Fine Brush Line Drawing of a Hundred Flowers: Spring and Summer Edition

Author: Wang Yonggang (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: We know that Chinese painting is divided into meticulous and freehand styles in terms of expression. Their techniques and aesthetic effects differ. Compared to meticulous painting, which is rigorous, delicate, colorful, meticulous, and relatively realistic, freehand painting is concise, generalized, unrestrained, and focuses on the spirit rather than the form, being relatively abstract. Meticulous floral painting is a type of Chinese painting that uses flowers as its subject. Since ancient times, people have developed a deep appreciation for the beautiful products of nature—flowers. Love of beauty is human nature, and fresh flowers are the symbol of beauty. For a long time, their vibrant colors and graceful forms have deeply attracted people's attention. Meticulous floral paintings the images of flowers that people love in works, decorating their living environments, enriching and enhancing their spiritual lives, and subtly cultivating their character, thereby promoting the progress of human spiritual civilization. Before coloring, a meticulous painting should be a relatively perfect line drawing. Line drawing is a fundamental skill for painting meticulous works. Every enthusiast of meticulous painting practices line drawing as a basic skill, and every painter also brings line drawing to its utmost. Line-drawn floral painting primarily depicts flowers, shrubs, and fragrant grasses. Drawing every line well is the key to painting line-drawn flowers well. Flowers are divided into two types: aquatic and terrestrial. Terrestrial flowers are generally divided into three categories: 1. Herbs: refer to grasses that are mostly non-woody, low, and tender. Herbs are further divided into: 1-year and 2-year seed plants, such as morning glories and cockscomb; perennial rootstock plants, such as orchids, narcissus, and hellebore, which all have well-developed bulbs or fleshy roots, and their rootstocks can also be painted. 2. Woody plants: refer to perennial trees with thick, solid, and sturdy stems and branches. Those with a clear main trunk and tall, upright crowns are called trees, such as magnolias, kapok, and pines. 3. Vines: refer to plants with slender, flexible, and winding main stems that cannot stand upright. They are further divided into: Climbing vines: plants that grow by twining their stems around themselves or other objects, such as wisteria and morning glories. Climbing stems: plants that grow by using rootlets outside their nodes to climb on supporting structures, such as grapes, pumpkins, cucumbers, and clematis. Common aquatic flowers are mostly herbs. Examples include lotus flowers, water hyacinths, and duckweed.