Lesson 7
The Elaborate Style - Outline and Coloration
technique
" Elaborate Style " may only use lines to suggest form and texture.
Method 1
Step 1
Using non-absorbent paper, outline the leaf and flower with light ink.
Step 2
Wash the petals of the flower and leaves with light ink first, if the
flower is dark in color
Dip the brush with light ink, paint the petal and leaf one by one
outwardly, then wash the ink with water to the fringe of the flower and
leaves in order to produce different shades.
Step 3
Dip the brush with Vermilion, paint the petals of the flower with flat
wash.
use another brush, dip the brush with light green, paint the leaves with
flat wash
Step 4
When the color dry, dip the brush with Crimson Red, paint the petals
of the flower outwardly and wash it with water to the fringe of the
petals.
Dip the brush with blue green, paint the leaf outwardly and wash with
water to the fringe of the leaf
Method 2
Step 1
Using non-absorbent paper, outline the leaf and flower with light ink.
Step 2
Dip the brush first with water, then with light green, and a speck of
dark green onto the tip, to paint the leaf outwardly from the main vein.
Use another brush, dip the brush first with water, then with violet light,
and a speck of voilet dark onto the tip, to paint the petals inwardly
from fringe of the petal to make the tones fused smoothly and
spontaneously.
Step 3
Dip the brush with dark green, paint the leaf outwardly from the main
vein, then wash the color with water to the fringe of the leaf
Dip the brush with violet medium, paint the petal inwardly from the
fringe of the petal and wash the color with water to the center
Step 4
Dip the brush with light green and paint the leaf with a flat wash and
dip the brush with violet light and paint the petal with a flat wash
Exercise
Refer to the techniques above, Using non-absorbent paper draw and
paint the following pictures :
http://www.reocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/9679/lesson7.html