Guo Meizhu's Free Traditional Chinese Painting Lessons (8): "How to Paint Rocks, Mountains, and Distant Mountains"

Hello, everyone. I'm Guo Meizhu, a Chinese language teacher at the National Taiwan University of National Air and Space. Today, I'm going to do a free Chinese ink painting tutorial on this online platform. Last time, we taught about rocks. Do you remember? We taught about rocks. Now, let's recall how to draw rocks. Have you practiced? For example, if you want to take an art class, or if you are interested in Chinese ink painting or local art, you have to practice and practice to improve. Now, let's recall how to draw rocks. Do you remember? The first step is to draw the lines of the rocks. The rocks are three-dimensional. This is how to draw rocks. Do you remember? After drawing the lines of the rocks, you have to rub the rocks with a dry brush. You have to rub the rocks with a dry brush. Only then can you draw the rocks. Do you remember? Rub the rocks with a dry brush. First, you have to use a damp brush. You can use a dark one or a light one. Do you remember? I once said that what you see in our daily life is a rock. If you want to draw a rock, it's easy to draw a small rock. It's easy to draw a small rock. You don't have to draw the lines of the rocks. If we want to turn the rocks into a mountain, how do we draw it? It's easy. It's the same way to draw a mountain. Today, I will show you how to turn the rocks into a mountain. How do you draw it? It's the same as before. If you have practiced, I believe that you will be more familiar with it. You can mix the lines of the mountains and the rocks. Today, I will draw a mountain and a water. It's a Taiwanese saying. Drawing a mountain and a water is a happy thing. When you are in the middle of the mountains, you can draw the beauty of the mountains and the water. If you have practiced today, you can draw the scenery of the waterfall and the mountains. Why? Because you will feel incredible. You can draw a mountain like this. Today, I have mixed the lines of the mountains and the rocks. This is how to draw a mountain. When I draw the mountains, I can draw a mountain like this. I'll draw the mountains again. I drew the mountains with the brush on the floor. When you draw it, it will look like a piece of land. Don't underestimate this. You still need to practice a little bit more. You need to practice a little bit more to be able to draw. Only when you draw it will you get the effect you want. For example, I have a road here. I will turn to this side. There is a road and a stone here. This is a small mountain. It's not a big mountain. This mountain is next to it. If you draw another road here. When we go to the mountain, there will be a mountain road, right? If we go this way, it will be farther away. So we can draw it in a bigger angle. This way, it will look like a faraway mountain. Brush it down like this. Then use ink to make a wet brush. What does a wet brush do? Sometimes there are clouds in the mountains. Then you can draw a road like this. If you add some trees, it will be very beautiful. Today, we will teach you how to draw this mountain. Draw it in this way. Layer by layer. If I go far away, I will draw it in a bigger angle. Draw it like this. See? This is how you draw it. There are some clouds here. See? This is a big angle. This is a small angle. This is how to draw a small angle. Use the same method to draw a circle. Because we haven't reached the dyeing stage yet, we will use a wet brush. I will teach you how to draw the clouds later. I will show you how to draw it here. Layer by layer. Go far away. How do you draw it? You can draw it like this. You can dye it again. You need to dye it more. Because there are no trees here. How do you draw the trees? I will draw it simply here. Because it is round. It is very simple. Let's draw a few first. Like this. When you draw it like this, there are some trees on the top. There is a tree on the top of the mountain. It is a small tree. This is called a long tree. I will teach you how to draw it later. Today, I am Guo Meizhu, a Chinese language teacher at the National Palace University. I teach Chinese ink painting for free on this platform. I hope you can learn as much as you can. Because I know that you can't run away from the Chinese language class. Why do I teach for free on this platform? I want to help disadvantaged families and students who are going to take the exam. You need to practice more. There may be several pictures in the exam. You need to combine them into one piece of work. The problem is that you need to know the basics first. If you are interested in it, you need to read more. But you also need to learn. You need to do it after you read it. You need to do it after you know it. Then you will find it interesting. You can also promote our local culture and art culture internationally. I am too weak to do it alone. I hope everyone can promote our local Chinese ink painting together. You can let everyone know that we can paint a textured ink painting. Today I teach you how to turn a stone into a mountain. How to turn a mountain into a mountain behind? How to paint a faraway mountain? Today I teach you on this platform. I hope you will practice these skills. I will ask you again next time. I hope you will like it. Please subscribe to my channel. And please promote it to those who need it. I know there are so many students in our family. I hope they can learn it and spread the good news. Thank you.