Yellow River Beach Area: Victory Song, 180cm, 400cm, ink on paper, 2020.
Painting into the deep is idle.
Wen Huajie
The force penetrates the skin and flesh to see the flesh and bones, and the painting into the deep is idle. The ever-changing history of figure painting, which is categorized in general, is only a process of self-proof by the painter in the times.
The Imprint of Youth 198cm 238cm Ink and color on paper In 2019, the bones of the figure paintings are the bones of the self-perception of the times, and this cognition will change with the painter's hand and hand at every turn, and finally shape the artist's image of the times. The contradiction between "form" and "image" is a path that I have been trying to find my true self, and it is also the collision and thinking of many years that has inspired me. 
Figure Sketch 1 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper 2022The value of figure painting in the history of painting is the strong evidence of the desire to reproduce the "truth" that every civilization has embraced by the eyes of human beings. Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the delicate sketches of Cao Yi and Wu belts, as well as the neatness of ink and wash drawings at the beginning of the two Song dynasties, and their correction and calibration of traditional Chinese images, not only give us the hope of latecomers at the existing level, but also cause latecomers to break through the shackles of ideology and discuss how to use painting to intervene in new social forms. 
Character Sketch 2 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper In 2022, modern and contemporary ink painting uses the "Xu Jiang system" as a breakthrough point for modern Chinese painting to correct figure painting, and finally refined the art workers who use modern brush and ink to describe contemporary life after the 70s. The bitter gourd monk said: "The pen and ink should change with the times, and the atmosphere of poetry and literature will change." It is the precedent given by the ancients on the issue of the pace of the times. 
Figure Sketch 3 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper In 2022, my years of sketching career have brought me training in basic human shapes, and what my advanced studies have made me is how to break through my own form and meaning aesthetically, and establish my uniqueness and sensibility as an artist through the transformation of form. The shaping of faces, hands and feet has always been the "one" of character painting, and the clothing pattern is the "one point" of character painting. 
Figure Sketch 4 68cm 136cm Ink on paper How the artist's style is interspersed between the two in 2022 is something that can only be obtained through hard work and thought, and a hundred and ten repeated experiments. After experiencing the basic sketching training of shaping bones with small brushes and scraping skin with light colors, it has a more free and easy meaning, emphasizing fragmentation but not chaos, and more integrating "ink" and "surface" as one of the sketching figures, which is a portrayal of the understanding of characters in this time period. 
Figure Sketch 5 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper The significance of the structure in 2022 is reflected in the most definite and firm section of the relationship between black, white and gray of the figures, and the tip of the nose, the masseter muscle and the upper forehead are the most easily shaped parts of the skin. Everything on this premise cannot be separated from the grasp of the image and attitude of the characters. "The portrayal of the gods is exactly in the sight of things. "The most intertwined point between form and god is the accuracy of the human expression, which almost depends on the eyes to present on the finished image. Grasping the expression of expression may be a problem that the artist has to devote himself to facing in his life, and after digging deeper, he may have already passed his life. 
Figure Sketch 6 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper The creation of figure painting in 2022 is undoubtedly the most painstaking chapter, not leaving the chic form of the model itself, but also to construct a symbolic and emotional picture of figure painting, which is not lost to dancing on eggshells. Ancient and modern figure painters have insightful treatments here. Gu Kaizhi said "Zhizi Rock Gully", that is, emphasizing the wonder of ancient figure painting to depict the characters through landscapes, and in the modern painting structure influenced by formalism, it seems that people are no longer the unique and priority things in the picture, and the priority of form has long penetrated the vision of modern artists. 
Figure Sketch 7 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper In 2022, the simpler, more accurate, and echoing figure paintings that echo the overall situation are unique in the history of the figures. In the process of sketching, how to jump out of an accurate person and open the mind to highlight the simplicity of the picture is what the painter must think about in his training, that is, "training in the way of creation". A proper sense of form and graphics will be of great help to the "I see" in the painting. 
Character Sketch 8 68cm 136cm Ink on paper As time moves forward in 2022, people's sluggishness also increases, and the slowness of the heart and hands is the same problem I have to face. In the days when I went out to sketch, I looked at the elders living in the countryside, one by one in front of the teachers and students, showing the enthusiasm of the years of carving, and my heart that had been silent for many years finally saw the freshness of people again. 
Figure Sketch 9 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper In 2022, to draw into the real world, we must first face up to the truth, because any perception and aesthetic impulse that crosses the painter's mind is the real nutrient given to people by objective things. The smell of the countryside can be smelled from the first step you enter.
Character Sketch 10 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper In 2023, I saw the old people lying crooked on the root of the wall, smiling on their faces, and twisting their cigarettes, but the strong smell did not hide the moisture of the local fields.
Figure Sketch 11 68cm 136cm Ink and color on paper In 2023, in the face of these vivid words, I have the original intention to hone my sketching skills, and for teachers and students, this is the same - when the faces of the brush and ink are really made on rice paper, so that I can feel that something has been done, and when I see that it is the twilight of the day, those who forget about it and cannot say the taste of the heart are the true nature that painting brings to the painter.
Character Sketch, 12, 68cm, 160cm, Ink on paper, 2022.
Character Sketch 13 68cm 150cm Ink and color on paper 2022 100 Helping ProgramsArt resumeHua JieAssociate professor of the Department of Chinese Painting, School of Fine Arts, Shandong University of the Arts, and tutor of master's students. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a standing member of the Figure Painting Art Committee of the Shandong Artists Association, a director of the Shandong Chinese Painting Society, a contracted painter of the Shandong Painting Academy, an artist employed by the Shandong Art Museum, and a visiting professor of the Shandong Youth Political College. His works were selected for the 13th National Art ExhibitionThe 13th China Art Festival National Excellent Art Exhibition, the 85th Anniversary of the Founding of the Army National Art Exhibition and the 12th Army Art Exhibition";He has won many awards such as the first prize of the highest award in Shandong Province, the "Taishan Literature and Art Award".He has published a number of articles and published "Imagery. A New Context of Contemporary Chinese Painting – Hua Jie.