My Painting: Early Spring 春

Spring is coming.
Today I'd like to share with you a painting of a landscape in spring.

Spring is always delightful, especially after a long winter, and it is more attractive. Spring is hope, spring is warm, spring is birds'twitter and fragrance of flowers and the joys of spring.

So the protagonists are the two little swallows. They have black feathers, and their unique tails like scissors, lively, clever and beautiful. They are always twittering, and seem to tell us that whatever you lost in winter, spring will give you back.

春天来了，今天给大家分享一个春天的画面。

春天总是宜人的，尤其经过了漫长的寒冬，更显它的魅力。春天是希望，春天是温暖，春天是鸟语花香，莺歌燕舞。所以今天的主角就是小燕子啦！ 它一身乌黑的羽毛，还有那特有的剪刀一样的尾巴，活泼可爱，灵动漂亮。叽叽喳喳，好像告诉我们春天来了。

Material 工具：

Chinese brushes 毛笔 3只
Chinese painting color : 颜料：藤黄，赭石，花青，朱砂，土黄，柠檬黄
Xuan Paper (raw) 生宣纸
Chinese ink 墨汁
Wool felt 羊毛毡
Small tray for washing brushes 笔洗

The Process:

先调中等墨色，画出它的头部，然后两笔画出背部，再蘸一些浓墨，画出它的翅膀。

调淡墨，画出白白的肚子。

换一只小笔，调浓墨画出它的嘴，眼睛，和小腿。

再画一只不同姿势的燕子，最后用朱砂点下额。

春天里百花盛开，今天画的是连翘花。它和迎春花一样，都是开的比较早的，黄黄的，一簇簇，非常漂亮！

先画出枝干，粗枝干用淡墨，干一点，笔尖蘸浓墨，侧峰画出。细枝干蘸浓墨画出。

调柠檬黄和土黄，画出花朵。

黄颜色的花在白纸上不突出，调一点淡墨，趁托一下。

再调淡绿，给枝干和花朵周围染一下。再用赭石点出花托。

修整一下细节就完成了！

今日立春，以此留念。

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