外师造化 中得心源——国画写生之辩

On Painting from Life in Traditional Chinese Painting

写生已成为绘画重要的学习途径和实践活动。写生绝非仅指面对实物作品如实的描绘。只对"模特儿"依样画箶的描摹"记录"。它是包含了作者对观察对象的生态从中获得感受并捕捉这些感受。通过对观察结果的理解并注入画家的主观感受。这个"生"即是对"对象"生动的神情,典型的姿态在造型上更高的艺术追求是作者生命气质的写照。

Painting from life has become an important way to learn and practise painting. It does not refer to the factual description of objects, or the ＂record＂ of a ＂model＂. It contains the painter＇s feeling obtained from observing the objects. Understand the result of observation and put into the painter＇s subjective feelings. This ＂sheng＂, the higher artistic pursuit in his painting, is a reflection of the painter＇s temperament.