A brief analysis of traditional chinese realistic painting lotus's painting steps, listening to the sound of rain, is worth collecting.

Chinese painting can be divided into freehand brushwork and meticulous brushwork. Meticulous painting is a meticulous painting with heavy colors. Generally speaking, it needs to be sketched first and then dyed, and the technical requirements are very strict. Among them, China's traditional realistic painting lotus is also one of the important themes in Chinese painting. In order to let beginners master it better, the painting skill of "leaving the residual lotus to listen to the rain" is dedicated to everyone. I hope it is helpful for beginners.

Lotus Techniques in China's Traditional Realistic Painting

The composition of lotus works is very important, which determines the success or failure of a work. The sketch should be as perfect as possible, otherwise it will not be easy to modify after crossing and coloring. His painting skills are as follows, for your reference only.

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1. Dip Gou Xianbi in Chinese ink, and tick the front and back of lotus leaf and the structure of lotus leaf and lotus stalk. The thickness changes naturally and reasonably, and the lines are light and powerful, which makes the residual lotus reflect the old and dry texture. Point out the burr of lotus stem with a pen tip. Tick out the structure of kingfisher with the center. Hook the duckweed in the water with ink.

Sketch step (1)

Second, dye the lotus leaf with ink, leaving the veins of the lotus leaf. The center of the petiole is darker in ink, and gradually fades outward, and the lotus leaf folds in the dark. When dyeing lotus stems alone, the ink color in the middle is heavier, the ink color of the lotus leaf in front of the picture is lighter, and the ink color of the lotus leaf behind it is heavier, showing the lotus leaf in front. The structure of the lotus is dyed separately, and the epidermis of the lotus is an old texture made of ink. Kingfisher's head and back are all dyed with ink. Dye the wings, tail feathers and eyeliner of kingfisher with ink.

Second step

3. Dye the central part of the residual load with cyanine, dye the edge with ochre, and then cover it with ochre as a whole. Dark places are dyed dark brown with ochre and ink, dark brown with lotus leaves, and ochre with lotus leaf stalks. The lotus leaves and stems behind are dyed with blue flowers, and the heads and backs of lotus seeds and kingfishers are dyed with blue flowers. Ochre ink (ochre ink) dyed the wings and tail feathers of kingfisher.

Third step

4. Mo Jiajing dyed the residual load and the periphery of the water, horizontally dyed the duckweed on the water surface, and used clear water to stimulate the texture before the water was dry. Three green and three green are added to dye the head and rain back of kingfisher, China ink stick hair is used, the abdomen, mouth and claws are dyed with rouge, and then cinnabar hair is used. The lower part of the eyeliner is dyed with gamboge, the throat and eyebrow line are dyed with titanium dioxide, and the hair is dyed with titanium dioxide silk. Tick out the mark on the kingfisher's head with titanium dioxide. Overall observation and arrangement, signature and seal.

Fourth step

The above are the basic drawing steps of traditional chinese realistic painting lotus's paintings, and there are some inadequacies. Please correct me, thank you!