The clouds go to the empty mountains, and the clouds come to the empty mountains white. These two poems describe the scenery of the Tea Mountains in Xinyang, and the Qing Dynasty painter Wang Yi created them on this topic, showing his skills in painting clouds and mountains. Landscape painting, mainly based on mountains, supplemented by white clouds, flowing water, ancient trees, Xiao Temple... It can be said that the mountain without the scenery lacks the soul, and the mountain without white clouds lacks the sense of movement. Landscape painting, there must be floating clouds, clouds cirrus clouds shu.
Wang Yi was a famous painter in the early Qing Dynasty, who took the ancient as his teacher and was proficient in the techniques of famous artists of the past. He emphasizes the inheritance of tradition in his creation, and it is best that every stroke has a history. When he painted this painting, he used rice dots and rain dots. Both methods are "clustered into a mountain", as if the soil and gravel were piled up into a mountain. Because of the use of water pens, the mountain looks extremely moist, and it is logical that smoke clouds can breed.
Wang Yi Yun accompanied the mountain guests
Rice dots show the mountain stone cangrun, rain dots show the mountain stone cangjing, the two techniques are used at the same time, matching each other, showing the beauty of rigidity and softness. As for painting white clouds, Wang Yi also adopted two methods, one is to leave blank, and the other is to hook lines.
The blank painting method of painting clouds, also known as the empty cloud method, is realistic and generally appears in the mountainside part. At this time, we should pay special attention to the shape of the white space, and be sure to show the unpredictable beauty of the white clouds. At the same time, we must also pay attention to the connection between the white clouds and the mountains, and it is best to draw the feeling of the white clouds supporting the mountains. There is a word called "knowing white and keeping black", although there is no ink color rendering, but the result is like a delicate drawing.
Wang Yi Yun accompanied by mountain guests partial
The line method is also called the cloud method, and when the rendering of the blank space cannot express the dynamics of the white cloud, it will be completed with a line. Generally speaking, the brush center is dipped in light ink for sketching, the line pen should be loose and stable, and the line should be smooth and rounded. The lines cross the paper horizontally, there is a flowing beauty, and it is best to finish it without pausing in the middle.
Look at the clouds that Wang Yi drew with the hook line method, which is a textbook. The lines are full of elasticity, like silk threads, showing the flow of white clouds. The method of painting clouds is very similar to painting water, and the important difference is that painting clouds with light ink is vaguely visible, realistic, and the most beautiful. When painting water, use the pen to be more realistic, and the ink color is transformed between thickness and lightness.
Wang Yi Yun accompanied by mountain guests partial
Objectively speaking, to appreciate this painting, we mainly look at Wang Yi's pen and ink techniques. As a teacher, Wang Yi teaches with his works. If you are interested in learning traditional landscape painting techniques, copying them will definitely be rewarding.
Looking more closely, when Wang Yi drew the clouds, it seems that he also used the third method, the wet dyeing method. However, he combined the cloud method with the wet dyeing method to make the white clouds look more textured, volumeful, thick, and layered. He was a master painter with great skill and use of it properly. Carefully appreciate, only feel that the scenery in the painting is comfortable, do not feel that there is a suspicion of showmanship.
Wang Yi Yun accompanied by mountain guests partial
The mountains are still, the clouds are flowing, and the movements are appropriate, showing the vastness of heaven and earth and the excitement of the heart. If Wang Yi adds a little more sketching changes while approaching the antique, the whole painting will be more pleasing to the eye.