No matter whether the students are "halfway novices" or have passed the art exam all the way, as art students, they all know the importance of hand painting ability for entering a higher school. In the domestic art examination, there are mostly only three items in the examination - sketch, gouache and sketch. The examination of the foundation of painting determines what kind of university we can go to; Art study abroad is in the form of submitting a collection of works. Whether it is a design major or a pure art major, the requirements of colleges and universities more or less include hand-painted works, such as observational paintings, sketchbooks, and other exercises. Even in recent years, overseas art colleges and universities have a tendency to increase the assessment of hand-painted ability. Today, let's talk about how important hand-painted works are? How to cultivate the ability of hand-painted works?

In the past, most of us used to practice painting skills or "cater" to the style of colleges and universities in the form of sketching, copying or teachers' assignment of topics. But the collection of overseas art works is different. Most colleges and universities do not limit the theme, style, or even specify the form of expression, which is why students who have always been requirements oriented do not know how to start, I don't know what to paint or how to paint, so today we will talk about how to paint in the collection creation!

　　 1. Basic courses cannot be omitted

With the progress of various design software and photographic tools, the convenience of science and technology has made many students no longer pay attention to the study of hand painting. After all, computers can replace the work of recording and drawing for most of the creation; Secondly, the study and promotion of hand painting requires time and energy. For the limited preparation time of students' works, they prefer to choose software courses that are fast and convenient to learn.

But I also hope that students understand that there are limitations in designing software. If we always think in the way of software priority, it will actually limit our imagination and the divergence of creative forms; Secondly, in many stages of the creation process, such as inspiration records, sketches, observational paintings, software can not replace the role of hand painting to convey information.

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In addition, the basic art courses are not only hand painting courses. Take the natural light skill gas station as an example, these courses are developed by the instructors of the teaching and research center according to the current trend of major education in overseas art colleges. In addition to painting courses like sketch, sketch and color, which are well known to everyone; We also provide many courses, such as collage, material experiment, art history, aesthetic principles, etc., which are designed to help students improve their artistic quality and establish a basic understanding of perspective, structure and other sense of space, which are the cornerstone of all art disciplines and help us achieve the basic ability of visual transformation.

　　 2. From copying people and objects to copying situations

To sum up, although we emphasize the importance of hand painting in the concentration of works, it does not mean that students' hand painting skills are required to be "superb". Indeed, for many non art students who have no basic knowledge and have changed their majors, it is not possible to reach the level of proficiency in skills in a short time without systematic learning.

Natural light trainees' observational painting

However, it is also good that the requirements of hand-painted art collection for studying abroad are not like that of the art examination, which puts the smoothness of lines, the rationality of perspective, the harmony of colors, etc. in the first place, and needs to meticulously present the drawing objects in the drawing paper.

The most important thing in the hand-painted part of the collection of works is to express our design ideas and creative ideas, so we can also change our ideas, and turn the copied object people, objects, and scenes into a record of situations and feelings.

From the perspective of change observation, it helps us to expand and explore the creative form from our own direct feelings. The first is the conception stage. Students all know that inspiration is fleeting. We often fall into thinking dilemma when collecting inspiration and clarifying ideas. Using hand painting to record is the best way to help us find effective information and obtain expression.

Secondly, the part of observational painting, not only this year Rhode Island School of Design Many art schools will also directly point out in their application requirements that applicants need to submit 3-4 observational paintings, which is also the most confusing part of what should be painted.

Natural light trainees' observational painting

The most important thing about observational painting is that we cannot use a single copying method, but we need to use critical thinking to find the other side of things when observing things, find another possibility of creation, and more emphasize personal consciousness and uniqueness.

　　 3. Different majors have different emphasis

After establishing the basic ability of hand painting and the correct perspective of thinking, we will explain the best way to show the hand-painted works in different professional works in combination with different majors:

Graphic Artist Designer

Graphic design may be the major that involves most hand painting in the collection of works besides pure art. Many of the work items selected by the student union, such as font design, packaging, posters, illustrations, etc., can not be separated from hand painting expression, but also because of the numerous forms, students can use more diverse creative methods.

Natural light illustration design students' hand drawn works

We can think from the perspective of painting materials and techniques, for example, colored lead is more suitable for the theme of natural and interesting works; Watercolor is suitable for soft and clear forms of expression, etc. After understanding the characteristics of materials, we can match the theme of our works one by one.

For students who are not particularly skilled in hand painting techniques, the drawing method of borrowing splicing and comprehensive materials is also a good way to express creativity. In addition, for the graphic profession, color matching is also a direction that needs attention, and is an important means for the overall layout of the screen and highlighting the theme of the project.

Architectural design

The assessment of hand-painted ability in the collection of works of architecture is not only reflected in the works, but throughout the whole creation process. Compared with other majors, it is very important to practice basic skills. Architectural works have more stringent requirements for the structure, perspective, sense of space, proportion, stereoscopy, etc. of the picture.

Many students may think that most of the creation process of the collection of architectural works can be replaced by design software. In fact, it is not. Whether it is indoor or outdoor architecture, realism and rationality are the most basic conditions. Overreliance on software drawing will weaken our control over details.

Hand drawn works by students majoring in natural light architecture

Secondly, more and more colleges and universities will even ask us to submit our usual architectural hand drawings or model building process, which is actually to investigate our "basic skills". So for students who do not have a basic foundation of hand painting, in order to achieve long-term learning goals, hand painting is a basic skill we must add.

clothing design

Like architecture, clothing is a three-dimensional work, but the difference is that clothing is a layer of decoration wrapped outside the human body, which is based on the structure of the human body as the prototype. From conception to the final presentation, a clothing work can not be separated from the grasp of the human body structure.

So, Studying Abroad in Fashion Design The most basic problem in the process of hand-painted works collection is to master the structure, proportion and dynamics of the human body. An exquisite and beautiful clothing effect map can not only be a bonus item in our work collection, but also serve as the best control method for the subsequent landing process of finished products.

We transform the collected inspiration into three-dimensional clothing, which requires constant trial and practice, but many of the tailoring and typesetting are one-time, and we need to make the most perfect implementation plan in the early design stage.

Hand drawn works by students majoring in natural light clothing

The costume sketch can help us to understand the color, texture and theme of the work from the color matching, structural adjustment, details, from the whole to the part, from the structure to the details.

In the past, the paintbrush was the most important tool for designers. With the progress of science and technology, professional refinement, hand painting ability is no longer the most important criterion for assessing an excellent designer. Indeed, excellent hand painting ability does not mean good design, but excellent design works must be inseparable from the assistance of hand painting foundation. In the creation process of our entire collection of works, hand-painted works often play a catalytic role. Hand painting is what we, as future designers and artists, need to learn in the first art class. It is the threshold to help students get started with design and art, and it is also an essential way for students to express themselves throughout their creation!

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