Skills of oil painting level: improve the oil painting level by copying classic oil paintings.

Many oil painting beginners (especially those who lack the guidance of professional teachers) are faced with the same problem, that is, how to improve their oil painting level quickly in an accurate direction. In fact, there is an effective method for anyone who studies oil painting (including oil painting learners under the guidance of professional teachers). This method is to describe the classic works of classical masters, and experience the feelings in the description, so that I can improve my oil painting skills quickly.

Describing classical masterpieces is an important way for us to learn and master classical oil painting techniques. Due to the limitation of objective conditions, there are not many opportunities for domestic oil painting learners to directly discuss famous European paintings. However, we can still speculate and discuss the drawing methods and procedures of these works according to some images and documents.

What needs to be clarified here is that many oil painting beginners I have contacted don't like painting, and even have resistance to painting classic paintings. They think that as long as they insist on sketching is the way to improve their oil painting skills and talents, some people will find some works that are not excellent in the eyes of real artists to describe and learn. Both of the above practices are serious mistakes and are not desirable. The works of classic masters are full of the essence of a generation of oil painting masters' understanding and understanding of oil painting. The disposal of every color, the pondering of every shape and even the trend of every stroke are tempered by the masters through years of continuous practice and discussion. Choosing the classic works of masters to describe is equivalent to standing on the shoulders of giants, which is the most direct and useful way to get the essence of oil painting. However, if you choose to describe some works that are not classic and excellent, you will usually inadvertently get the defects and doubts of these works. For beginners, once these defects are cultivated, it is usually difficult to correct them, so I have always advocated choosing classic master works to describe learning.

There are many beginners who are usually keen on the discussion and discussion of some painting theories. Here I want to clarify that there is nothing wrong with discussing and discussing oil painting theory, but please remember that only discussing theory will never make your oil painting work make great progress, and theoretical discussion is only an aid to your personal practice. Now the market is full of so-called discussion articles about oil painting theory. What I want to say is that most of these articles are written by oil painting theorists, but most of them are not excellent painters, and even some domestic oil painting theorists can't paint oil paintings. How much help can a theorist with little personal internship experience throw out a theory to your oil painting study? The art of oil painting itself is a matter of different opinions, and everyone has their own artistic opinions. For beginners, without a lot of personal practice and operation, discussion theory can easily be taken in the wrong direction. Therefore, I advocate that in the process of oil painting study, we should directly start with excellent master classics, and carefully experience and appreciate the essence and subtlety in the process of personal internship.

How to do this kind of imitation work well is a very important problem for beginners of oil painting. It is necessary for them to pay attention to the substantive issues of this painting, such as the procedures and methods of oil painting, rather than just being satisfied with the appearance. Many beginners usually ignore this basic problem. They are usually seduced by appearance and image, and imitate some embodiments very much, just like carefully imitating a line drawing. This kind of imitation not only can't leave room for people, but also says that he won't gain anything from studying oil painting art itself.