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In China what they draw shows something, soch as a cricket it means summer, same as the dragon fly. The most common peices have dragons in them, which are mostly over water or clouds. The Pheonix is also in many peices of art, which means the Empress. Yin and Yan are the twins they are the symbol of peace and darkness, which are drawn as fish too.
 * One of my common questions is what does art mean to the citizens of china? **

My next question is what different types of art are there? Well that depends on what you would call art, pottery,paintings,drawings,music,ect. Some type are ceramics, sculptures, wash-paintings,calligraphy, and fineart paintings. Ceramic is a kind of hard matierial it is used to make vases,dishes,and tiles. Most Ceramic in America has been replaced with plastic. Sculptures Sculptures are often made to honor someone, mostly kings.
 * Ceramic **

Wash-paintings To make a wash painting you need the right brushes, and ink. Their are three main brushes; Hsieh chao pi The Crab claw brush it varies in sizes Hua jan pi a brush for painting flowers Lan yu chu pi a brush for orchids and bamboo



﻿Calligraphy
Art made of words, here is a few of them: 

Fineart Paintings
Very detailed pictures, these painting take a long long time, days, weeks and sometimes even monthes. 

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As you can see there is many different forms of art in China.

What are some famous artists? Here is a list of modern hit artists:

Zhang Hongtu

<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wang Guangyi

<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Yue Minjun

<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Zhang Xiaogang

<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">What percent of china make art? <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Every one makes something some time of there life, but only a few stay as artist, about 25% I think.

<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">What are common Chinese cartoons? <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Not many people are able to own a TV,let alone kids but for those who do here are some common cartoons; <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Pokemon, Lucky Star, Blue Cat, Havoc in Heaven,Hello Kitty,and Pleasant Goat and the Big Bad Wolf. Those are just a few names of Cartoons.

<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Anime is common style in Asia, how do you draw it? <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Thanks Clsportraits for the tutorial:' <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">

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<span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Art varies around the world, making it unique in many ways. Chinese art is made to show great detail on the artist's focus, but oddly not the colors. In the USA art is made for color, bright,big, breath taking. Art differs every where, making a difference to peoples heart and personality. <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Chinese art is usually made on a special paper called Chinese Paper it was made from old fishing poles and bark but is not machine made and called rice paper.Chinese paintings are not made to to show colors but to show the different characteristics of objects. Many painting have very few colors including White, Black, Red, Green, Brown, and many shades of Grey. Most common art has a picture of a foggy hill with small shrubs here and there. Other pieces are of fruit blossoms, or other flowers. <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">The art in America is usually made on the Internet, or fine paper. Here there are many many different types of art, because of all the different cultures. Color vary from black and white to rainbows of colors. Art varies person to person too, so it is hard to pin-point what the most common pieces are. In Wisconsin you can see many types of art as well, but the most common is wildlife from near-by forests. <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Chinese art has a reason, animals and plants all have a meaning. The most important are;Bats, Cranes, Dragons, Eagles, Fish, Lotus (Flower), Phoenix, and Tigers. Bats symbolizes good luck, though you may find it hard to think of a bat 'good'. Cranes mean to live long or longevity, and are often shown with pine trees. Eagles mean strength, an eagle on a rock symbolizes hero of lone battle. Fish mean to be wealthy, fish with a Lotus means years of wealth. A Lotus is a sea lily and is 'pure'. Tigers are the kings, powerful and brave. <span style="color: #5e462b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Their are tons of different art-styles and meanings, that differ around the world. Art is not just what most people think of, drawings or paintings but something that you create. Art always has a meaning, a thought on why it was made. Art is special to every one.... some way or another.