The feeling of being relaxed and pleasant comes from the perfect combination of man and nature. Pen and ink come from life, and life is the source of art. Sitting in the studio all day long, only by copying traditional works, it is difficult for the ancients to grow, and it is necessary to go deep into life, go into nature, sketch a lot, take creation as a teacher, and constantly enrich their life experience.
Sketching is an indispensable part of every painter's creative process, it can practice our basic skills very well, and it is conducive to our collection of materials. But now because of the wide spread of the Internet and pictures, many people have begun to take photos to create, and give up sketching, which is not worth the loss. Whether it is landscapes, characters, flowers and birds, they are inseparable from the "creation of the teacher (room) outside, the source of the heart" to capture the original ecological "meaning and realm".
Sketching is an indispensable means in painting, painters sketch, facing nature, drawing inspiration, in order to create a good work with full imagination and full of life. For painters, life should not only be broad, but more importantly, deep. It is not a flash of light and a sloppy view, but to explore the micro hook and sink, and to integrate it. Master Huang Binhong said: "Only when we look at the mountains into the bone marrow can we write the truth of the mountains, print our hearts and hands, and improve the realm." "This realm refers to the high-grade, high-style, high-taste artistic conception."
To create a landscape painting with a rich artistic conception, painting skills alone are not enough. It is also necessary to have a high level of cultural accomplishment, artistic accomplishment and life accomplishment. Tang Dai of the Qing Dynasty said: "Painting is profound and vast, the changes are subtle, and the time of day, personnel, geography, and physical state are all prepared. ...... The chest has the thoughts of the past and the wrist, the wrist has the potential of vertical and horizontal, standing outside the painting, intentionally painting, splashing ink and waving, all of which are natural fun. ”
Contemporary Chinese landscape painting creators, only by opening their eyes, opening their hearts, wandering in nature to receive the wonders of mountains, winds and clouds, water stones, and forests and trees, casting a unique artistic soul, can they construct the imagery in their chests, nurture the language of pen and ink, create works with artistic conception, and truly achieve "generation of mountains and rivers".
Edit: Jing Ya