Learning
Chinese Painting Step By Step
Lesson 7
The Elaborate Style - Outline and Coloration
technique
" Elaborate Style " may only use lines to
suggest form and texture.
Method 1
Step 1
Using non-absorbent paper, outline the leaf
and flower with light ink.
Step 2
Wash the petals of the flower and leaves
with light ink first, if the flower is dark in color
Dip the brush with light ink, paint the petal
and leaf one by one outwardly, then wash the ink with water to the fringe
of the flower and leaves in order to produce different shades.
Step 3
Dip the brush with Vermilion, paint the petals
of the flower with flat wash.
use another brush, dip the brush with light
green, paint the leaves with flat wash
Step 4
When the color dry, dip the brush with Crimson
Red, paint the petals of the flower outwardly and wash it with water to
the fringe of the petals.
Dip the brush with blue green, paint the
leaf outwardly and wash with water to the fringe of the leaf
Method 2
Step 1
Using non-absorbent paper, outline the leaf
and flower with light ink.
Step 2
Dip the brush first with water, then with
light green, and a speck of dark green onto the tip, to paint the leaf
outwardly from the main vein.
Use another brush, dip the brush first with
water, then with violet light, and a speck of voilet dark onto the tip,
to paint the petals inwardly from fringe of the petal to make the tones
fused smoothly and spontaneously.
Step 3
Dip the brush with dark green, paint the
leaf outwardly from the main vein, then wash the color with water to the
fringe of the leaf
Dip the brush with violet medium, paint the
petal inwardly from the fringe of the petal and wash the color with water
to the center
Step 4
Dip the brush with light green and paint
the leaf with a flat wash and
dip the brush with violet light and paint
the petal with a flat wash
Exercise
Refer to the techniques above, Using non-absorbent
paper draw and paint the following pictures :
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