What does it mean to copy a painting?

Painting copying is the process of imitating a ready-made painting, in which the painter can feel the original author's technical methods, painting characteristics, and artistic connotations.

The process of imitating a painting according to the original. Pro is to write or draw according to the original; imitation is to use thin paper (silk) to write or draw on top of the original. The broad sense of copying, the imitation is not necessarily the original, but also may be a monument, post and so on. Copying in order to learn the technique, focusing on the process of copying. For preservation, restoration, exhibition, sale and obtain copies, focusing on the results of copying.

The copying of paintings is not a bad habit or the habit of copying, copying is an important process of learning to paint, including the valuable works also rely on copying to exhibition.

Expanded information:

Painting copying can be divided into: the actual pro, the intention of the pro, the mimeographed three phases:

Phase I: the actual pro. The first stage is to be faithful to the original work, and to seek to "write God in shape".

In the actual provisional, following their own thoughts when reading the painting, practicing meticulously. When practicing, you should pay attention to the treatment of the original work, and strive to be consistent with the original work. Copying with a sense of research, and more real pro, can increase the proficiency of the beginner's painting skills, enrich the experience, and deepen the composition of the work of art, the color, the use of the brush to discern and appreciate the ability.

Phase 2: the intention to copy. That is, when copying, do not stick to the shape of the original work of art.

Yi Lin must be after the actual Lin stage, otherwise it is easy to become "four unlike". Both the overall intention of the pro, can also be a part of the original pro. Beginners in the learning process, a concept of ambiguity, or sketching to a certain extent after the bottleneck, the level of stagnation, can be applied to the method of Italian.

For example, when practicing the character bust, the hand is more complex, which requires the beginner to find information, study the hand's bones, muscles and proportionality of the relationship between the hand, and a number of single copy, in order to master its techniques.

Stage 3: Mimeograph. After the copying work, you need to test your level, which enters the stage of silent writing.

The purpose of the actual and intentional copying mentioned earlier is to learn the techniques of the predecessors through practice, to understand their methods of observation and principles of modeling, as well as the techniques of using colors and brushes, and to enrich one's own skills with this knowledge and experience. Mimeographing is different, its purpose is to exercise memory (super-long memory is one of the necessary qualities of an artist) and active modeling ability.

Mimeographing can avoid passively copying the object, preventing the long-term sketching or copying caused by the brainless analysis of simply copying the tone and color. Silent writing requires memory and imagination **** work together to accomplish. It can check whether they have mastered the knowledge they have learned and deepen the memory of the relevant knowledge.

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