Line drawing

Line drawing

White line drawing is the name of Chinese painting techniques, which refers to the painting method of using ink lines to depict the image without modifying and rendering; white line drawing is also one of the literary expression methods, mainly using simple and concise words to depict the image.

interpretation

In Chinese painting, the outline or figure is outlined in light ink without color, which is called white line drawing. The importance of line drawing in figure painting can be seen in Shen Zongqian's compilation of Jiezhou's paintings: "the way to draw a figure is to seek the way of brush and ink first, and the way to render and embellish afterwards. The first and most important thing is to use the pen to draw its shape. It can make the pen twists and turns, and the weight is appropriate. If there is no slightest loss, then the shape is obtained and the spirit is also in it." Only with lines can the expression of air reach perfection. It is easy to see the skill of the painter because it is the most difficult and vigorous line of the center. There are many famous painters in the past dynasties, and their biographies are different. The two most famous painters are Zhao Mengfu from Li Gonglin and Li Gonglin from Gu Kaizhi. For example, Ma Hezhi and Ma Yuan came from Wu Daozi. The so-called blue leaf painting is the second. In addition, there are Gaogu Yousi, Qinxian, Xingyun Liushui, Pingtou, caoyi, zhelu, olive, Zaohe, LiuYe, Zhuye, zhanbi Shuiwen, Jianbi, chaibi, earthworm and so on. Wang Aijun's art literature of Junyou Association records that the most famous author of Chinese white line drawing is the painting of mianzhou by Li Gonglin, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. Guo Ziyi's story of Huihe is a masterpiece of Li Gonglin's paintings. However, in modern times, there are also flower and bird and animal paintings in line drawing. The technique of line drawing is not limited to figure painting.

Classified introduction

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It's a method of Chinese painting that uses lines to express objects. There are single tick and single tick

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Two. A single line hook can be made by using one color ink or two kinds of ink according to different objects. The line is not overlapped according to the original way. Its purpose is to increase the texture and change the shade, and make the image more attractive. The rewinding line must be smooth and natural, otherwise it is easy to be inflexible. The shape, spirit, light, color, volume and texture of objects are represented by lines, which is very difficult. Because of the simple choice and the deliberate contrast of the relationship between the virtual and the real and the density, the line drawing has the characteristics of simplicity, clear generalization and no color. In ancient China, there were many masters of line drawing, such as Wu Daozi, Zhao Mengfu, Gu Kaizhi and Li Gonglin, who made outstanding achievements. White line drawing is more common in figure painting and flower and bird painting. During the song and Yuan Dynasties, there were also painters who used white line drawing to depict flowers and birds, such as Zhong Ren in the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Wufen in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao mengjian and Zhang Shouzheng in the Yuan Dynasty.

classification

（1） Single hook: using the same ink color line to draw the whole painting is called one color single hook. With different shades of ink hook into, such as with light ink hook flower, thick ink hook leaf called thick light single hook. The line drawing should be accurate, fluent, vivid and coherent.

（2） Re gouging: first, light ink is used to gouge all the parts, and then thick ink is used to outline all the parts. It is called re gouging, which is used to strengthen the spirit and texture of the image.

Famous painters of the past dynasties

Wu Daozi's paintings in the Tang Dynasty are simple, vivid and bold. His work "the picture of sending a son to the king of heaven" laid the foundation for the emergence and development of white line drawing and ink painting.

Li Gonglin (1049-1106), born in Shuzhou (now Shucheng County, Anhui Province), was an outstanding figure, POMA and landscape painter in Song Dynasty. Li Gonglin's "line drawing" is mainly figure painting.

Ding Yunpeng is a painter of Ming Dynasty. Word Nanyu, Shenghua Jushi, Anhui Xiuning people. The year of his death is unknown. In 1625, Zanzi, a member of Zhan Jingfeng's family, was still working on the painting of white horse controlling the Sutra. Calligraphy Zhong, Wang. He is good at drawing figures, landscapes and Buddha statues, all of which are exquisite. The line drawing is very similar to Li Gonglin, with eyebrows and eyelashes between the silk and hair, and the expression is complete. It has been consecrated to the inner court for more than ten years. He made friends with Dong Qichang and Zhan Jingfeng, so most of his works were praised by Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru. Dong Qichang presented a seal, which is called Haosheng hall. Try and use his masterpieces. The spring fan of Jiangnan was made in 1580, and the fishing map of Huoxi was made in 1621.

Qiu Ying was born in Taicang, Jiangsu Province from 1498 to 1552. Later he moved to Wu County. He is good at drawing figures, especially ladies. He is not only good at color setting, but also good at ink and white drawing. He can use a variety of strokes to express different objects, either round and flowing, or vigorous and gorgeous. Even as a bird or flower, it is bright and beautiful. Together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin, they are called "four schools of Ming Dynasty". Xia Ding is a native of Suzhou. He is good at describing people, but also works in landscape.

MA Zhen word Gang thousand, cloud crane, Chang'an (now Xi'an) people. He is good at describing people in a plain way, but his subtlety does not diminish Qiu Ying. Ke Bi Yuan made the military curtain. Looking at the famous works, he was good at landscape and flowers, and imitated song and Yuan schools.

Tang Lu (1804-1874) was born in Wujin, Jiangsu Province. The fourth son of painter Tang Yifen. He was good at drawing figures in plain style, designing beautiful women, especially flowers and fruits.

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