Chapter 521: Yun'er Draws (1)
Yun'er paints every morning and teaches in the afternoon. When I paint, I have to find time to teach my son and niece to draw, and I have to find things. In the past, painting was taught by my father, but now I have changed to freehand, which is equivalent to starting from scratch. However, years of experience are still very helpful.
Teaching his son and niece to draw begins with cultivating their interests, and does not start with sketching if it is difficult to draw, as in exotic art classes. Children in the Qing Dynasty naturally used brushes to learn to paint, which was called Chinese painting in foreign lands. Sometimes Yun'er taught them stick figures that could be drawn with two or three strokes, and during this period, they also taught them how to use the pen and ink, for example, to learn to draw a swan, to use a thicker bucket brush, first dip a lighter ink, center the stroke, draw the head and neck of the swan, then draw the body, and then use thick ink to draw the mouth and eyes, as well as the outline of the wings. I have talked about it with pen and ink, and I don't need to talk about it specifically. If they talk about how to divide the ink into five colors, and how to use the pen in the center and the pen in the side, it is likely to make them feel very boring. Children's interests are not easy to maintain in the first place, and their interests should not be discarded.
"Let's draw another panda, the panda is very distinctive, the eyes have dark circles, the ears are black, the hands and feet are black, and it walks stupidly, right?"
Xuan'er looked at the panda in the album very seriously, and felt that what Eniang said was too right, so she drew it with great interest. But Rui'er is not interested in pandas, and she really wants to draw the little fairy who flies up in the book, which is Chang'e who runs to the moon.
Yun'er doesn't stipulate that they have to draw anything, but they can draw whatever they like.
In Yun'er's gentle drizzle, Rui'er knew that Master Yun was really her father's sister, a sister who had been separated for many years and was found back (in fact, her father was the one who was found). Rui'er was originally very afraid of Yun'er, because Yun'er was the master of Feiyun Tower, and her words were the most counting, and many people said that she was powerful. The mother is the master's maid, and the father is the prince's guard, and they all have to listen to the prince and the cloud master. Now Rui'er has become her aunt's apprentice, and after getting along for a period of time, she found out that the master's aunt is actually a very kind person, and she has never seen her beat or scold anyone. So she dared to tell her aunt that she liked to draw little fairies and beautiful girls. Yun'er knew that Rui'er might develop in the painting of ladies. Immediately agreed to her request. I also found her a picture album and a reference book drawn by the lady and asked her to copy it.
Rui'er is now the daughter of the head of the palace, and she is a young lady, so she has to have a maid to serve, so Yun'er sent the little girl rescued by Tian Liang to Rui'er. Although Ying Ying is only five or six years old, he is very dedicated to serving Rui'er, and after learning the rules from Ning Tao, he follows Rui'er and never leaves. This little girl likes Rui'er very much, Rui'er is not only beautiful, but also very smart, and she will learn whatever she wants. When Rui'er followed Mr. Grandpa to learn knowledge, Mr. Ying Ying sat next to Rui'er and listened to the class, Ying Ying was very well-behaved, and the five-year-old child's self-control was not very strong, but Ying Ying never said a word to Rui'er during the class time, although she didn't understand a lot of things in the lessons that Mr. said, she listened very carefully. If there is something you don't understand, please consult Rui'er after class. Rui'er also learned from Xuan'er, and taught him a few words to the little eunuchs every day, or the time would be wasted. I also asked my master's aunt to give Ying Ying a pen and homework book, and asked her to write on paper.
Ying Ying felt that his young master was the best person in the world, and not only taught himself to write, but also gave himself a notebook and a pen that did not need to be dipped in ink. I don't want a penny of money! Although she is small, she can tell the difference between good and bad.
Xuan'er and Rui'er have been very diligent since they learned to paint with Yun'er's apprenticeship, and they paint a whole hour in Yun'er's room every morning. Yun'er started with the most basic painting knowledge of brushwork and ink method, and then gradually progressed.
Watch two children start drawing, or reading a picture book, or drawing theory. After an hour, they went home for lunch. In the afternoon, I studied with Mr. Chen.
"Thousand Character Text", "Four Books", "Five Classics", Shen Shi was a little cooler and followed one of the "Four King Kongs" to practice martial arts.
