Chapter 19 Picture repair method (2)

The new school brings together various schools and takes advantage of the advantages of Western painting. It is called the new school of Western painting. Ten years after the Meiji era, there were quite a variety of schools imported from Europe.The types are described roughly as follows: Pencil painting, brush painting, pen painting, watercolor painting, oil painting, utensil painting, geometric drawing, projection drawing, shadow drawing, perspective drawing. Zhang Zizai's overview of painting 1. Spiritual method When we see a painting, we must have a special feeling.Some are serious, some are funny; some are fierce, some are kind; some are noble, some are chic;Wherever our emotions come from, that is where the spirit of painting lies.The spirit is ever-changing, and it is impossible to stick to one of them.The straightness of bamboo stems, the frailness of willow branches, the briskness of rabbits, and the bluntness of dolphins, although their phenomena are opposite, their spirits are also seen in the opposite way.It's different than asking for it intentionally, it's true.Therefore, the painter must study and examine the nature, habits, and movements of the object, grasp the control and write, and get close to it.

2. The method of position The relationship between painting and screen is called the method of position.Ordinary style, the blank space at the top of the screen is usually more than that at the bottom.In a special style, if the nature of birds, light balloons, etc. is on the upper side, it is advisable to leave more blank space at the bottom, which is the opposite of the ordinary style.And if the main position is biased to one side, and a part of it diverges, the space where it diverges should be more than that of the main position.Others, the characters facing the left have more blanks on the left side; the characters facing the right have more blanks on the right side.The location is rough, that's all.

3. Contour method There are thousands of types in the universe, and the pictograms are different.However, there are many similarities.Gather similar points, and determine the outline method of seven kinds. A rod-shaped object used for fire sheaths, whips, sticks, sticks, flagpoles, fishing rods, guns, pens, pencils, sail masts, bows, arrows, flutes, shovels, guns, sabers, rafts, etc.; bamboo, rushes, maiden flowers, etc. The grass class Li Yan. B Cube (cubic plate and long cube belong to this category) hand towels, burdens, stone slabs, books, book covers, abacus, suitcases, boxes, square boxes, inkstones, pencil cases, mirror stands, square round seals, square bottles, large basins, Tobacco pots, bristles, rulers, bridge beds, tables, square chairs, square stools, carriages, automobiles, steamboats, warships, sailboats, clothes folding, etc.; animals such as horses, cows, mice, deer, cats, dogs, etc. Yan.

C balls (elliptic ovals belong to this category) are used for the sun, moon, kick ball, Dharma, mask, teapot, tea bowl, cauldron, globe, dipper hat, glasses, etc.; peaches, plums, oranges, pears, oranges, persimmons Wild vegetables such as fruits, chestnuts, loquats, watermelons, pumpkins, eggplants, gourds, narcissus roots, jade onions, etc.; birds such as doves, domestic ducks, warblers, swallows, white tongues, cranes, sparrows, herons, etc.; various flowers; Rabbits, mice, goldfish, tortoises, cocoons, etc. with poses. Ding Fangzhu road signs, bridge railings, mailboxes, book boxes, monuments, five-storied pagodas, stages, houses, etc. are located here.

E square cone pavilions, street lamps, pyramids, charcoal buckets or houses, buildings, etc. Li Yan. Utensils such as cylindrical bamboo tubes, ink pad boxes, rice buckets, lanterns, drums, hand scrolls, binoculars, pen holders, etc.; wild vegetables such as squash, loofah, pickled cucumbers, white melons, radishes, lotus root, pod beans, etc.; loach, eel, catfish, etc. The fish are attached to Yan. Geng cone solo, trumpet, hat, umbrella, candle, barrel, foreign lamp, cup, pot, mortar, pestle, cone, anchor, lampshade, etc. Li Yan. There are also seven forms combined to form a polygonal outline.There are many flowers and plants, insects and fish, birds and beasts, figures, landscapes, etc., which belong to this category.

This article was written in Tokyo, Japan in the autumn of 1995.The picture on page 107 of the original page 190 is the oil painting "Female" created by Li Shutong in Japan