中国传统绘画中的写意画即是用简练的笔法描绘景与物,强调以意为之的主导作用。写意画基本归纳为人物画、山水画和花鸟画三类,其中花鸟画的范围庞大,花卉、蔬果、草虫等均属于此范畴,是人们生活中最常见之物,同时也是学习国画的入门题材。英文版《写意画三步法》以花卉、蔬果、草虫为主题,三步成画,化繁为简,简单易学。特别适合对中国传统绘画感兴趣的外国朋友入门学习之用,是我社学画中国画系列Chinese Painting for Beginners中的一本。其中文版由上海人民美术出版社出版,我们进行了重新编排,增加了相关基础知识的介绍,更便于外国人理解和掌握。 Three-step Method for Freehand Paintings is easy to learn, being designed to make hard things simple. The flowers and plants, vegetables and fruits, grass and insects are most basic and common subjects for initially learning how to produce Chinese paintings as they are relatively simple to paint. The concise three-step method visually presents the painting process and will help readers quickly master the sequence of painting, and the priority of brushes and ink.
Preface 1
Definition of Freehand Painting 1
Tools and Materials Used for Chinese Paintings 3
Basic Usage of Chinese Painting Colors 12
Vegetables and Fruits 16
Techniques of Painting Different Vegetables and Fruits 18
Overall Painting Techniques of Vegetables and Fruits 40
Flowers and Plants 72
Painting Techniques for Different Flowers and Plants 74
Overall Painting Techniques of Flowers and Plants 98
Grass Insects 138
Techniques of Painting Different Grass Insects 142
Overall Painting Techniques of Grass Insects 170
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Basic Usage of Chinese Painting Colors Chinese painting pigments are divided into two categories. In the first category, the traditional pigments of Jiangsixutang Studio are block-shaped and including botanical pigments cyanine, gamboge, etc. and mineral pigments cinnabar, azurite, mineral green.
Great painters have always preferred them for their classic, elegant and lasting colors, although they are expensive. In the second category, the pigments of Matou a Shanghai brand; of chemical composition, they are contained in tin pipes and are affordable and convenient to use, thus being suitable for the average painter, especially beginners. The key is to prevent vulgar use of colors.
Chinese paintings are made up of strokes made with ink and colors. Red, yellow, blue, white and black are the five primary colors of paintings. However, more complex coloring is preferred to prevent works being too colorful and involves the combination of at least two primary colors. For example, red and yellow combine to create vermilion, blue and yellow are synthesized into light green, and black and white form gray. Colors include cool ones black, gray, blue, green, cyan, purple and warm colors red, yellow, white, vermilion, ochre. Heavy warm colors should be matched with light cool colors, and heavy cool colors should be balanced with light warm colors