The expression of landscape painting can be divided into

The expressive technique of landscape painting

Landscape painting can be divided into three methods according to expression techniques: hooking water method, dyeing water method and leaving blank. Hooking water method is to outline water lines with ink lines and outline undulating curves according to the shape of water; When the dyeing method is used to express the rapid flow of water but there is no wind or waves, the pen is full of realism and strength; Blanking method is a highly refined technique of substituting virtual for real, and it is a unique expression technique of Chinese painting.

Hook water method, that is, draw the waterline with ink line, that is, draw the undulating curve according to the shape of water. When painting, the pen must be smooth and dexterous, the lines should be combined with reality, and there should be continuity and continuity.

Hook water method

Dyeing water method, that is, rendering water with ink or color, is mostly used to show calm water surface.

Blanking method, that is, painting mountains and slopes first, leaving blank on the water surface without drawing lines, is a method of replacing reality with emptiness and is highly refined. It is often used to represent a calm blank water surface, and sometimes it can draw a reflection in the water.

Blanking method