# Traditional Chinese Gongbi Portrait Painting

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Typography (@library.typography)](/@library.typography.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits
- AI keywords: calm, portrait, illustration
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- Published: 2026-10-31
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## Prompt

```text
Create a vertical traditional Chinese Gongbi heavy color painting of a lady, with a 4:5 aspect ratio.
The subject is a young {subject}, shown in full, standing three-quarters profile near {setting}; her posture is dignified and slender, head slightly bowed, right hand gently holding {prop}, and left hand subtly tucked within her long sleeve, with a quiet, gentle, and restrained expression. Light eyebrows, a small straight nose, and vermilion cherry lips, with skin tone represented in the fair and rosy manner of traditional lady paintings. Jet-black long hair is styled in an elegant ancient Chinese bun, adorned with gilded flower pins, pearl tassels, and jade hairpins; each piece of jewelry is clearly structured with precise patterns, magnificent but not cluttered.
The lady wears layered Hanfu: a stone-blue cross-collar upper garment, an ochre-red high-waisted long skirt, and an ivory-white shawl; the collar, cuffs, and skirt are densely covered with lotus vines, flower-and-bird sprays, and Ruyi cloud patterns, outlined with fine gold thread. The silk folds are smooth, the brocade patterns complex and clear, and the ribbons and shawl form a gentle S-shape rhythm. The background includes Taihu rocks, emerald green plantains, blooming peonies, scattered petals, vermilion railings, and a hazy moon gate in the distance, using well-spaced garden scenery to complement the figure without being overwhelming.
Adopt orthodox Chinese Gongbi techniques: use fine, even, and elastic iron-wire and gossamer strokes to precisely outline the face, hair, fingers, clothing folds, flowers, leaves, and jewelry; multiple layers of staining, covering, flat coating, and re-outlining result in thick yet clear color layers. Predominantly use stone blue, stone green, cinnabar, ochre, rouge, clam powder, and liquid gold, with some local gold-pasting; the balance of green, red, ivory white, and soft gold creates an elegant, quiet, and noble color scheme, saturated but not glaring. The cooked silk base is warm and slightly aged, retaining fine silk texture and hand-painted traces. Soft and even scattered light, weak shading, clear outlines, maintaining the flatness, decorativeness, and subtle sense of space of traditional painting.
The composition is like a complete ancient vertical scroll lady painting, with the figure occupying about two-thirds of the height, a clear visual center, restrained white space, and an elegant correspondence between the figure, flowers, and architecture. Facial features, hands, and fingers must be natural and complete, clothing layers clear, line work precise and stable, and tiny patterns still recognizable.
The overall work must present authentic hand-painted Gongbi and classical silk texture; no photographic realism, no modern fashion, no anime faces, no thick oil impasto, no watercolor washes, no 3D or plastic texture, no strong cinematic light, no exaggerated depth of field, and no text, inscriptions, watermarks, or identifiable seals.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{subject}` | subject | Han Chinese lady |
| `{setting}` | setting | a quiet classical garden gallery |
| `{prop}` | prop | a branch of budding crabapple |

## About

A highly detailed prompt for generating traditional Chinese Gongbi-style heavy color paintings, featuring a lady in a silk-textured garden setting with precise line work and mineral pigment details.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

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