Peony has been revered as the "national flower" since the Tang Dynasty, its flowers are large and rich in layers, peony is extremely colorful, from the naming method to the eight colors, such as: red, pink, yellow, white, blue, ink, purple, green. The most common of these is the pink peony, followed by red.
Peony was planted during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and began to develop during the Sui Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the whole country loved peonies, during which peonies were mostly single-petaled, and there were very few compound petals. Breeding in the Song Dynasty gradually matured, and Ouyang Xiu's "Luoyang Peony Record" included 3 kinds of single-petal peonies and 21 kinds of compound-petal peonies. In the Ming Dynasty Xue Fengxiang's "History of Peony in Mizhou", 187 kinds of compound and heavy petal peonies are recorded. It can be seen that in ancient times, the people of our country were very fond of peonies, and the varieties of peonies were rich.
The type of peony white depiction method
White Peony Painting
1. Hold the pen
When painting a white peony, the wrist should be suspended on the table, the finger force and wrist force should be used when hooking the shorter lines such as petals and leaves, and the elbow force and arm force should be used when hooking the long lines such as leaf stems and leaf stems. When the beginner hooks the long line can not be done in one go, it can be broken from the middle of the way, and then connected from the inside with the dotted line, and it can still be wired and will not leave a trace.
White stroke pen grip action
2. Basic brushwork
In the Five Dynasties of the Book of Penmanship, it is said: "The pen has four potentials: tendons, and the pen is absolutely continuous. meat. Undulating and solid. Bone, the pen is rigid and thick. Qi, traces and paintings without defeat.
White stroke stroke four postures
3. Starting line closing pen
The line used in white strokes borrows from the lines used in calligraphy, because each stroke refers to the movements of starting, writing, and closing in calligraphy. The three stages of starting, writing and closing in calligraphy are also called "reverse entry, astringent line, and tight closing", and the closing action is "hidden front, dew front, and wrapping front".
4. Smooth lines
Beginners at the beginning of the practice, first solve the problem that the hand can not shake can stabilize the line, and then slowly make the line smooth. The key to the smoothness of the line is in the position of starting and closing the pen, and there needs to be a clear pen movement.
1. Corolla
The corolla is small in form as a flower bud, also known as a flower bud, and the bud has 4 basic shapes: flat round, round, round pointed and oblong pointed.
Peony small bud white drawing method
Peony big bud white depiction method
【Key Points】
Flower buds should be raised, avoid drooping, flower bud shape, according to the picture timely selection, how big the painting, what form of flower buds to open to cooperate with the appearance, form and color needs to echo with the large flowers.
White depiction of the back of the peony corolla
White depicts a corolla of a peony in full bloom
The shape of the peony flower head should be mainly round, but it is not the kind of too smooth round spherical shape, we must pay attention to the toothless changes of the large petals at the edges, as well as the changes in local undulations and dense sizes, so as to achieve "square with circles, circles with squares".
In addition, the shape angle of the peony we usually choose the "three-quarters" side to depict, because the peony flower structure at this angle is the clearest, the shape change is the most abundant, and the most beautiful picture is drawn.