Seeking the method of painting buildings and trees in Chinese landscape painting

Tree painting methodTrees, also known as forests in landscape painting, play a very important role in traditional landscape paintings, and even if you only paint trees, it can be a complete work. To paint a tree, it is advisable to observe the overall characteristics of the tree first, and then observe the branches, as the ecology of the branches varies with the variety of trees. Beginners should start with dead trees or deciduous trees in winter as the object of practice. The structure of branches without leaves is clear, the posture is distinct, and it is easy to understand the growth pattern and basic structure of various trees.

(a) The structure of tree branches can be roughly divided into three main categories, one for the type of upward growth, the traditional theory of painting is called antler branch, this type is the most common, such as willow, acacia, camphor, etc. The second is the type of downward curvature, the traditional theory of painting is called antler branch, this type is most common, such as willow, acacia, camphor. The second is the type that bends downward, known as the crab-claw branch, such as the dragon's claw. The third is the type of horizontal out of the flat life, can be called the long arm branch, such as pine, cedar, cottonwood and so on. There are also between the two or three of the aforementioned forms. Before sketching branches around the tree on all sides, carefully observe, choose the most beautiful trunk and the most appropriate angle. First the trunk of the thick branches hook good, and then add the thin branches, painting the first to pay attention to the tree divided into four divisions of the principle, that is, before and after the trunk of the right and left, in all directions out of the branches of the situation, do not be like a fishbone, two and two, lack of staggering style. Secondly, pay attention to the arrangement of sparseness and momentum, can be a little give and take, in fact, twigs and tree tops can be boldly discarded, should be from the perspective of the art of choosing the principles of the principles of beauty for sketching. In addition, we must pay attention to the brush, to be upright, each branch should be connected with the trunk or thick branches, not overgrown, and the branches of the tree more and more long and thin, can not write the end of the thick or thick branches and thin trunk, contrary to the ecology of plants.

(2) bark, tree roots tree face, personality and characteristics can sometimes be distinguished from the bark texture, each kind of bark has a different texture organization, such as pine bark is scaly, willow bark into diagonal cleft herringbone pattern, cherry rush apricot bark into the horizontal grain, Bo bark was twisted texture, there are still many difficult to describe the texture of the words, need to be carefully observed before sketching. Painting the trunk, in addition to pay attention to the texture of the bark, but also need to draw a three-dimensional feeling, chapped bark near the sides of the texture to be dense and narrow, (or ink thicker), near the center of the tree texture can be sparse (or ink lighter), so that the principle of perspective. After painting the branches, that is, painting the roots, as to whether to paint the roots of the tree can be based on the amount of soil and stone or tree species rely on the type of decision, usually more stone and less soil type, to show the heel of the majority; more soil and fewer stones, the situation is to hide the roots of the majority, such as banyan trees, more exposed roots. However, when painting can also not take into account the distinction between soil and stone, according to the needs of the picture and decide to hide the roots or show the roots, but to draw from the soil to rise, tough and stable characteristics, can not be painted as inserted in the soil surface, a push will be the feeling of collapse.

(C) the leaves of the leaves of the arrangement of the law and the structure also varies according to the type, no matter what kind of tree painting, first of all, we need to understand the shape of the leaves and the arrangement of the principle of a close-up look, and then far look at the overall posture and feeling. The twelve types of leaves shown below are common in Taiwan. The number of trees in nature is the best spectrum of paintings, with many variations, so that we can draw endless, usually should do more observation, and diligent sketching. Ancient people used to paint trees by leaf-clipping (leaf-hooking method), which was first widely used to outline each leaf with more than two lines and then fill in the color. After the flourishing of ink and wash, there were fewer and fewer leaf clips, and more and more single leaves (leaf dotting), simplifying the use of one brush stroke to symbolize a leaf or a group of leaves, and depending on their shapes, there are many different symbols such as pepper dots, character dots, mesquite dots, plum blossom dots, rat's-foot dots, drooping vine dots, pine leaf dots, bamboo leaf dots, etc. However, these different symbols are not the same as those used in the ancient times, and they were not used in the ancient times. Many different symbols, however, these symbols are the former from the observation of nature refined, both generalized and realistic, not made up out of thin air. In addition to pine, bamboo, willow, wu, and other leaves with distinctive image characteristics, other features are not very obvious, commonly known as miscellaneous trees. Point leaves need to pay attention to the top of the tree by the sun leaves more, by the trunk of the leaves are usually sparse.

(4) Pine tree painting method Pine tree symbolizes the gentleman of mankind and longevity. Ancient people loved to paint the pine, showing the pine of the upright and strong, the top of the sky and the earth's temperament. Pine skin is scaly, painting pine skin should be strong, hair but not light, avoid too regular arrangement. Pine leaves such as needle-like, semi-circular, round, horsetail-shaped, serrated and so on a variety of different painting methods, pine trunk straight, born in the rocky cliffs is curved.

(E) willow painting method, as the ancients used to say: painting people difficult to paint hands, painting trees difficult to paint willow, a painting will be ugly. Willow body charming, have to the water's edge tilt features, willow trunk old and tender willow. Painting willow should be slightly thick and thin, do not show the edge, the pen slow potential even, soft with hard, such as pointing willow leaves, to be fluffy and full of changes.

(F) bamboo painting method in landscape bamboo, bamboo forest (jungle) form, the leaf can be divided into pendulous bamboo leaves and upward bamboo leaves (clear forest new Huang Huang) and other two major forms. Painting can be painted first bamboo trunk, branches are slightly curved, pay attention to the sparse and dense interspersed, the arrangement of bamboo leaves should not be state neat, we must consider the overall interest, the relationship between reality and distance. Simply said to appreciate an architectural rendering and appreciate a painting with a theme is the same reason.

1. Picture composition, color matching, light and shadow relationship. And architectural rendering should also pay attention to the distance in the near view of the treatment of good and bad.

2. Whether to highlight the theme of the picture, that is, the characteristics of the main body of the building. Whether the architectural design process of the small defects and disharmony of the place with the art of handling cover or weakened away. After all, architectural expression is mainly an artistic painting that expresses the characteristics of the building. It is basic common sense to highlight the features and weaken the shortcomings.

3. In what way the performance, the performance of the way there is probably a mood (favoring and artistic expression, mainly drawing on some landscape painting, Western painting method, etc.) and realistic and exaggerated special effects (such as to strengthen the visual impact of the gradient depth of field effect). Mainly depends on the performance of the techniques to highlight the characteristics of the building, in line with the cultural connotation of the main body of the building. Let's say, just like a day of modern commercial street, if you use landscape painting and other artistic expression is not as realistic or exaggerated special effects of the performance of the performance of tension and expressive power.

Overall. Judge the good and bad of an effect mainly depends on the performance of the techniques in line with the theme of the building, whether the composition is in line with the shape of the building tendency, the environmental color is well-coordinated with the color of the main body of the building, the near and far in the treatment of the three scenes of the picture will be the hierarchy of the performance.