Orchids are epiphytic or terrestrial herbs with several or more leaves, usually located at the base or lower node of pseudobulb, in two rows, banded or rarely oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, with a broad leaf sheath around the base and a joint. There are several flowers in the raceme, and the colors are white, pure white, white green, yellow-green, yellow-yellow, yellow-brown, yellow, red, cyan and purple.
China people have always regarded orchids as a symbol of nobility and elegance, and they are called "Four Gentlemen" together with "Plum, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum". Usually, "Zhang Lan" is used to describe the beauty of poetry, and "Lan Jiao" is used to describe the truth of friendship. Some people also use orchids to express pure love, such as "the spirit remains unchanged as orchid, the heart remains unchanged as orchid" and "finding a bosom friend and giving a dream to Xiaoxiang". 65438+May 0985 Orchids were rated as four of the top ten famous flowers in China.
China painters began to paint orchids in Zhao He (south of the Third Hospital) in the late Song Dynasty. Perhaps the ecology of orchids is very suitable for the use of tools and pen and ink in Chinese painting, and it is very suitable for the lofty, elegant and elegant style that China literati painters generally have. Dynamic exposure, so since the Song Dynasty, famous orchid painters have emerged one after another, and they have used orchids as a carrier to give play to their ideals, interests, aesthetics and individuality (for a review of the materials published before this issue, click this link: "Scented in the Valley-Famous Orchid Painters in Past Dynasties"). It is often five leaves and three flowers, that is, the form is complete and interesting. In addition, the inscriptions of artistic calligraphy, whether poems or sentences, feelings or meanings, are concise and far-reaching, and can be called treasures.
How to draw orchids is very simple. Follow the guidance of this tutorial and you will soon learn it! Try it if you don't believe me. ...
Secondly, it expounds the steps of orchid freehand brushwork.
1, flower head structure of orchids. Orchids have five petals, a round lip, and stamens grow in the lip (as shown by crossed orchids). Usually when we draw orchids, we will omit the lip and exaggerate the stamens to make them eye-catching and beautiful (orchids dotted in the picture). ↓↓↓
2. There are two kinds of orchids: one is a flowered orchid, and the other is a flowered orchid. ↓↓↓
3. The growth posture of orchids: from bud to petal. ↓↓↓
4. The growth posture of orchids: from blooming to aging. ↓↓↓
5, do not advocate such a painting method, it is too rigid, and the petals do not change much. ↓↓↓
6. Petals can't bend like this. ↓↓↓
7. Petals should be large and small, with the main and secondary, thick and thin, and the angles between petals should be different. The combination of petals should be dense, and there should be a combination of thin slices. ↓↓↓
8. Petals should be graceful and dynamic. ↓↓↓
9. What a lively and lovely orchid. ↓↓↓
10 When drawing an orchid, wash the pen, first apply light ink to the pen (be careful not to have too much water), lick a little thick ink from the tip of the pen, and then draw three open petals, paying attention to the ink color of each petal. ↓↓↓
1 1, flower heads in various postures. ↓↓↓
12, flower heads in various postures. ↓↓↓
13, the flower heads in various postures have a shy beauty of ancient beauty. ↓↓↓
14, flower heads in various postures. ↓↓↓
15, orchid leaves: a long stroke. Hide the front pen and the center pen, gradually raise the pressure (at least two or three lifts for long leaves), and return to the peak to collect the pen. ↓↓↓
16, orchid leaves: two strokes shorter. The second stroke (there must be one or two strokes) and the first stroke should intersect at the root of the flower to form the phoenix eye. ↓↓↓
17, leaves of orchids: three broken cheng. Three leaves divide the picture into eight blanks with completely different sizes and shapes. ↓↓↓
18, you can add a few more leaves with different sizes and thicknesses and gather them at the root of the flower, and the root of the flower becomes the head of crucian carp. ↓↓↓
19. Pay attention to the change of starting and closing pens on each page. Collection: the paid amount can return to the peak, and the false collection can return to the peak and suddenly receive the payment. ↓↓↓
20, painting orchids first use heavy ink to draw leaves. ↓↓↓
2 1, pen for leaves. ↓↓↓
22. Folding leaves should be turned after the pen is lifted, and then press the pen after turning. ↓↓↓
23, the leaves should be painted firmly, straight and powerful. ↓↓↓
24. The position and direction of flower heads should be consistent with the position and direction of leaves. ↓↓↓
25. Landscape reference of orchids. ↓↓↓
26. Landscape reference of orchids. ↓↓↓
27. You can also use large pieces of ink to balance the picture of orchid leaves and small flowers. ↓↓↓
28, orchid sketch appreciation. ↓↓↓
Summary: One pen is long, two pens are short, and three pens make a phoenix.