One of the most important traditions of realist oil painting is sketching.
Only through sketching can you get a realistic visual effect of the light in nature. The light in nature is fluid and constantly changing, and the color and light and shadow relationship brought by it are not static. Observing and exploring this ever-changing landscape is fascinating.
Wang Tieniu, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, sketched in Jiamusi
The artist's vision should be more keen, the world seen in his eyes should have some special features compared with ordinary people, he should be better at perceiving the mysteries of life and nature, and give art connotations, and the ability to quickly find, summarize and refine the picture from the chaotic objective nature according to the laws of beauty.
Through the superficial phenomena to discover the essence, the ordinary to find the elegant, the ordinary to find the beautiful.
Daqing Petroleum Battle 300×680cm Wang Tieniu
Grasping the fleeting beauty is the goal pursued by sketching, which is the basic skill of sketching, which is honed by the painter in the long-term practice of sketching.
In the observation and depiction of the scene, subjective factors, personal emotions and thoughts are brought in, which flow out completely unconsciously.
Sketching has accompanied me throughout my career, and I started sketching at the beginning of my painting studies.
Rape flowers bloom into the painting 200×350cm Wang Tie Niu
My sketches are my perspective and expression of the objective world, and they are portrayals of my spiritual world.
I was also puzzled that the open country brought with it a variety of trends and schools of thought, and it was an era of contention. Looking back on it so far, the most gratifying thing is that the persistence back then was right.
I love art and love sketching, no matter where I go, I paint where, landscape sketching not only records the places I have walked, but also becomes the link and bridge between me and the world, with the soul and nature dialogue, I often revel in the scenery I see, touch the scene, the scene blends, different periods have different encounters, different scenery enlightens different life perceptions, rich different emotional experiences, I experience the scenery of life, with a frame of picture recorded, This painting carries my perception of the world, my emotions, my loves, my ideals and pursuits.
Guyuan's countryside 60×80cm Wang Tie Niu
Twelve years ago, I left my beloved teaching position and entered my retirement life refreshed. A broader external world unfolds in front of me, After retirement, sketching gives me a more noble life value, a better life time, immersed in the harmonious coexistence of man and nature in sketching, and the selfless experience of integrating with nature to obtain spiritual baptism and sublimation, to the truth, to the good, to the beauty.
I have traveled all over the country with a painting box on my back, and I have also set foot in many places in the world, recording the colorful world in my eyes with my brush.
Mombasa scenery 80×100cm Wang Tieniu
In my sketching, I experience the beauty of nature in the world with reverence and awe, and record the beautiful and moving moments in the passage of time.
In sketching, I keep time, years, life, my pursuit, my thoughts, my feelings, and my love are all integrated into these paintings. The realm of the unity of heaven and man.
When the scenery around me has become a memory, I suddenly found that the scenery is still there, and the person is no longer a teenager.
Decades of such a continuation, never stopped, so many memories and experiences along the way of life, so many roadside scenery are preserved in these sketches, the scenery of life, the scenery of life, there is romance, beauty, of course, there is sadness and compassion, bringing together a symphony of life.
(Text/Wang Tieniu)
Heilongjiang River 60×80cm Wang Tieniu
At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains 50×70cm Wang Tie Niu
Sketch of the Great Wall of Zushan 60×80cm Wang Tieniu
Jinggangshan 38 Red Flag Bearer Peng Xiaying 80×60cm Wang Tieniu
Early summer sunshine 100×80cm Wang Tie Niu
(Source: China Art Daily)
Artist Profile
Wang Tieniu, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, member of the National Major Theme Art Creation Art Committee of the China Artists Association, winner of the honorary title of the most beautiful volunteer in China, honorary member of the China Literary and Art Volunteer Association, director of the China-Russia Friendship Association, president of the Alumni Association of the Academy of Fine Arts in Russia (Soviet), honorary academician of the Russia Academy of Arts, honorary professor and honorary doctor of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia, honorary professor of the Surikov Academy of Fine Arts in Russia.