Summary:
This paper focuses on the black, white and gray composition method, which is an important technique in oil painting, and systematically discusses its principles, application skills and future development prospects in artistic creation. Firstly, through the combing and analysis of relevant literature, the importance and application scope of the black-white-gray composition method in the creation of oil painting are clarified. Then, the application skills and effects of this method in actual creation are analyzed in depth.
I. Introduction
As an ancient and dynamic art form, oil painting has always been constantly exploring and innovating. The black-white-gray composition method is one of the composition techniques, which refers to a composition method that integrates figurative factors in oil painting works by flattening the figurative elements, generalizing the details of the picture, black-and-white the color of the picture, and combining the structure of the picture. This method originated from the challenge and innovation of traditional painting techniques, aiming to break through the limitations of traditional color oil painting, and achieve a more abstract, concise and profound expression effect through simplification and abstraction.
In today's art world, the black, white and gray composition method has become an important creative method, which has been widely used and recognized. Behind it is the reflection and exploration of artistic expression, which is not only the continuation of traditional painting techniques, but also the innovative attempt of modern artistic language. Through the black, white and gray composition method, artists can express their emotions, concepts and aesthetic pursuits more freely, injecting new vitality and connotation into the art of oil painting.
II. Planarization of figurative elements in oil paintings
A. Definition and characteristics of figurative elements
Figurative elements refer to the objectively existing objects, images or scenes depicted in oil paintings, such as figures, still lifes, landscapes, etc. These figurative elements often have a definite form, structure, and color, and are the carriers for the artist to express his ideas and emotions. In the creation of oil painting, the selection and processing of figurative elements directly affect the expressive effect and artistic appeal of the work.
The characteristics of figurative elements include diverse forms, complex structures, and rich colors. In the process of creation, artists often need to face the complexity and diversity of figurative elements, so they need to deal with them through certain techniques and techniques in order to achieve the purpose of expressing their own concepts and emotions.
B. The Concept and Meaning of Planarization
Planarization refers to the process of presenting figurative elements as flat forms on the screen. It is a simplification and abstraction of the real world, aiming to highlight the structure and form of the picture, enhance the visual effect, and enhance the expressiveness and appeal of the work. Through flattening, the artist is able to transform complex figurative elements into concise geometric shapes or patterns, making the picture more intuitive and clear, and easier for the audience to understand and accept.
The significance of flattening lies in the fact that it can highlight the theme and emotion of the picture, and enhance the expressiveness and appeal of the work. Through simplification and abstraction, artists can pay more attention to the structure and form of the picture, making the works more concise, refined, and more artistically appealing and aesthetically valuable. At the same time, flattening can also help the audience better understand and interpret the work, trigger deeper thinking and resonance, and enhance the artistic taste and appreciation of the work.
C. Techniques and methods of flattening treatment
In the creation of oil painting, flattening is a complex and highly technical work. There are several techniques and methods that artists can use to flatten figurative elements:
Simplifying the form: The artist can simplify the form and structure of the figurative elements, remove unnecessary details, and highlight the theme and emotion, making the picture more intuitive and clear.
Strengthen the line: By strengthening or changing the line of the figurative elements, it makes it more concise and clear, forming a sharp contrast and rhythm, and enhancing the dynamic effect of the picture.
Use large blocks of color: Use large blocks of single color to fill in the figurative elements to make them flatten, highlighting the overall sense and flatness of the picture.
Use decorative patterns: add decorative patterns or textures to figurative elements to make them more abstract and highlight the expressiveness and artistic appeal of the picture.
Use of light and shadow effects: Through the use of light and shadow effects, the three-dimensional sense and layering of concrete elements are strengthened, making them more three-dimensional and rich.
III. Techniques for generalizing the details of the picture
A. The concept of detail generalization and its role in oil painting
Detail generalization refers to an artistic technique of simplifying and summarizing the details in the picture in the creation of oil painting. It enhances the expressiveness and appeal of the work by reducing or distorting the details in the picture, highlighting the theme and emotion. In oil painting, the generalization of details plays a crucial role:
Highlight the theme: By summarizing the details of the picture, the artist can highlight the theme and core content of the work, making it easier for the audience to understand and accept the artistic conception and emotion of the work.
Strengthen expressiveness: The generalization of details can make the work more concise and clear, concise and concise, thereby enhancing the expressiveness and appeal of the work, and arousing the audience's deeper thinking and resonance.
Enhance the aesthetic effect: Through the simplification and generalization of details, the artist can make the work more aesthetically effective, make the picture more fresh and natural, and more artistic.
B. Technical means: simplification, abstraction and symbolism
Simplification: Simplification refers to reducing the details in a picture to its simplest form, removing unnecessary details and minor elements to highlight themes and emotions. By simplifying the details, the artist can make the picture clearer and more understandable and acceptable to the audience.
Abstraction: Abstraction refers to the transformation of figurative elements into abstract forms, making the picture more expressive and artistic. Through abstraction, the artist can make the picture more imaginative and expressive, and arouse the audience's deeper thinking and feelings.
Symbolism: Symbolism refers to the use of symbols or symbolic elements to express the artistic conception and emotions to be expressed in the picture. Artists can use symbolism to express complex emotions and concepts with simple and representative symbols, making their works more rich in connotation and depth.
C. The effect of detail generalization on the overall effect of the picture
Enhance the sense of wholeness: The generalization of details can make the picture more concise and clear, highlight the theme and emotion, so as to enhance the overall sense and unity of the picture, and make the work more complete and powerful.
Enhance visual effects: By simplifying and summarizing details, artists are able to make the picture more visually striking and expressive, guide the viewer's gaze, and enhance the dynamic effect and tension of the picture.
