The ancient tradition of Chinese landscape painting can be traced back several thousand years, yet this art form is readily accessible to the modern world as well. Begin painting a waterfall landscape and you may discover a relaxing new hobby.
Load the brush with black paint mixed on the paper plate. Press and drag the side of the brush multiple times down the outer edges of the paper to create the rocky and jagged outline of the waterfall.
Press a black brush against the paper and pull in a rectangular motion to create five or six rocky outcroppings down the middle of the waterfall.
Load the brush with a gray mixture. From the top of each outcropping, sweep the side of the brush to the left and down 2 or 3 inches to create an effect of water cascading around the rocks.
Paint the waterfall pool by loading the brush with a wet gray mixture and pulling wide strokes back and forth across the bottom of the page.
Paint small trees along the rocky sides of the upper waterfall to create depth. Load the brush with a thick black, press the tip down and flick the brush diagonally upward for the main tree branch. Press the brush edge at 45-degree angles to the branch to create an effect of smaller branches.
