The painter's notes | a record of the drawing steps of the Linsong sketch "Bird Diagram of the Departed Branches"

Step 1: Dip the leaves in the middle ink with a hook pen, light ink hook bird shape and lychee, thicker ink hook bird eyes. Use the little wolf pen dipped in medium ink and use a dry pen to hook the branches.

Step 2: Garcinia cambogia + vermilion + a little light ink + a lot of water, brush the base color.

Light ink stains the black parts of the leaves and birds.

Step 3: Continue to stain the black part of the bird with medium ink.

Step 4: Wipe the branches with light ink staining.

Step 5: Stain the bird's body structure with light ochre.

Step 6: Dye the beak and tongue with ashu red and lychee with akebode.

Step 7: With light garcinia yellow water, flat coat the bird's body.

Step 8: Garcinia cambogia + flower green blend into grass green, flat coated with positive leaves. Three green + a little titanium dioxide, flat coated reverse leaf.

Step 9: Rouge + light ink of different shades, dotted with thorns on the lychee.

Step 10: Dip the thick ink into the black part of the bird's silk hair with a hook pen. Garcinia cambogia + titanium dioxide, silk hairs on the yellow part of the bird. Dip the thick titanium dioxide into the feet and claws.

Step 11: Tidy up the picture.