Strengthen emotional expression: The generalization of details can make the work more emotional tension and expressive, so that the audience is more likely to resonate and emotional resonance, thereby enhancing the appeal and artistic value of the work.
IV. How to achieve black and white color in the picture
A. The concept of color black-and-white and its purpose
Color black-and-white refers to the process of converting a color picture into a black-and-white picture, by removing color information, highlighting the chiaroscuro and morphological structure of the picture, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the atmosphere and mood of the picture. Its main objectives are to:
Highlight the morphological structure: After removing the color, the morphological structure and line relationship in the picture are more prominent, which makes the audience pay more attention to the composition and sense of space of the picture, and enhances the visual impact and expressiveness of the work.
Strengthen the chiaroscuro: The black and white color can make the chiaroscuro of the picture more obvious, enhance the layering and three-dimensional sense of the picture, and make the work more three-dimensional and spacey.
Condense emotional expression: After removing color, the picture is more concise and clear, and it is easier for the audience to understand and accept the emotions and themes to be expressed in the work, making the work more appealing and artistic.
B. Methods and techniques for converting colors to black and white
Grayscale conversion: Use software tools or color grading techniques to convert color images into grayscale images, and control the contrast and hierarchy of the picture by adjusting the distribution of grayscale values.
Channel Blending: Mix with the grayscale values of different color channels and adjust the weights of each channel to achieve the best black and white effect.
Color filter: Change the brightness of different color channels by adding color filters, so as to affect the converted black and white effect, making the picture more layered and expressive.
Local adjustment: For different areas in the picture, different conversion methods and parameters are adopted to make the picture more colorful and enhance the layering and three-dimensional sense of the picture.
C. The effect of black and white color on the atmosphere and mood of the picture
Enhance the calm atmosphere: After removing the color, the picture is more concise and clear, and the black and white color can make the work present a calm and deep atmosphere, and enhance the solemnity and connotation of the work.
Highlight the expression of emotion: The black and white color can make the work more concentrated and concise, highlight the chiaroscuro and morphological structure of the picture, so as to better express the emotions and themes to be expressed in the work, and make the work more appealing and artistic value.
Enhance visual effects: Black and white color can enhance the chiaroscuro and layering of the picture, make the work more three-dimensional and space, enhance the visual impact and expressiveness of the work, and arouse the audience's deeper thinking and feelings.
V. Techniques of combining the structure of the picture
A. Definition and principle of composition of picture structure
The combination of picture structure refers to the combination and arrangement of various elements in the picture through the rational use of composition techniques and structural elements in the creation of oil painting, so as to achieve the best combination of composition and expression effect. Here's how it works:
Composition logic: Through reasonable structural combination, there is a certain logical relationship and visual connection between the various elements in the picture, so that the whole picture presents a unified and harmonious overall effect.
Visual guidance: Through the combination of structures, guide the audience's gaze flow and focus, so that they can be more focused and focused on the key content in the picture, so as to enhance the visual impact and expressiveness of the work.
Spatial hierarchy: Through reasonable structural combination, the spatial relationship in the picture is more rich and three-dimensional, the sense of space and three-dimensionality of the picture is enhanced, and the work has more depth and tension.
B. How to implement the combination of structures
Plane Composition:
Diagonal composition: Through the arrangement and use of diagonal lines, there is a certain correlation and contrast between the elements in the picture, and the sense of dynamism and hierarchy of the picture is enhanced.
Golden section composition: Use the golden ratio to arrange various elements in the picture, so that the picture has a more harmonious beauty and visual impact.
Center Composition: Place the key content in the picture in the center of the picture, highlight the theme and focus, and make the work more focused and concise visual effect.
Hierarchy:
Foreground, middle and long shots: By reasonably setting the foreground, middle and far shots in the picture, the sense of space and three-dimensionality of the picture is enhanced, and the work is more layered and three-dimensional.
Handling of size relationship: By adjusting the size and proportion of each element in the picture, there is a certain size relationship and proportion relationship between them, so as to enhance the layering and three-dimensional sense of the picture.
Contrasting Relationships:
Chiaroscuro: By adjusting the chiaroscuro relationship of each element in the picture, the chiaroscuro of the picture is enhanced, so that the work has a more three-dimensional sense and a sense of hierarchy.
Color contrast: By using color contrast to highlight the key content and themes in the picture, enhance the visual impact and expressiveness of the work.
C. The shaping of the overall visual effect of the picture by the combination of structure
Visual appeal: The combination of structure can make a certain correlation and contrast between the various elements in the picture, attract the attention of the audience, and enhance the visual impact and expressiveness of the work.
Spatial hierarchy: Through reasonable structural combination, the spatial relationship in the picture is more rich and three-dimensional, the sense of space and three-dimensionality of the picture is enhanced, and the work has more depth and tension.
Emotional expression: Through the combination of structure, highlight the key content and theme in the picture, enhance the expressiveness and appeal of the work, and make the work more emotional and artistic value.
Visual effect optimization: The combination of structure can make the picture more layered and three-dimensional, enhance the visual effect and expressiveness of the picture, and make the work more ornamental and artistic.
VI. Conclusion
Enrichment of technical means: With the development of science and technology, artists can use black, white and gray composition methods more flexibly through digital painting, computer-aided design and other technical means to achieve more accurate and complex expression effects.
Diversification of style expression: Contemporary oil painting creation pays attention to personalized expression, and artists pay more attention to highlighting their personal style and expression techniques when using black, white and gray composition methods, presenting a rich and colorful style of works.
Innovation of cross-border integration: Contemporary oil painting often involves cross-border integration, where artists combine black, white and gray composition methods with other art forms to create works with novel styles and unique charms.
Author: Lu Xilin
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