Don't look at Xuan'er as a noble prince, she is not squeamish at all, and she will go to the garden every morning to learn Shaolin Kung Fu with Ama with those pro-soldiers. The eunuchs and servants in the palace all practice martial arts with their own soldiers and guards, and as the emperor's own nephew, the prince cannot be lazy at all. The princes in the palace began to study every morning, and they all lived in the elder brother's house, and the rules were very strict. The Queen Mother has always thought that the princes of the Rui Palace's mansion are pampered, but in fact, Xuan'er is stricter than the princes when she practices martial arts. Now the Queen Mother doesn't mention Xuan'er entering the palace to study, the third prince Xuanye came to the house and played with Xuan'er Xue'er for several days, and he told the Queen Mother that Xuan'er Shizi's husband is more knowledgeable than the gentleman in the palace. He asked the master in the palace why the horses slept standing and why all the trunks were round, but the master could not answer. These are all commonplace common sense, and it is also said that the master in the palace is smarter than Mr. Chen. The third prince also told the Queen Mother that Brother Xuan and his guards followed the imperial uncle to learn Shaolin martial arts every morning.
The Queen Mother was shocked, she thought that Xuan'er was squeamish more than a girl, but she didn't expect that she could also endure hardships. If you can pull a thing called a tensioner, and when that thing is practiced, you can pull the big bow.
When Xuan'er and Rui'er followed Yun'er to paint, Yun'er was also very strict with them. During the period of learning painting, except for the master's lectures, ask questions to the master if you don't understand, and you are not allowed to talk or chat at other times. At this time, Yun'er picked up a paintbrush to practice the basic skills of painting, which is the basic skills of freehand painting learned from Lan Lan. Yun'er taught Xuan'er and Rui'er also basic skills, all of which are children's painting techniques, such as pandas, squirrels, swans, cranes, etc., and found that Xuan'er likes to draw animals very much, and Rui'er likes to draw ladies, so he taught them separately. And Yun'er herself is a freehand painting of flowers and birds.
Xuan'er and Rui'er also have homework, writing in big red characters. Yun'er bought a lot of water-writing paper from a foreign land, the kind of water-writing paper with squares and hollow characters. Because Xuan'er and Rui'er are still young, and the people who serve them are all five, six, seven or eight-year-old children, they don't know how to be careful about grinding ink and writing, and it is difficult to wash off the ink on the clothes, so they take advantage of the favorable conditions of water to write paper, which not only saves ink, but also does not stain the clothes. Even Mr. Chen can't stop praising this kind of paper: using three sheets of paper at a time, dipping a brush in water, the writing effect is as dark as real ink. After writing the third one, the first one is done. There are four classic regular script fonts of Yan, Liu, Ou and Zhao on it, which is too convenient to write. Even Fu Jin liked it very much, and asked Yun'er for some free time to practice calligraphy. Mama Zheng, Mama Liu, Mama Fu'er, Mama Jiang and others all have children who are studying at home, and they beg Mama Zheng to come out and buy water writing paper from Master Yun.
Many of the things Yun'er bought back from the Outlands were not meant to be sold. For example, rice paper, ink, paints and cultural supplies are all used for Yun'er, Xuan'er, Xue'er, and Baobao Beibei. Only the three of them knew how many of these items they had bought in total, and Yun'er calculated the speed of use of such materials by using them herself, just the traditional cultural supplies such as rice paper and ink could be used for thirty or fifty years, and there was no shortage of exotic paper. So he generously gave some to the children of these people's families to use.
The rice paper of the Qing Dynasty was very expensive, and the rice paper used by Yun'er and her disciples to practice painting was all rough-edged paper, Yuanshu paper and low-cost Jiajiang rice paper.
Yun'er's basic painting skills are quite solid, and she is familiar with the images of various flowers, birds, insects, and fish, so that she can be confident and ready to use when creating.
For example, when painting a bird, no matter what kind of bird it is, it is a rough image of an oval; Painting grapes should be left with highlights, similar to grapes such as cherries, loquats, hawthorns, etc. To draw the fur of cats and dogs, the tip of the brush should be twisted and dipped in light ink; Shrimp whiskers and cobwebs should not be soft, thick, or trembling, not only thin, but also elastic. Although I bought dozens of truckloads of rice paper, I didn't waste any time drawing on the paper when I practiced the basic skills. Start with light colors and gradually deepen them. Until I can't draw anymore, I also frame two pieces of practice paper that I have drawn, and use it for shoe cutting, so that I don't waste any paper. Many poor people in the Qing Dynasty were unable to let their children go to school because they could not afford rice paper. Readers cherish paper, pen and ink.
