Draw the pole first and then the bamboo. When drawing a pole, pay attention to the long bamboo joints in the middle and the short bamboo joints at the upper and lower ends. When nodding, the pen and ink are heavy. When writing calligraphy, don't repeat it completely. Pay attention to the change of shade and dryness.
When adding branches to the main bamboo pole, don't just add one side to avoid the imbalance of the center of gravity of the picture. Branchlets are shaped like magpie's claws. When painting style and rain bamboo, there will be corresponding changes. Please pay attention.
Drawing bamboo with a pen is like writing calligraphy with a pen. When painting bamboo roots and trunks, it looks like a regular script, which is steady and powerful. When you draw twigs, you use the cursive brushwork, which is smooth and smooth. Beginners of bamboo painting still ask for pens, not for speed. With a certain foundation, they will pursue higher requirements.
If there are several or dozens of bamboos in a painting, pay attention to the joints between bamboos, not on a horizontal line. When painting bamboo poles, there should be changes in pen and ink, and the relationship between reality and space should be created through the thickness of bamboo poles, the shade and dryness of ink.
Drawing bamboo leaves, predecessors have summarized many methods, and the most basic forms of leaf grouping are "grid", "knot" and "point". Most of these leaf shapes are named after Chinese characters, such as "female" and "human", and the word "heavy human", with three strokes hanging side by side and one horizontal painting as "one stream". There are also names of pictographic characters, such as "fish tail" and "wild goose".
Different leaf grouping forms can show the characteristics of bamboo leaves in different States. For example, the form of "Yichuan" is suitable for expressing wind bamboo, the form of "emphasizing people" is suitable for expressing fine bamboo, and the form of "fen" is more suitable for expressing rain bamboo. When drawing a bamboo and a bamboo leaf, you can choose one or two similar leaf groups to overlap each other, which is both varied and unified. There are too many forms to choose from, which will make the picture confusing and difficult to clean.
After mastering the basic forms of grouping these leaves, we should use them flexibly in actual painting. The overlapping of leaves will make the leaves in the painting full of vitality.