Teach you how to draw classical beauties: an introductory tutorial on ancient hand-painted illustration techniques

Light smoke touches your fingers,

A piece of pink is fragrant, and you are intoxicated.

Chen Yun frowns, a wisp of light fragrance, the attic is low, who is the orchid pavilion, the clouds and phoenix on the temples? The flowers are still young, and the rouge is charming. Half of it is jade brocade, showing pink makeup.

Walking around the lotus, the feather fan is light.

Step1: Line draft

1. Create a new layer on the blank paper and roughly draw a dynamic draft of the character. Draw the outline of the flower in the foreground and the branches behind it.

2. Draw the general outline of the clothing based on the character's dynamics, and also outline the general composition of the scene.

3. Reduce the layer transparency. Create a new layer and start drawing line drawings, starting with the eyes. Line drawing is a secondary creation process, so you must be careful.

4. Draw the outline of the eyes. Then draw the facial features of the nose, paying attention to the shape of the nose on the 45-degree side.

5. Follow the draft and outline the face and ears. Create a new layer and draw the general direction and interspersion of the character's hair.

6. Draw the bun shape of the hair and refine the interspersed hair.

7. When drawing a headdress, you can refer to photos of traditional headdresses or design your own, paying attention to details.

8. Create a new layer and slowly draw the line drawing of the clothes starting from the collar. The turning of the lines can be drawn according to the softness and hardness of the material of the clothes. The softer fabrics have smooth and soft lines, and the harder fabrics have smoother lines. The lines are strong.

9. Continue to improve the clothing, and pay attention to the overlapping relationship when drawing. At the same time, pay attention to the elegant feeling of the streamers.

10. Add patterns to the collar and other places of the clothes. The patterns can refer to traditional clothing. The pattern should be drawn according to the direction of the clothes.

11. Create a new layer and draw the flowers in the foreground. Flowers can be drawn according to personal preference, or you can draw one first and then copy it to achieve the feeling of a cluster of flowers.

12. Continue to create a new layer and draw the leaves and the trunk and ribbon behind it.

Step2: Coloring

Skin coloring

13. Create a new layer and give the picture a light green background. Do not spread it all over or Fill, pick some key areas and lay them out, leaving some space for the picture.

14. Create a new layer and fill in a background color for the skin.

15. Continue to create a new layer and add a layer of shadow to the corners of the eyes, the triangular fossa, the bottom of the nose and the overlapping lines. Then create a new layer and paint the ends of the character's eyes with a bright red color.

Coloring the facial features

16. After adjusting the blush, fill in a base color for the eyes. Then deepen the upper eyelid area.

17. Choose a gray cool green and add a layer of reflection under the eyes. Then choose a dark color that is the same color as the eye base, and add pupils to the eyes. Use a few bright colors to put some light under the eyeballs to highlight the eyes.

18. Choose a red color, adjust the brush hardness to the lowest level, and apply a layer of color to the end of the eye. Draw eyeliner on the character. Because the character painted this time is a charming one, the eyeliner should be raised a little. You can first outline the eyeliner with dark blue, and then use dark color to press the shape. After the eyeliner is finished, the eye makeup comes out.

19. Use dark red-gray color to press the nose, and use cold color to brighten the edge of the bridge of the nose.

20. Lip makeup is what the ancients called "red lips". Use a red color close to pink like this, and dot the upper and lower lip beads, so that the feeling of red lips begins to appear. Deepen the color around the lip line, and finally add highlighter, so that the entire facial makeup is completed.

Color your hair

21. Color your hair. First create a new layer, fill the hair with a base color, and then use a bright color to brighten the highlights. Then continue to deepen the structural parts of the hair.

22. Create a new layer and follow the line drawing of the hair to add a shadow shape to the hair. This step should be done slowly. Deepen the place where the hair is interspersed to highlight the volume of the hair. Then reduce the size of the brush to a small size, draw some thin white hair strands, and add highlights to the hair.

23. Color the headdress. First create a new layer on top of the hair layer, be sure to press it on all layers of the hair, and then fill the base of the headdress. For color matching, you can refer to some photos of traditional jewelry.

24. Fill in the color of the headdress and add a layer of gold edge to the headdress. Shape beads. It feels the same as drawing a circle, first add the shadow, then the reflection and ambient color, and finally the highlight.

25. Use the same method to color all the headgear. Don’t forget to also paint women’s nails with beautiful khaki!

Coloring clothes

26. To color clothes, this step is to separate the clothes into layers and fill them with color. Tu, there can also be some virtual and real changes. Create a new layer and fill the pattern of the clothing with a color. The color scheme here is blue, so you can match the colors yourself when painting.

