Chinese painting beginner training. Trees (Freehand style)

Author: Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The art of painting trees, also known as the method of painting forest trees, is an important component of traditional landscape painting. "Mountains rely on trees for their attire," trees are the external appearance of the mountains and rivers, and in nature, numerous trees form forests, with diverse species, creating the boundless vitality of landscapes. "Spring blossoms have fine leaves and abundant flowers, summer shade has dense leaves and lush growth, autumn hair has sparse leaves and falling petals, winter bones have withered leaves and withered branches." Landscape painters use these descriptions to convey endless poetic and artistic sentiments. Traditional culture further endows trees with human emotions, such as "willows swaying gently," "white poplars weeping in the wind," and "pines, like nobles, are the leaders of all trees, embodying the virtues of gentlemen—harmonious yet distinct." Trees thus become symbols of character in Chinese landscape painting. Therefore, painting landscape requires mastery in depicting trees. This book explains the art of painting trees from two aspects: brushwork and structure.