After more than a month of preparation and preparation, our studio is ready. Starting from today, I will take painting lovers to learn painting knowledge and skills systematically ~ I will give them a careful push every week, so stay tuned ~

The first article, of course, will talk about "sketch"! Because, sketch is the inevitable foundation of other painting plastic arts, especially for the small basin friends who are studying and preparing to study watercolor, gouache, oil painting and printmaking.

Sketch is the earliest painting form and the oldest artistic language in human history. /kloc-During the Renaissance in the 5th century, people found its unique performance charm. During this period, Italian painters such as Ma Saqiao, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo invented and applied the principles of perspective, anatomy and composition, which provided scientific basis for the three-dimensional sense and space sense of sketch expression and gradually improved the sketch. From then on, sketch, as a nearly perfect painting form, is unique in the painting field.

What is a sketch?

We usually refer to pencil drawing and charcoal drawing. Sketch is the basis of all painting, and it is also the necessary stage to study and study the art of painting. Sketch usually uses methods that can leave traces on the plane, such as drawing on paper with pencil, crayon, charcoal pen, pen, brush and ink.

Outline and line are the most basic elements of sketch, and different strokes can create different lines, cross relationships, rhythms, active and passive surroundings, planes, sense of volume, tones and textures, so sketch is a painting form with strong natural rhythm.

Common tools for sketching

Sketching tools are relatively simple. Beginners generally choose pencil to draw first, because it is cheap and easy to draw, and it can also show delicate and rich light and shade changes in in-depth description. After a certain period of study and familiarity with the performance of pencils, you can choose to draw with other sketching tools, such as charcoal pens and pens. Different painting tools have a certain effect on the artistic expression of the picture.

Rubber can be made of plastic and painted leather, and sketch paper can be made of lead paper and drawing paper. Paper should be tough, wear-resistant and textured, and paper with smooth and thin surface should not be used. And prepare paper clips, tape paper and pencil sharpener.

The position of sketch in painting art

Sketch is an independent art with independent status and value. Sketch is the inevitable foundation of other painting plastic arts, especially for watercolor, oil painting, printmaking and sculpture (relief); In addition, sketch is also the necessary basis of sketch in graphic design. Although sketch is regarded as the art of two-dimensional space, it does not need color and three-dimensional space, but it also implies both.

Although sketch works have only a single big tone, they are still the artistic expression that painters like. It can be an independent and complete work form, and can also be used as a draft of watercolors and other paintings. Although all kinds of painting arts do not necessarily need to draw sketches first, sketches are also the basis of all painting arts. When painting, the artist often draws the outline in advance as a draft, and then renders it in color. When works of art are finished, sketches are often covered or destroyed. So the initial sketch is only a technical preparation. By the end of 14, sketch is no longer just an accessory, but an independent art, and its scope of expression is very wide: it can express volume, space, depth, essence and action. After the Renaissance, sketch not only has practical status and value, but also becomes an artistic work that can represent human creativity.