"Reviving Tradition: Modern Pith Painting in Guangzhou"

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"Pith painting lives on! 🎨 A talented artist in Guangzhou is blending 19th-century styles with modern themes, creating stunning, detailed works—like lifelike animal portraits that showcase the 3D magic of pith paper. 🐱✨   Tradition meets innovation!   #PithPainting #ArtRevival #GuangzhouArt"

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00:00Pith painting is still going on today, and I happen to know a very talented young female

00:10artist who operates in Guangzhou today, who is using this pith paper to not only mimic

00:17some of the themes and styles of the early 19th century, but she has also developed her

00:23own modern contents, but on pith paper, and is able to use the paper and its attention

00:30to detail to create some wonderful pieces of art, particularly struck by some of her

00:36pictures of animals, because she's able to discern almost each individual hair on a cat,

00:44for example, that makes full use of the material that she's painting on, and the ability to

00:51create that three-dimensional effect, it's very engaging.

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