27. Continue to draw accessories, and use a large brush to press the structural points of the clothes. On the clothing layer, draw the shadow of the clothing pattern. This step also requires patience.

28. Create a new layer and draw a shadow on the streamers. After completion, adjust the color according to the picture, lighten the color of the clothes and accentuate the color of the streamers.

Color the background

29. Create a new layer and drag it below the character layer as the background. Fill the trunk with color and darken the flowers in the foreground.

30. Create a new layer, fill the ribbon with color, and pay attention to adjusting the color.

31. Create a new layer under the flower and fill the leaves with color. Fill the camellia with white, and then add yellow to the stamens. Create a new layer on the background and draw the dense leaves in the distance.

32. Detail the flowers, deepen the roots of the leaves, and adjust the color of the leaves.

33. Outline the leaves, outline the shape and shadow of the rhizome. Adjust the color of the foreground flowers to brighten certain parts so that the picture is not too dull. Finally, add some flying petals and wild geese in the distance to complete the painting. What style of painting is this?

This is an ancient style hand-painted figure. The following pictures are for your reference: Ancient style aesthetic pictures (appreciation of beautiful ancient style landscape illustrations)

“The benevolent are happy in the mountains, and the wise are happy. "Water", the landscape complex has been deeply rooted in the blood of the Chinese people from ancient times to the present. The literati and poets have placed their affection on the landscape, looking for a sense of openness, ease and tranquility in nature. The beautiful ancient landscape illustrations are also loved by people.

The sun rises and the moon sets, the four seasons change, the wind, frost, rain and snow, the grass grows and the flowers bloom, the mountains and rivers also show different styles. The vivid mountains, rivers and vegetation, stars and seas, clouds, smoke and light in nature, every drizzle, every flying flower, all show the connection between human beings, heaven, earth and the universe.

The mountains stand there for ten thousand years; the water flows there for ten thousand years. For example, what can we retain in the hurried time of morning dew? Let the charm of the landscape turn into the flying poems written by the literati, and let the posture of the landscape turn into the scroll flowing in the hands of the poet.

Read about the heaviness of the mountains, listen to the calmness of the water, cut off a touch of quiet time, and grab a handful of sweet morning dew. The mountains are our friends and the clear waters are our companions. Let the joy and contentment grow wildly among the green mountains and green waters. Paint the four seasons into ink paintings and let your soul roam freely among the mountains and rivers.

This quiet and beautiful landscape can carry all your emotions and melancholy. The hazy distant mountains are shadowy in the misty clouds. The clear spring water can be clearly seen against the backdrop of peach blossoms on the banks. Time stands still here, the years become longer, and what is held in the hand is peace, tranquility and a simple state of mind.

It didn’t take long to arrive like a spring dream, but it disappeared like a morning cloud with nowhere to go. When walking among mountains and rivers, it is natural to look forward to being accompanied by a loved one. At the end of the year, Qingshan Road returns home together. Hand in hand, looking at the blooming flowers, counting the cold stars, and listening to the gurgling water, this is the greatest romance and sentiment bestowed by heaven and earth on human beings.

If we are lucky enough to meet each other in the world of mortals, it is the destined fate in our past and present lives. We are born into a world, and we enjoy a landscape. From now on, there is no wasteland in the station of the soul. Let us hold each other's hearts in mind, join hands in the world, spend the fleeting years together, and write this tenderness between the mountains and rivers.

Appreciating the splendid setting sun and the light wind and clear clouds, this joy intoxicates the whole world. On the morning when the flowers bloom, I want to enjoy the flowers with you and fall in love with the breeze. On snowy nights, I would like to walk in the snow with you to look for plum blossoms, and cook the snow in a red stove. Deep in the green willows, there is wonderful beauty. Looking up at the sky, it is vast and far-reaching.

Be affectionate in a leaf, intoxicated in a flower. Leaning lightly on the lintel of the years, you can see the mountains and waters, the beautiful scenery, the graceful flowers, and the warm thoughts. This love is also green, joyful, and hot in the seasons, growing with the grass and trees, and flowing with the spring water.

Life is like a traveler from afar. The mountains and rivers never grow old, I just want to be with you until we grow old together.

A dream in the mortal world, deep love and the fragrance of grass and trees. The mountains know the softness of the water, the clouds understand the lightness of the wind, you understand my heart, I know your feelings, I am quietly happy and silently dependent on each other.

Having no distracting thoughts but feeling is the only way to achieve such broad-minded and heart-warming ink paintings. Whether it is a light touch or a thick and colorful painting, the interest of the landscape and the joy of life are all presented on paper. If you like these beautiful ancient landscape illustrations, please leave a message and thank you for reading!