What is line drawing? What's the difference between drawing and sketching?

Line drawing is an independent painting with line as modeling means, and it is also an important element of Chinese painting. White, simple, is a single color-ink to describe the object. The description here is by no means copying the object, but shaping the object with lines. This line is not a simple outline, but a line full of changes such as rigidity, lightness, quickness, length, thickness, density and shadow. It can artistically express the image, volume, space, texture and mental outlook of objects, making them vivid.

So what's the difference between it and sketch?

Sketch is also drawn with a single color, but mainly with different tones to express the object. Line is mainly used as a part of color tone, of course, there are also sketches based on lines, such as "holbein" and "Angel", but as an independent painting, line drawing is only China's. It is more concise, concise and vivid than the lines in the sketch. Does that mean that China's sketch is higher than the sketch? You can't say that.

Because art is rich and colorful, all kinds of art have their own artistic characteristics and national, regional and historical origins. They should not be compared with each other, but should give full play to their respective strengths and make them into fine works of art gardens. Sketch is more realistic, paying attention to the expression of objective factors and emphasizing modeling, space and texture.

On the other hand, line drawing pays more attention to the description of spirit, not the three-dimensional form, but the mental outlook of the object. "Writing the spirit with form, having both form and spirit" has become the wisdom of Chinese painting, which is also the main difference between eastern and western art.

Because Chinese painting is based on line modeling, in this sense, line drawing is the basis of Chinese painting, which is of great significance for learning the brush and ink of Chinese painting and is also the "bone" of meticulous painting.

In addition, line drawing, as an independent painting, is widely used in comics, illustrations and other art forms. Of course, there is also a generalized line drawing, which has a wider range of applications. What is mainly said here is as line drawing in meticulous painting.

The line has its own meaning (the law of the line itself). As a means of expression, line has become a distinctive "symbol" after being tempered by painters of past dynasties. It was formed and developed by painters of past dynasties in the process of exploring line modeling, and it is the crystallization of painstaking efforts of painters of past dynasties. It permeates the feelings of painters of past dynasties and has independent aesthetic value. It is an important part of Chinese painting tradition. Therefore, to learn Chinese painting, we must first learn to draw lines well.