What is meticulous brushwork —— An answer to Peony Picture, an outstanding representative of flower-and-bird painting in Tang Dynasty

Gongbi painting is a form of Chinese painting that depicts scenery with meticulous brushwork. Bian Luan is an outstanding representative of flower-and-bird painting in Tang Dynasty. He can draw the active state of birds and the bright colors of flowers. Make "Peony Map", with bright colors and beautiful hair. If you look closely, you can be sure that the peony was painted at noon. The cat's eye in the original picture has a vertical line visible. Another example is that the flower feathers written by Huang Quan, a painter of the Five Dynasties, are vivid and lifelike, but they are attacked by the goshawk as real objects. This can be seen in the Review of Famous Paintings of the Holy Dynasty: In Zheng Guang, Yongming and his son lived in the Bagua Hall to paint landscapes and flowers and birds at four seasons, which was the best preparation. He will go hunting in winter, because he is holding down the eagle dog, and in the meantime, an eagle can't help it, so he goes straight into the temple to fight for the feathers he painted.

Meticulous painting became popular in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the reason why outstanding artistic achievements can be achieved lies in the maturity of painting techniques on the one hand and the improvement of painting materials on the other. Gongbi painting must be painted on silk or rice paper treated with alum. In the early Tang Dynasty, the improvement of silk materials promoted the development of meticulous painting to a certain extent. According to Mi Fei's History of Painting, silk was born in ancient paintings from the early Tang Dynasty to Wusheng, Zhou and Han Wo. Later, it was cooked in hot soup and powdered like a silver board. It pretended to be a character and was well written. Generally speaking, meticulous painting needs to draw a manuscript first, and a complete manuscript needs to be revised repeatedly before it can be finalized. Then cover it with rice paper or plastic alum silk, first outline it with a small pen, then color it with the class and render it layer by layer to achieve the artistic effect of both form and spirit. For example, autumn photos of Chen Zhifo. Generally speaking, meticulous painting needs to draw a manuscript first, and a complete manuscript needs to be revised repeatedly before it can be finalized. Then cover it with rice paper or plastic alum silk, first outline it with a small pen, then color it with the class and render it layer by layer to achieve the artistic effect of both form and spirit. For example, autumn photos of Chen Zhifo.