [[art#the arts]]** ] --- # drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography ## drawing - ↬ [Line of action](https://line-of-action.com/) – drawing exercises and reference images ### drawing media #### ink [[Actual ink can be made from shaggy ink cap mushrooms (Coprinus comatus). They will turn to ink on their own; however, for improved ink, simply heat the ink caps with some water and cloves.]][^1] ## painting ### elements of design and principles of composition [[In classical Chinese painting, the use of white space is highly important; the white space defines the forms depicted within it.]][^2] ### the history of painting #### the history of Chinese painting [[In classical Chinese painting, the use of white space is highly important; the white space defines the forms depicted within it.]][^3] [^1]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake, Entangled Life, 2021|Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures]]* (Vintage, 2021), p. 7; ‘[[Wild Food UK, ‘Shaggy Inkcap’, n.d.|Shaggy Inkcap]]’, Wild Food UK, accessed 14 January 2026, https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/shaggy-inkcap/. [^2]: Tony Barnstone, ‘Preface’, in *[[Barnstone and Ping, The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry, 2005|The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary, the Full 3000-Year Tradition]]*, eds. Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping (Anchor Books, 2005), p. xliv. Internet Archive, [https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn](https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn). [^3]: Tony Barnstone, ‘Preface’, in *[[Barnstone and Ping, The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry, 2005|The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary, the Full 3000-Year Tradition]]*, eds. Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping (Anchor Books, 2005), p. xliv. Internet Archive, [https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn](https://archive.org/details/anchorbookofchin00barn).