When Yun'er was painting, Yu'er Shui'er didn't dare to stare at the side. Skills can't be learned secretly, Yun'er lets you see it. Yun'er didn't say let me see it, but she didn't say she wouldn't let me see it.
Maybe it's because she was used to living a poor life before, and Yun'er cherishes paper, pen and ink. The ink in the inkstone is always cleaned after it runs out, and she is even more cautious when using paint: she never washes the paint on the pen with a pen, and it is black and gray after all the colors in the pen wash. Yun'er has prepared several pen washes, each of which is a different color, either red, green, yellow, blue, or purple. These colors that have been washed off the pen have accumulated a lot, and they can be used. For example, embroidery drafts, generally speaking, embroidery drafts are similar to white drawings, but Yun'er's embroidery drafts are colored. The embroiderer can hang these embroidery manuscripts and embroider according to it, where it is deep and shallow, and where it is overcolored, it is clear at a glance. These embroidery drafts are painted with these waste paints, and the effect is very good. Later, such paintings were handed over to Yu Er Shui Er to paint.
In addition to using spare time to practice basic skills, Yun'er also paints works, and can draw a finished product in one morning. Yun'er doesn't like to be disturbed when she paints, and when she paints, it's when Xuan'er and Rui'er aren't in her room. It's not that I'm afraid that the two children will learn, but I'm afraid that I'll divide their hearts, and I want to watch Yun'er draw and don't want to practice basic skills.
Yun'er was quite attentive and serious when she painted. Before drawing, calmly discard the distractions in your head, then manage the position, draw a rough outline with light colors, and then boldly write. When she was in a foreign land, Yun'er liked the painting style of a professor surnamed Xu in a foreign land, but she did not copy it, but kneaded his painting style and painting method into her own painting method.
A little imitation, more innovation! Yun'er's basic skills are too solid, and when she paints, she almost does what she wants, without any fetters, and she can write it.
Yun'er's painting speed is very fast. The place that should be fast is fast, and the place where it should be slow is slow, and try to be as good as possible.
Because the intention is to put the pen first, Yun'er's paintings look very vivid, attractive, and very intrinsically beautiful. It is not to copy the flowers of nature on paper, but to combine the beautiful flowers with their own feelings, so whether it is her peony or autumn chrysanthemum or narcissus and plum blossom, they all have the power to infect people, and each has its own character.
In such a short period of time, she has mastered freehand flowers so well, not only because of her solid basic skills, but also because of her love and appreciation for these flowers, and she treats flowers as people with character to perform, so Yun'er's paintings are very touching and very smart, and the picture is fresh, clean and natural, which makes people feel comfortable when they see it. Perhaps, there are gods behind her.
Under the guidance of Zhong Lanlan, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, he deeply understood the connotation and essence of freehand painting. I chose a small freehand painting and felt that only this kind of painting was suitable for me. Although she is busy, she also tries to find time to go to the garden of the house to observe, feel, and experience the natural form of real flowers, and move her feelings into it. Therefore, the lotus flowers painted by Yun'er are dripping with ink, free and unrestrained; The peony is noble and delicate.
Small freehand, also known as half-work and half-writing, the early freehand painting is the transition from the transformation of the brush, more fine, relatively speaking, the pen and ink are more open than the brush. Later, it gradually opened up, forming a freehand that is not very similar to the form, but is like a god, also known as splashing ink painting.
But Yun'er still likes Xiaoyi, because her skills are gongbi painting. In a foreign land, I came into contact with the small freehand of the Blue Blue Sect, and immediately fell in love with this way of painting. She herself thinks it's very suitable for this kind of painting, and Lan Lan thinks so.
Yun'er's painting has progressed amazingly, almost one step a day. But Yun'er has never taken a step towards the freehand, and she doesn't like to paint a lot. It is not only the freehand that can show the god-likeness, or even adding a little gongbi in the freehand to increase the god-like effect. For example, a freehand lotus flower has a dragonfly painted on it, which gives people a very vivid and delicate feeling.
Yun'er's paintings were all sold by order, starting with one hundred taels of silver, and slowly reaching two hundred taels and three hundred taels, and then crossing four hundred taels and directly reaching five hundred taels. After painting a "Waterfall Peony", the price of the moisturizing pen reached 800 taels, because the water droplets splashed by the waterfall fell directly on the peony, and the water droplets on the peony moisturized the peony so that it was as clean as washing, and the texture was very strong.