
Modern Chinese painting tutorial | Green Budgies
1 Video View·Jul 13, 2026
Green Budgie is not a popular subject in traditional Chinese painting simply because this type of parrots isn't native to China. Besides, Chinese watercolor tend to be more subtle than vivid. As time goes by, there are more shades and tones of red, blue and green that allow us to create different subjects or paint differently.
Materials used in this painting:
Half-ripe rice paper mounted card
Yellow color 藤黃
Orange color 珠膘
Sky blue color 天藍
Indigo color 花青
Rouge 胭脂
Ink
