One: Sketching observation methods
1: The method of combining local and whole
Local observation is mainly to pursue the subtlety and correctness of the shape of objective things, and to reflect the characteristics of objective scenes through subtle changes. It should be more accurate to understand the morphological structure of the object, you can focus on dissecting a branch, a flower, a leaf, to sketch the corolla, leaves, branches, stems, stems, calyxes, peduncles, buds, bracts and other morphological structures to observe, but also to observe the main pursuit of the overall momentum of the scene, and to achieve a high degree of refinement and summary of natural objectivity to achieve a perfect posture. Therefore, when we sketch, we should objectively observe the natural scenery from the whole to the part, and then from the part to the whole.
We can't just use our eyes as cameras to observe, the reason why we depict flowers and birds is precisely because their beauty and subtlety deeply touch us, so that our emotions are placed on rare flowers and birds, when our hearts are moved by these natural beings, the lines depicted are not just simple structural lines, image lines, but fantasy natural life and our own emotions after the fusion of the rhythm of life, is the rhythm of life, is the hymn of life.
2: Select the pattern and angle
First of all, we must choose the beautiful angle of the flowers that can be painted, mainly in terms of clear structure, beautiful shape and in line with the aesthetic habits of Chinese painting, the posture of flower sketching directly affects the form and angle of observing flowers, do not observe the sketch object in the way you are accustomed to.
Therefore, when sketching, it is necessary to stand, sit, and squat to draw a picture, so that you can understand the flowers from different angles, and then you can easily express the various forms of flowers, so that the picture is rich and vivid, so as to summarize the best form of the expression of the sketching object.
3: Faithful description and appropriate trade-offs
The flowers painted during sketching must not only express the texture and image, but also must show its characteristics, to express objective truth, to avoid blindly drawing by subjective imagination, although the flowers in the natural form of the class are very vivid, but its growth is complicated and chaotic.
Therefore, you can't see what you paint, see a few petals to draw a few petals, otherwise it will be a mess of sketching images, so sketching must strengthen the analysis, refinement, trade-offs to strengthen the beauty, obvious characteristics, in line with the essential characteristics of the law, the natural form of the processing into an artistic image, the trade-off to prevent blindness, can not be groundless tailoring and trade-off, the purpose of the trade-off is to strengthen the essential characteristics of the flower, make it more typical.
4: Write God in form
The ancients said that "writing God in form", "having both form and God", and "flattering with form". All of this speaks of the relationship between "form" and "God", which is similar to the god above.
Sketching should not be satisfied with the precise shape, because the shape is only the external contour, the highest requirement of sketching is to express the inner life of things through the precise shape, the precision of the shape is not equal to the god-like, but the god must exist in the precise image, so the sketch should not only pay attention to the outline of the thing being depicted, but should pay more attention to how to observe and depict the vivid form, and in this way express the inner spirit of the thing being depicted.
Two: composition method
1: Prioritize
We must clarify the theme of the things we represent, and highlight the theme, whether in the image, the area, the color of the contrast should be strengthened, at the same time we must also see that the primary and secondary are echoed, as the saying goes: "red flowers also need green leaves" so the primary and secondary can not be separated, they are interconnected, set off, echo each other.
2: Gather and disperse properly
On the screen, there will often be a dense dispersion of the image, so that the picture will form a contrast, form a rhythm, in order to highlight the primary and secondary relationship, express the theme of the idea, if there is no dense, the picture is tense and chaotic, let people feel breathless, if there is no density, it will appear loose, no connection, therefore, to gather properly, dense and reasonable, the layout is just right, the picture can be vivid, beautiful, rhythmic.
3: Virtual reality is born
The natural image in the picture is called "real", and the blank space is called "virtual". In the picture, the theme is real, the object is virtual, the front is real, and the back is virtual.
Three: compositional form
Composition is called Zhangfa in traditional painting "In modern painting, it is called composition, and the so-called composition is to transform an infinite three-dimensional structure into a finite flat structure.
1: Folded branches composition
Flower sketches such as woody flowers are mostly taken from parts, and the branches with a beautiful style are usually folded branches.
2: Three-line composition potential
The three lines are odd, and the odd number is how many points there are, and the changes in aggregation and dispersion.
Three-line composition potential
3: Staggered composition potential
The picture is divided with crisscrossing lines and the picture is organized and composed.
4:S-shaped composition potential
As the name suggests, this is the traditional Chinese way of composition.
5: Flat composition potential
The composition of modern Chinese painting makes extensive use of dots, lines and surfaces in the plane composition to organize the picture.
Four: Sketching techniques and uses
1: Local close-up
Close-ups are generally used to focus on the local structure of life-drawing flowers, such as close-up petals, in order to deepen the understanding of things and provide accurate modeling references for future creations.
2: Sketching of the big scene
Sketching is to start from the local and gradually to the whole flower, including flowers, buds, stems, leaves, stems, buds. Sketching should take into account both part and the whole, and pay attention to composition.
3: Quick recording
Sketching is a way of rapid recording, after having an in-depth understanding of the structural laws of flowers, birds, grasses and insects, with a shorter, faster speed, simple depiction of the object, the purpose is to collect the images of different flowers, to prepare materials for creation.
4: Silent writing
After fully grasping the structure and growth laws of flowers, they are drawn from memory and organized into compositions, which are prepared for creation.