Untitled is a 1347 ink by Ni Zan, depicting Tree, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This ink drawing shows a quiet, misty landscape split into two scenes. On the left, a lone pine tree stands tall on a rocky hill, its branches bare and twisting. To the right, a river winds through a village with small houses and fields, fading into distant mountains. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to suggest movement in the water and trees, almost like a quick sketch. The colors are muted—just light browns, grays, and a touch of blue for the river. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with layered lines.
Ni Zan (simplified Chinese: 倪瓒; traditional Chinese: 倪瓚; Wade–Giles: Ni2 Tsan4; 1301–1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods.
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