Light red, not light red, similar to ochre, you can add a little red or garcinia cambogia to the ochre color. The ancients liked this kind of calm and heavy color very much, and created an important category of landscape painting. The light Jiang landscape can also be supplemented with colors such as stone blue, stone green, and bright red, which play an eye-catching role. The light ink and the ink color can be perfectly fused to form a three-dimensional effect of ink as the bone and the light ink as the texture. The Qianjiang landscape originated in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period and prevailed in the Yuan Dynasty. Later generations painted the shallow landscapes, often referring to Huang Gongwang's painting method, focusing on the simplicity and freshness of the colors.
These shallow landscapes are the works of the modern painter Gu Linshi, and the scenery in the paintings is mostly autumn mountains and autumn waters. Painting late autumn scenes, mainly in ink color. Painting the autumn scenery, mostly rendered in ochre color. According to the amount of ink and light color, the subtle characteristics of the autumn landscape are drawn. When the features come out, there is a sense of reality.
The ancients felt that the use of ink was the key to painting shallow landscapes. In order to harmonize the tone of the picture, it is necessary to reduce the shade variation in the color use. There is some truth to this point of view, and there are also obscure expressions of yin and yang in traditional landscape paintings, replacing the changes of light and shadow. The shades of color are relatively uniform, which can avoid visual confusion. For example, in this painting "Flowing Spring", the light color complements the mountain stone to paint the yin and yang changes, highlighting the lushness of the ink.
Modern painters are no longer satisfied with imitating the ancient, they hope to create some fresh techniques, so that landscape painting has the characteristics of the times. Can the traditional Qianjiang landscape be changed a little? Try to start with the amount of light color and ink color. This "Autumn Mountain Brocade Tree" uses light red colors to outline the outline and texture of the mountain stones, and thick ink is used to outline the details of the stones. The heavy pen thirsty for ink gives the soft and shallow landscape a masculine atmosphere.
To paint a translucent feeling, it is as if there is a slanting sun shining on the mountain. How to make the color reflect the light and transparent taste, Gu Linshi uses more rendering and dyeing. First, use a wet pen to rub out the mountain stone lines, and then use the color to blur the faint light. In this way, the effect of a boneless landscape is almost produced. Traditional pigments, traditional techniques, through the integration of techniques, depict the vitality of natural landscapes.
The mountain rocks have light and shade, the colors are warm and cold, and when the warm light color meets the cold rock, the natural scenery is transformed into a concrete state of mind. The ancients believed that landscape painting contained a threefold face. The first is the original appearance of the landscape, and the second is the appearance that the painter can capture and is difficult for ordinary people to find. The third is the integration of artistic processing, showing the face of the painter's emotional attitude.
Gu Linshi's landscape has a third look. On the basis of sketching, to achieve the purpose of refreshing the mind and feelings, the appearance of the landscape into the realm of landscape painting. He paints the breath of nature, which conveys spiritual appeals. This kind of landscape painting has a scholarly atmosphere, an elegant atmosphere, and even a wild atmosphere.
Autumn Mountain Gully is embellished with mangroves, making the picture exquisite and elegant. A variety of colors are fused with ink to construct the painter's temperament. Taking color with true feelings sounds like a trick, until I read Gu Linshi's works, I didn't know that this is true.
The ancients said that if you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, it is always appropriate to apply light makeup and heavy makeup. Looking at the shallow Jiang landscape also has this feeling, the landscape incarnates into a merry and famous person, showing a dignified demeanor.
Further reading
Brush and ink, composition, theme, talk about the characteristics of Qing Dynasty landscape painting.
The old roads and mountain trails in the autumn forest, the seclusion of the lonely village in the forest, and the literati life in Shen Zhou's pen.
Ordinary scenery, different styles, what does "Ancient Wood Cold Spring" make you think of.
Fused with the ancient, Wang Hui's Qinghui landscape.