How to learn painting from copying to creation? First, let's talk about copying. The so-called copying is not simply copying, but understanding the overall structure of painting and practicing painting on the basis of your own understanding. There are many ways to copy. This is a method that people subdivide in order to achieve different exercise purposes. Therefore, copying is also hierarchical! Briefly talk about several forms of replication:

Perfect replication

Physical exercise for the purpose of observing eyes and describing. You can usually do this when you want to test your drawing ability.

Reference and copy

Refer to the proportion, composition and painting techniques of the original painting, and paint according to your own habits. In this process, I learned the sense of balance in painting and gradually mastered the feeling of painting. This method is suitable when you have mastered painting skills to a certain extent and want to further expand your ability.

draft

The so-called copying is an exercise method that pays attention to the balance of painting on the basis of being as close to the original painting as possible. More tolerant than sketch. To some extent, it takes a short time to reach the quality of the original painting. You can learn the balance, eye observation and layout ability of painting. It is suggested to start with this method.

If the copy is good, then I believe there should be other knowledge points in this subject. If not, then if you want to be original, you need to master the following knowledge points:

Otherwise, there will be a rhythm of "hands can't keep up with the brain", and the training of manual kung fu is still the first!

Take Japanese flat painting illustration as an example, you will draw a draft first and then draw originality! Draft is not really "grass", but draft is the soul of a painting, which determines the final direction of the painting in the draft stage, so draft can show a person's painting level!

Drafts are used for writing. For example, to draw one or more cartoon characters, it is necessary to determine the general composition, the spatial relationship between people, that is, the distance and position, and the dynamic size of a single character. The direct point is to make a general composition, and then make a dynamic and spatial positioning. Then start refining from the local (any detail)!

How to learn painting from copying to creation? Learning to draw is not an easy task, so stick to it and overcome all kinds of difficulties! Come on ~