4. About techniques Before starting to draw, it is necessary for us to understand some b
4. About techniques Before starting to draw, it is necessary for us to understand some basic knowledge of gongbi painting, especially the lines and basic dyeing methods of gongbi painting. In gongbi painting, lines are the skeleton and soul. They are also an important embodiment of the interest of brushstrokes and ink in Chinese paintings. There are almost no shortcuts to improving your lines, it mainly depends on more practice. For beginners, at least they should be able to achieve: uniform thickness, smooth lines, free turns, and smooth writing in all directions. In the later stage, lines also need to pay attention to changes in elasticity, strength, rhythm, space, virtual reality, texture, etc. Due to space limitations, I will not go into details here. Below we will mainly talk about the basic dyeing methods of gongbi painting and several related important techniques.
1. Double hooks: In gongbi paintings, especially gongbi and heavy color paintings, double hooks and colors are the most obvious characteristics of the painting. "Double hook" means that the object is represented by "line outline" (originally a calligraphy term: the stone on the calligraphy script is hooked with thin lines along both sides of the writing surface, which is called "double hook") . As shown in this picture, the bamboo leaves are depicted with double hooks. Whether it is bamboo leaves or bamboo poles, they are all shaped by hooking lines along the outer edge.
2. Flat coating: Evenly filling a certain color with no change in concentration within a certain range is called flat coating. One of the basic techniques of gongbi painting.