How to draw Chinese painting?

1. Sketch is the main method to learn China's freehand figure painting. Sketch begins with the left picture and sketch. The picture on the left refers to how the painter better arranges the position of the sketch object on the screen. The arrangement of this position should be based on the painter's expression of the object's feelings, the overall artistic conception of the picture and the aesthetic feeling of the picture. Beginners should not only express their feelings, but also learn the most basic composition rules. For example, the picture arrangement should be beneficial to the subject object, and the subject should not be too central, too lateral, too top and too heavy. The picture should be stable and balanced, the main part of the object image should enter the picture as much as possible, and the ratio of the object image to the width should not be too large or too small. If the subject is too big, it is easy to feel bored visually, and if it is too small or too biased, it is easy to feel empty. The picture composition of sketch is generally not too complicated, but we should pay attention to the exercise of this ability from the beginning of sketch. It is better to sketch with willow charcoal strips if you are freehand, and you can shoot with dry cloth when you modify it. Pencils are waxy, and carbon rods also contain colloidal wax, which is easy to stain the picture and not suitable for sketching. In addition, if you have a certain modeling foundation, you can also sketch with light ink or even clear water. The freehand silhouette is different from meticulous painting, in order to grasp the dynamic situation and modeling characteristics of objects, and make some marks on the main clothing patterns. It's better to put artistic thinking and expression into the later stage of writing and improvising. If the outline is very specific and detailed, it will not be conducive to the display of pen characteristics. Then there is inking, which is the most critical step. In the inking stage, it is mainly sketching and inking. In fact, pen and ink are inseparable, so painting is often done in one go. Pay attention to the harmony between ink color change and overall conception when sketching, and pay attention to the harmony between strokes and lines when painting a lot. The artistic endurance of Italian brush lines is heavy, and the shape, texture, pattern and artistic interest must be presented in pen and ink at the same time. 2. Sketch Improvisation Sketch is a unique creative form of Chinese painting. Historically, the boundaries of sketch have not been strictly defined. In modern times, those creations with obvious randomness and improvisation are collectively called sketches. Sketch portraits of folk songs, essays and short poems are so inspiring and edifying. There is no certain rule in the painting of small paintings, because a large number of small paintings are improvised. It is mainly required to be ornamental, and the requirements for form and technique are particularly high. Therefore, the characteristics of Chinese painting "training for a thousand days and using it for a while" are more obvious and prominent in the process of drawing small paintings. Sketch creation is also the direct embodiment of the artist's inspiration. Therefore, before you start writing, you must have a thoughtful conception of the whole picture, and then through high-spirited brushwork, shape, spirit, emotion, line, surface, point, pen interest, strength, rhythm, black, white and gray will be blended, combined, penetrated and arranged in one picture to achieve a seamless state. The application of techniques in sketch painting is more free and exploratory than thematic creation, and its techniques should not be too rich, because the content of sketch itself is not complicated, the painting materials are simple, and too many complicated techniques are difficult to control the overall situation. We should seek change in simplicity and unity in change. Using one or several main lines, ink blocks, color blocks or powerful brushstrokes to stabilize the picture, the overall style of techniques must be unified, otherwise it will seriously affect the artistic perfection of small paintings. Beginners of small-scale painting should not spread the theme too much. You can choose three or five pictures that you are most interested in and familiar with, and revise them repeatedly, constantly improve them and gradually improve them. The deepening of this practice will inevitably involve various painting factors that are urgently needed in the picture. In addition to figures, there are often landscapes, animals, flowers and plants, props and so on. On the background, while drawing characters, we should make the background have corresponding levels. In this way, although there were only three or five paintings at first, in fact, a considerable amount of practice is needed to make these three or five paintings perfect. With more and more ideas, the scope of this kind of practice will naturally expand, allowing you to master all kinds of necessary procedures and skills, allowing you to enter the free realm of unfamiliar practice. Sketching figure painting should start with the theme. The meaning of the subject is not necessarily the character itself, but the most distinctive part of the picture. Sometimes there is more than one theme, which may not be obvious. You can start with the part you are most sure of or the place you are most interested in. Because small-scale paintings are generally small, it doesn't matter whether it is sketching, coloring or inking. We can act according to the needs of the effect. Small paintings can be practiced at any time, with different themes and laws; Its improvisation can make the spark of inspiration often break out and keep trying. It can