The world loves insects, and there are few people who appreciate their form, and many people who enjoy their sounds. The beauty of the gods is often not perceived by people; the sound is wonderful, and it is often pleasing to the ear. This is due to the laziness of the world: grass worms are all kinds of things, and they cannot be seen without careful observation; but the sound of moving strands, the farther away they are, without paying attention, they can be poured into the ears. The world likes to work hard, and it is rare to be tired, which is also the reason. Therefore, the one who can sing among the insects is especially popular. This section introduces three kinds of songworms: grasshoppers, crickets, and oil gourds. (This material is excerpted from "Liu Kuogong Pen Flower and Bird Painting Techniques (Bird Grass and Insects) Volume II", edited by Liu Kuo, published by Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, excerpts of network sharing content for reference only, if you need in-depth study, please buy genuine books from formal channels!) ）
1. Grasshoppers
The grasshopper head is generally fat, can sing well, the most pleasant sun ventilation, shade leaves, its crisp sound, seems to be able to relieve the heat, if the night long, the most interesting summer.
The drawing method of grasshoppers ↓↓↓
Different dynamic grasshopper sketches ↓↓↓
Steps to draw a grasshopper:
1. Draw the shoulder back of the grasshopper with juice green. ↓↓↓
2. Draw the head and six limbs of the grasshopper with a juice green tone light ochre, and draw the wings in a dry pen circle. ↓↓↓
3. Draw the whole body of the grasshopper with light juice green, paying attention to its dynamics. ↓↓↓
4. Dye the whole body of the grasshopper with a stone green compress, and dye the wings with light ochre. ↓↓↓
5. Outline the structure of the grasshopper's whole body with thick grass green, thick ink dots, white powder to dye the protruding parts of the body, and round thin lines to draw the tentacles. ↓↓↓
2. Crickets
Crickets are also known as promoting weaving, Shi Yun: "Look forward to the early loss of taxes, pleasant and peaceful sleep without words." "Promoting the weaving and export of taxes" does not have this problem, and "pleasant and peaceful sleep" does have its merits. Summer and autumn nights, under the window in the corner of the house, the sound of weaving is interesting, not to be enjoyed in the hall of wealth and nobility.
How to draw crickets ↓↓↓
Steps to draw crickets:
1. Use heavy ink to outline the head and compound eye of the cricket. ↓↓↓
2. Use heavy ink to outline the shoulders, front limbs and wings of the cricket. ↓↓↓
3. Use heavy ink to outline the whole body of crickets, pay attention to the virtual reality of the lines, and press changes. ↓↓↓
4. Dye the head and body of the cricket with medium ink to show its inherent color changes. ↓↓↓
5. The cricket supports white powder on the back to express the characteristics of its shell limbs, and the protruding places on the front are dyed with light white powder, and the tentacles are drawn with round ink lines to reflect its brilliance. ↓↓↓
3. Oil gourd
The oil gourd is shaped like a cricket, slightly hypertrophied, and is named "oil gourd" because of its sound. Beijing's local oil gourd, the body is quiet, quiet night smell, there is leisurely fun; Shandong and other places, although the body is large, the sound is not tactful, straight and lack of rhyme. Those who draw insects must have a deep understanding of their nature in order to be able to write into fun.
The shape of the oil gourd is very similar to that of crickets, and the drawing method is basically the same, pay attention to the posture of its round fat. ↓↓↓