1 The four treasures of the study—brush,ink stick ,paper ,and ink slab—and other things.

2 Brushes:   There are three types of brushes for traditional Chinese painting:soft,stiff,and mixed.Beginners should acquire both large and small sizes of each type.If you do not have such brushes,you may substitute ordinary brushes,two of the large,medium and small sizes.

3 Ink:     Either an ink stick or prepared ink,duan ink slab and pigments.

4 Pager:   Raw (unprocessed)xuan paper for traditional Chinese painting,and felt pad.

5 Colour-mixing box (dish),and brushwashing jar.