It has a long history and profound internal force, which is worth studying and learning.

Pen and ink is the main part of the characteristics of Chinese painting, and it is also the focus of rock painting. The understanding, mastery and application of pen and ink techniques will directly affect the level of rock paintings.

Pen and ink techniques are wired, dotted, scratched and rubbed, mainly with lines. Ink generally refers to ink color, but actually refers to the color in our rock paintings. An ink color with five colors can be classified as black. Generally speaking, brushwork represents the physical structure of an object, while brushwork represents the light and shade of the object, even the sense of volume and texture.

Rock painting and ink painting

1. Painting

The brushwork refers to the use of a pen, which has the positive side of Fiona Fang and the turning point is frustrated; In terms of rock color, brushwork is also emphasized. When evaluating whether a rock color work is good or not, whether there is brushwork in the work is one of the test criteria.

2. Ink method

In ink painting, ink painting is expressed by the shade of ink, while in rock painting, it refers to the shade of various colors, so the color can be either the shade of color effect or the change of shade of color. Ink color can be regarded as a kind of black, but in rock painting. As a single color, these blacks also vary in intensity, lightness, dryness and wetness, so we can create rich paintings with deep brushstrokes. More importantly, after expanding the range of colors, the wide range of colors used in rock paintings enriches the possibility of China's painting. Brushwork and brushwork are interactive, interdependent and indispensable. One stroke and one painting, not only has a concave and convex shape, but also has a clever and freehand brushwork spirit. This is the essence of China's ink painting, which is what we need for rock painting, and it is also one of the key points of how to absorb traditional painting.

After talking about the relationship between pen and ink and rock paintings, the specific criteria for judging rock paintings have gradually surfaced. An excellent rock color painting works, first of all, must have a solid foundation of pen and ink, and go further. It should be old and spicy to use, the color should be free and easy, the combination of dry and wet shades of lines and shapes should be perfect and ingenious, the whole work should have artistic conception and meaning, and it should have the ultimate implicit and loose momentum.

At this point, another essence of Chinese painting has emerged, that is, paying attention to the vivid charm of the picture. Qi here can refer to tolerance and tolerance, that is, the expression of spirit, while rhyme is rhythm and rhythm, more specifically, the density of picture layout and structure. This is a feeling expressed by the whole picture, and it is also the key to whether the picture has artistic conception and significance. This is also the nutrition that our rock paintings should draw from Chinese painting.