![]() ![]() The dragon has been pictured throughout Chinese history. Chinese Dragon Artĭragon artwork is very much famous till now in China and since ancient time and it is truly a breathtaking art. Unlike Europe and the western world where Dragons are a representative of evil and demons, in China and Asia breathing fire is a powerful symbol of having supernatural forces. Traditionally they symbolize vigor and fortunate powers. Chinese dragons are considered as something that has great influence and control of water, flood, and typhoons. They are probably the most powerful and gracious symbol in Chinese culture. Chen Rong Dragon Art Painting What does the Chinese dragons symbolize? It is easily recognizable due to its long serpentine body that is wingless. Having a neck like a snake, a tail like a fish, head like a camel, paw-like a camel and claws like an eagle. And general perception about these dragons is that they are composed of different animal parts. Sometimes it is also named the oriental or eastern dragon. Chinese Dragon Art is found in many Chinese folk fares and East Asian culture at large. They are also known as East Asian dragons and spelled in Chinese as “long, loong and lung” The traditional character is 龍 and in simplified Chinese 龙. Dragons in Chinese MythologyĬhinese dragons are considered to be legendary creatures in Chinese mythology. I actually just dropped it off today and was pretty happy that my parents had a nice display spot in the basement for it already prepared sitting on the coffee table =).Chinese Dragon Art has many forms in China, which this article will give a short overview. Here are a few additional angles if anyone is interested: made some mistakes through this and learned some lessons, but I’m pretty ecstatic with how it turned out and I think it portrays the the dragon with a rather territorial attitude pretty effectively (you dare brave these waters!?). The foam to simulate the water crashing is actually also resin mixed with snow flock. This step had me freaking out throughout it as I had never worked with resin before and was just hoping I wouldn’t screw it up and have to restart everything again. I’m pretty happy with how a gloss varnish makes the bottom half of the structure appear wet all the time. Most of the colors were painted on with a brush except for the bottom layers where I attempted to make it seem like the rock has been weathered from the crashing waves and the tide rising (airbrush ftw). The mountain/island is made from a ridiculous amount of plaster with the underlying structure being the foam insulation boards you can find in a department store. Also, it's the parents so I have to make it look nice, right? Ultimately, I decided on doing a lot of things with the landscape I haven’t done before such as the verticality via the mountain/island and I had never created an ocean before (shout out to Real Terrain Hobbies on Youtube for the videos). I’m not usually a fan of painting models that I’ve already done previously so I figured I would try doing some completely new things with this one to keep things interesting. The backstory is my parents saw the previous Red Dragon I painted using the Wizkids Gargantuan Red Dragon and asked me to use that same model, except paint it blue. Since my first one was pretty well received, I figured I’d go ahead and post this one as well! This particular project has been two months in the making and I will be taking a break from painting anything for a while this was honestly exhausting. ![]()
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