Chinese painting peony freehand brushwork

Peony is one of the common themes in traditional paintings in China, and it is also a flower with great expressive force and aesthetic feeling. In traditional Chinese painting, the following steps should be followed to describe peony in the form of small freehand brushwork:

1. composition: first draw the overall outline of peony, and construct a simple and smooth peony sketch on paper according to the actual situation.

2. Describe the flower bud: Then you can begin to describe the details. First, you can start painting from the outermost bud and small bud, and skillfully use the methods of wet pen, dry pen and dry ink to make the bud clear and distinguishable, emphasizing its graceful shape.

3. Drop color rendering: Then use different shades or colors to drop color rendering according to the change of light and shadow to help us show the three-dimensional sense and texture of peony. Pay attention to color matching and unification, and don't make the whole work look too monotonous.

4. Describe the details such as petals: After the basic structure is completed, you can begin to describe the details such as petals. Petals should be written lightly, paying attention to soft transition, and creating colorful visual effects of peony.

5. Decoration and embellishment: Finally, you can add some small logos or other decorative elements to the picture to set off the beauty of flowers. Then, after modification, observation, inspection and adjustment, the works show natural and vivid forms and textures.

It should be noted that there are many forms of peony in Chinese painting. If you understand this theme according to your own aesthetics and use your imagination to keep trying and practicing, you will eventually be able to master a peony painting method of your own.