Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1]
The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual is a Chinese painting instruction book from 1800, third Chinese edition, issued as a printed woodblock manual for students of ink painting. Its pictures are monochrome ink studies of orchids, bamboo and rocks, drawn with loose, tapering brushstrokes and red seal stamps, showing how a designer might use economical line, open negative space and calligraphic gesture.
![Picture 1 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-6-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-11-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 13](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-13-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 14](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-14-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-15-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 33](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-33-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 40](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-40-1.webp)
![Picture 8 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 42](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-42-1.webp)
![Picture 9 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 45](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-45-1.webp)
![Picture 10 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 47](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-47-1.webp)
![Picture 11 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 52](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-52-1.webp)
![Picture 12 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 57](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-57-1.webp)
![Picture 13 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 58](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-58-1.webp)
![Picture 14 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 59](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-59-1.webp)
![Picture 15 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 60](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-60-1.webp)
![Picture 16 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 61](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-61-1.webp)
![Picture 17 of 17 from Part 2 from The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (3rd Chinese edition) : [volume 1] (1800), leaf 62](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19801-62-1.webp)