There is "virtual reality" in landscape painting, theoretically, virtual, empty; real, there is also. Where there is white space, there is virtuality, and where there is line color, it is real. By expressing the relationship between the virtual and the real, the painter reproduces the beautiful side of the natural world on the paper. Through exploration, the painters found a way to express the virtual and the real, and used the priorities on brush and ink to depict beautiful paintings.
In landscape paintings, virtual and real can be seen everywhere, and painters like to use this technique to depict waterfalls and streams, mist and smoke clouds. Through this painting of Jin Junming's "Autumn Mountain Flying Waterfall", you can appreciate and experience the beauty brought by virtual realism. Jin Junming was a painter of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, who lived until the Kangxi Dynasty. This painting "Autumn Mountain Flying Waterfall" is his later work, taught by the famous Northern Song Dynasty artist Guo Xi.
Jin Junming Autumn Mountain Flying Waterfall
There are two waterfalls in the painting, one in the vista and one in the middle. The direction and shape of the waterfall seem to be exactly the same. It is hard to imagine that a painter has a repetition of pen and ink technique in a painting. The ancients painted landscapes, and they were afraid of repetition in pen and ink. This is because the ancients were not good at expressing the sense of space, and could only express the relationship between near and far through the relationship between virtual reality and the rhythm of pen and ink. Once there is repetition on the pen and ink, it is easy to cause spatial confusion.
Fortunately, Jin Junming has mastered the technique of virtual realism, which not only does not confuse the space, but also enhances the depth of the picture. As can be seen from the picture effect, Jin Junming adopted the technique of foiling and side rendering, and cleverly used white space to form the effect of waterfall falling. In this way, the landscape in the painting has a dynamic beauty, which in turn can make people feel that the landscape in the painting has a life tension.
Jin Junming Autumn Peak Flying Waterfall Partial
The two waterfalls are full of movement, and the mansion at the bottom of the picture is a suitable foil for the waterfall. Two waterfalls, in order to make a virtual reality. Waterfalls and mansions, moving and quiet. The continuous use of side foil techniques is to express the happiness and ease of mountain life. The scene is written for the sake of affection, and the pen and ink dyeing is also to express the spiritual feelings of the painter.
Jin Junming uses the technique of virtual realism to achieve the magical effect of turning decay into magic, creating the most beautiful landscape in the hearts of literati. Beauty is a relative concept. Everyone's understanding of beauty is different, and Jin Junming uses a virtual and realistic approach to show that beauty is diverse, leaving the imagination space to the viewer.
Understanding these truths, you will find that the two waterfalls are still different. The waterfall in the distance is more "virtual", and the waterfall in the middle is slightly "real". Through the comparison of virtual and real, the two waterfalls are completely distinguished. When Jin Junming skillfully uses virtual and real, he shows his skillfulness in creation. The technique is solid, and only then do you know what to grasp and what to discard in your creation. A painter who can use fictional realism will grasp the big and let go of the small, and capture the great beauty of the natural world.
With such a high aesthetic taste, this painting looks particularly comfortable. Simplicity exudes an elegant and fresh charm, and there is a feeling that cannot be tired of watching.
Li Bai said, "Looking at each other is not tired, only Jingting Mountain." "You can apply Li Bai's famous sentence, look at each other without getting tired, and there is a flying waterfall diagram."