Sketchbook - Series of Pen and Ink Architectural Drawings

Author: Wang Qijun, Editor-in-Chief
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Features: Wang Qijun's ink paintings inherit tradition well. He pays special attention to the relationship between dense and sparse lines, fully utilizing the characteristics of brush strokes that can capture the subtle and extend to the grand. He seeks the possibility of dynamic and flexible variations between lines, as well as the joy of mutual inspiration among them. This fully reflects Wang Qijun's strong aesthetic interest and sensitive creative awareness, having broken through the barrier between architecture and art and transcended the rational constraints of artistic creation, gaining the freedom of imagination. The cultural atmosphere revealed in Wang Qijun's ink architectural paintings subtly makes us feel that the painter is in harmony with nature. The traditional Chinese cultural spirit of "Heaven and earth live with me in unity, all things are equal to me" serves as the foundation for the painter's extraordinary insights. He loves to capture the vitality of vernacular architecture in stillness; he highly admires the tranquility of vernacular architecture, believing that the rhythm of Chinese vernacular architecture leans toward subtlety, calmness, depth, continuity, and fluidity, rarely featuring dramatic fluctuations. The smooth lines hide traditional philosophy. The selected works in this book by the author and Xie Yan were mostly created between 1988 and 2001 during the author's studies at Chongqing University of Architecture and Engineering and his work at the China Architecture and Building Press in Beijing. The student works selected in this book are primarily classroom and after-class assignments from the "Architectural Expression" course taught by the author, and do not represent the overall level of students in the School of Architecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.