be practiced as a work, and it also contains the basic elements of creation. Its requirements for themes and themes are relatively loose, so as long as the aesthetic feeling in form reaches a higher level, it can be expressed by title or untitled, figurative or abstract, intuition or illusion. Common types of freehand brushwork figure painting There are many styles of freehand brushwork figure painting. Most of the northern realistic, rigorous modeling, in-depth modeling, suitable for the expression of serious themes. They mainly draw lessons from the brushwork of China's landscape paintings, and combine bold outline with rubbings, rubbings and stippling. Because this expression is mainly realistic, it is always carefully conceived in advance, and then boldly and strictly described on the basis of the detailed first draft. The shape is mainly outlined by lines. Generally, there is no need to remove bones, splash ink, splash color and other techniques, but I like to use rubbings and other techniques for solid and in-depth description. Concrete often starts from the local, and finally accumulates to complete the overall atmosphere. This style of painting used to draw lessons from western sketches for many factors, and the professional techniques were not too rich. This style of painting is evolving recently. Derived from it, it can be roughly divided into two major trends: First, the original realistic pattern is basically maintained, but the sketch factor is reduced in the specific shape, which increases the expression of the author's feeling, so the characteristics of using rubbings to express the three-dimensional structure in the past are weakened, while the factors of expressing the sense of form, texture and atmosphere are increasing. The other is bold exaggeration and strengthening in modeling. Although sketching and rubbings are still the main brush strokes, it no longer emphasizes the rigor and solidity of the surface, but refines the artistic expression, which is more free, free and easy than the first one, and pays more attention to the leakage of form and subjective feelings. Although there is not much development in techniques, techniques have become more flexible and interest in ink painting has increased. These two painting styles are different from the past, but they still inherit the characteristics of the original work in terms of pen characteristics and big pattern. The south pays attention to modeling, inherits the techniques of ink figure painting and flower-and-bird painting in previous dynasties, and forms a mixed application of various techniques such as hook, pull, point, break, rub, splash, infiltration and dyeing, which has become a dripping, loose and exquisite painting style. This style of painting is more suitable for the expression of lyric themes, pursuing the coordination of various techniques, the application of various contrast techniques, putting pen to paper from the big point, carefully sorting out the small points, and pursuing delicate and rich effects. The overall composition of color blocks, ink blocks and lines, especially the artistic interest and rhythm of lines, is a style of painting that pays attention to brushwork, brushwork, brushwork interest, brushwork meaning and brushwork. This style of painting has both realism and imagery. Modern freehand line drawing works mainly include freehand line drawing, line drawing and line drawing works. Although it is mainly based on sketching, it has various forms. Line drawing often does not use other auxiliary performance factors, the line itself is more tolerant, and the advantages and disadvantages of the line are relatively exposed. Wu Daozi, Kai Liang, Zhao Mengfu, Chen Hongsui, Ren Bonian and many other outstanding line drawings in history. China's excellent paintings in terms of pattern and expressiveness. In 1950s and 1960s, the painting style with rich life interest, which combined sketch with China traditional techniques, prevailed. Its characteristics are: vivid, bold, rich, wide adaptability, changeable composition and modeling, and many themes are taken from interesting life, thus giving people a sense of intimacy. In the 1960s, this painting style showed a trend of combining life with form, combining skilled and standardized procedural techniques with rich artistic conception of life, making the painting style more traditional, refined and perfect. This painting style itself has not changed much in the past and now, but many of its performance characteristics are often absorbed by other painting styles, and some innovative works have been produced. The painting style that combines folk painting form with traditional freehand figure painting technique can also be divided into two tendencies. One is to pursue and strengthen national characteristics, which is very retro. The other combines the elements of western forms, thus making the works have a modern atmosphere. The rediscovery and in-depth study of ancient art and folk art is a clear spring in the wind of blindly worshipping foreign countries, and it is a good phenomenon that the exploration stage enters a calm and mature stage. In history, due to the limitation of archaeology and understanding, there is not enough research and reference on ancient art, and less attention is paid to folk art and minority art, but this kind of art is the simplest national aesthetic consciousness, the most interesting part of art and the pursuit of modern artistic thoughts. Therefore, it is natural, inevitable and sometimes arises at the historic moment that both traditional researchers and innovators are willing to transfer their interest to it easily. Both ancient and modern folk art and minority art should be part of Chinese painting, so their combination with modern China meticulous painting is a good trend of Chinese painting development.