Heaven's Work is Made by Nature, and Our Eyes can Measure It
——Natural Marble Painting Collection of Dali Stone Guide

by Yang Junbin

Dali, with beautiful mountains and rivers, is located in the west of Yunnan Province, adjacent to Erhai Lake in the East and Cang Mountain in the West. It is a famous historical and cultural city and a famous scenic spot.

Dali has beautiful mountains, water and stones. "Natural marble painting of Dali stone" is a natural artwork formed by cutting, polishing, leveling, cutting, determination and title of the natural marble stones that produced here, and then matching it a frame.

This article would like to introduce the natural art treasure of viewing stone to stone collectors from the aspects of the formation principle, appreciation standard and artistic value of natural marble painting.

The natural marble picture stone can be divided into image, abstract and shape-like. It is a huge picture library with a myriad of atmosphere. It can really be described as "immortal picture scroll". In terms of content, these pictures include landscapes, flowers, birds, figures,animals and so on; From the perspective of "techniques", there are freehand brushwork, Meticulous Brushwork, etc;In terms of color, there are both heavy color and light color.

Careful readers can find that this article just analyzes natural marble painting of Dali stone from the aspects of color,shape, charm and proposition, which is actually the way of appreciation of painting. The collection and appreciation of natural marble paintings stones can learn from the standards of Chinese painting.