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asd123

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Discuss the Chinese tradition of drawing with a brush.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which artist created a series of drawings using chalk and charcoal on canvas, continuously erasing, wiping out, and rubbing the drawings? Name an example illustrated in the text.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The technique affords a sense of immediacy and spontaneity.
2. The soft brush tip allows artists to control the width of the lines.
3. The expressiveness and width of the lines can also be varied by diluting in ink.
4. This technique can be related to the long tradition of drawing with the brush in Chinese calligraphy.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Frank Auerbach, Head of Catherine Lampert VI



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