Illustrations of White Peonies (3)

Author: Wang Zhiyong
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Learning to paint flowers and birds, one must first learn "freehand line drawing." Freehand line drawing does not use any color and is completely expressed through brushstrokes. To paint freehand line drawing, one must carefully study the application of lines, as they are an important means to express the shapes of flowers and birds. The thickness, rigidity, dryness, and smoothness of the lines, produced by the varying weight, speed, pauses, and turns of the brush, are used to depict the different forms and textures of the objects being painted. On his freehand line drawing sketches, there are also relationships of color setting for colored paintings, which serve as excellent learning and reference materials for those studying meticulous flower-and-bird painting.