China loquat painting

Detailed explanation of drawing methods and steps of loquat in Chinese painting

Moxiangge Painting and Calligraphy Auction 20 17-03- 19

Loquat is an evergreen tree, one or two feet high. The leaves are long and oval, like pipa, with serrated edges. Thick leaves and deep veins. Xia Yue fruit, the fruit is golden yellow.

First, the painting method of fruit

Punching method:

Draw the branches of the fruit with light ink first, and then add the fruit. You can also draw the stems and branches after counting the fruits. Use stone yellow or gamboge (with a little ochre) to order fruit, and the color is stronger. Loquat fruit can be marked with two strokes. Fruit layout should pay attention to the relationship between density and dispersion, size and light and shade, and overall outline shape. When you are half dry, you can touch the "navel" with thick ink, which is like making the finishing touch and cannot be ignored. The position of the point is related to the positive, lateral, lower and upper directions of the fruit. The size, density and exposure of the umbilical cord should be carefully considered in order to change vividly.

Check method:

Another way to draw fruit is to tick the filling method, that is, mark the shape of fruit with light ink first, and then fill in the color. Look at the pen when you fill in the color. Figure 2. Fruit is drawn by filling in. A little glue is added to the light ink, and some lines are washed away by the color when filling, which enriches the ink color change.