Paifang painting course

The tutorial of archway painting is as follows:

1. Prepare tools and materials: You need to prepare tools and materials such as writing brush, ink and rice paper for painting memorial archways. You can also use some auxiliary tools, such as erasers and pencils.

2. Determine the composition: Before you start painting, you need to determine the composition of the archway. You can first draw a sketch of the archway on paper and mark the position and proportion of each part.

3. Draw the main body of the archway: draw the main body of the archway on rice paper with a brush. Pay attention to the shape and proportion of the archway, and also pay attention to the use and change of pen and ink.

4. Draw details: After drawing the main parts, you can start drawing the details of the archway, such as lintels, windowsills and cornices. These details need your patience to describe and express.

5. Draw backgrounds and shadows: In order to make the archway more vivid, you can draw some backgrounds and shadows around the archway. These backgrounds and shadows can increase the layering and three-dimensional sense of the picture.

6. Improve the details: Finally, you can check the details of the picture, such as whether the pen and ink are coherent and conform to the characteristics of traditional architecture. If there is any need to modify, you can make some fine-tuning.

Features of memorial archway:

1, structural features: the structure of the archway is usually symmetrical, divided into left and right sides, and each side has the same components, such as columns and beams. This symmetry can reflect the beauty of balance and the sense of wholeness of traditional architecture in China.

2. Frame structure: The structure of the archway is mainly a frame, consisting of columns, beams, tenons, mortises and other components. This structure is simple and clear, easy to construct and convenient for later maintenance.

3. Cantilever structure: The roof of the archway is usually cantilever, without the support of the wall, only supported by beams and columns. This kind of structure is ingenious in design, which can not only shade from the sun and rain, but also increase the aesthetic feeling and sense of space of the building.

4. Decorative features: The archway is usually decorated in relief on columns, beams and tenons. These decorations usually take figures, animals, flowers, calligraphy and painting as the themes, which reflect the cultural connotation and artistic characteristics of traditional buildings in China.

5. Functional features: The archway has many functions, which can be used as the main entrance or entrance of a building complex, and also as the entrance sign of landmark buildings, such as bridges and temples. Some memorial archways also have commemorative significance, such as commemorating a famous person or historical event.