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Perspective is the expression of thought and the root of art, so if you want to become a real painter, you must have your own point of view. And, what is the point of view? Probably that's the question most people are asking. Because the word "opinion" is very abstract. The "expression of thought and the root of art" of the interpretive point of view is also not specifically described. So what exactly is the point of view? In the vernacular, it means that the picture must have its own personality; the pen and ink, color and composition form used have their own cognition and cognition.
Li Peijin's "Dream qingdao" series of works
The establishment of views is the most difficult in artistic creation, and there cannot be a few painters with their own artistic views in an era. If we look at art history, we can see. However, the establishment of opinions is the lifelong pursuit of all painters who pursue artistic heights. Therefore, most painters are on the road to establishing their own "artistic point of view". However, the difficulty of establishing views is not because the basic skills of painters are not solid, nor is it that they do not have enough understanding of Chinese painting, but the main reason is the problem of consciousness and the courage to give up the memory in their minds. Because consciousness is the driving force for wanting to change, only under the impetus of consciousness, will gradually build their own artistic views, rather than in the tradition, continue to eat the old.
Li Peijin's "Dream qingdao" series of works
Regarding the independence of pictorial artistic expression, many painters believe that it is gradual, it is natural, and it is changed and formed little by little in the process of painting for a long time. This understanding is wrong and a perception that destroys many talented painters. You know, any change is to consciously learn and change, rather than waiting for the rabbit and waiting for the opportunity! This kind of painter who does not train himself to find his own artistic path in the process of study, no matter how talented, can only be the inheritor of tradition, and cannot become the founder of the times.
Li Peijin's "Dream qingdao" series of works
A big reason why many painters do not establish or improve their own painting style and artistic views is laziness. Because sitting on the fruits of the ancients or the original achievements of others, you can not use your own brain, the market does not have to open up by yourself, as long as you say that you are the tenth generation of Mo's grandchildren, or the sons and grandsons of Master Mo, you can sell the paintings very well. The second reason why many painters do not explore and study is the current painting market that buys paintings. Because, now the new collectors, there is no ability at all, they judge whether paintings can be collected, mainly to see who the painter is a student, whose children and other side-door identities that have nothing to do with art. Therefore, if Chinese painting wants to break through the high shackles left by the ancients, painters want to have their own achievements, this era will have the artistic views of this era, and it is necessary for painters and collectors to jointly create an environment and improve their aesthetic understanding. And these are also what we have to do, and painters who are trapped in the tradition and cannot walk out can leave you confused.