Xu Beihong, a famous horse painting master, once said in an interview: "There is no fixed shape for painting horses, and it is the painter himself who really gives life to horses. ”
What is the unique feature of the horses painted by ancient painters, the shape is complex but the body is handsome, the line is simple but the sense of space is full, the shape is vivid as if it is running vertically and horizontally, so that the horse has another kind of beauty on the drawing paper, and the original horse can also be painted in this way.
Brushwork and line drawing is an important technique for ancient painters to draw horses, in contemporary painting horses, in order to take horses as the theme, are all around the horse and create, ancient painters in order to shape horses, mainly horses, and will not deliberately render and exaggerate, but record and portray the beauty of horses in a moment, vivid and beautiful.
Horses have a high status in ancient times, in many famous paintings can see the figure of the horse, or focus on the depiction, or the theme of the single, or a few strokes, the figure of the horse often appears in the painting, there is a very important reason is that the horse in ancient times as a military feat, the way of travel, so the frequency of appearance is very high, and there are several emperors very fond of their horses, let the court painters paint for it, so there is such a divine colt that we see today on the paper.
Ancient painters paint horses, posture is the most important thing in the portrayal, or galloping, or looking up and shouting, or playing and playing, the emperors in order to show their love for the colt, dynamic modeling has become the focus of the painters' portrayal, seemingly flat, under the painters' pen, with different lines and dyeing methods outlined, becoming a masterpiece.
In people's images, the horse is Xu Beihong's freehand painting method, the depiction of the demeanor in the majestic atmosphere, the spirit of the horse is the most important portrayal, but in the pen of ancient painters, the horse is the representative of culture, after several generations of emperors, the seal on the painting has been raised so that these horse paintings have also become priceless, and today's people see the horses written by ancient painters, and the original horses can also be painted in this way.
Horses in ancient times have a very high status, but also a symbol of military industry and status, the general civilian family is no horse, only dignitaries and military workers are owned by horses, and the life of horses is limited, in order to let the horse always accompany themselves, so the emperors will let the studio for them to paint specially, of which Li Shimin in order to commemorate his 12 horses in the process of fighting the jiangshan, after becoming the emperor arranged a royal studio to paint for it, passed down to this day.
Horse painting methods are diverse, modern painters of the horse are biased towards the spirit, and the cultural atmosphere is rarely reflected, after reading the paintings of ancient painters, do you think that the horse painting method is different, but it is always the embodiment of beauty and culture, the original horse can also be painted in this way.