Chinese Inks Ink sticks: It is solid, and comes in the shape of sticks. The black ink is made from the soot of pinewood or oil smoke, and a gum substance extracted from trees. Chinese inkstone: Inkstones are made from stone or pottery.
The Chinese Dynasty that invented India Ink was the Cao Wei Dynasty.
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Chinese ink - encre de Chine.
The Chinese refer to the equipments as the "Four Treasures," ("文房四寶" in Chinese) they are the brush, ink (or ink stick), the paper, and and the inkstone.
They are the brush, ink, paper and ink stone.
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The ink stone is a stone mortar for grinding and containment of ink. The oldest ink stones were made out of pottery, but by the 7th century the Chinese had produced a ceramic ink stone. The most important part of the stone is the flat service to grind the ink on. A high quality ink stone produces fine thick ink quickly. Ink should never be allowed to dry in the stone because it can damage it.
Ink in early china was used for sending messages to the Gods
they used pen ink ;D hope i helped :D
There are two main techniques in Chinese painting. Meticulous - Gong-bi, also known as court-style painting, and Freehand - Shui-mo, also known as Chinese Ink painting or "xie yi".
With mud and black ink.