Self Portrait

Artists learn art through teachers and constantly self-exploration,all their life is to find their own "personalized language ",seeking unique artistic style.But this process is difficult and long,it involves the study of many factors such as the choice of subject matter,the practice of techniques and the cultivation of artists' cultural literacy.This paper aims at exploring "individualized artistic language ",taking the theme of folk residence as the content,summarizes the performance techniques of predecessors,seeks their own painting methods,and deepens the understanding and cognition of artistic aesthetics in the process.The first chapter of this paper is the preface,the significance and purpose of the research,the current situation of the research and innovation points are elaborated in detail.In the second chapter,the author collects the traditional and modern folk residence theme creation,collates the data and carries on the classification,in the traditional performance folk residence theme works according to the technique difference divides into four categories: the hook line fills the color,the shallow crimson coloring,the boundary painting performance,the freehand brushwork performance.Modern and contemporary residential themes can be divided into three categories according to different orientations: the first category is influenced by western painting methods to express the effect of light and shadow,the second category is influenced by traditional performance techniques and concepts,and the third category is to collect materials through live sketching and process and refine on this basis.The study of techniques plays an important role in the exploration of painting methods,so in addition to the in-depth study of ordinary techniques,the author also carried out a detailed analysis of special techniques.Collecting this kind of data can not only provide experience for their own creation,but also avoid the embarrassing phenomenon of similar expression with predecessors.The technique is the appearance,if the isolated pursuit of the technique,will ignore the connotation of the work,the work must be empty and boring in <"Nan tian hua ba >In the author's creative practice," Tao ",which has a major influence on his painting style,refers to the choice of subject matter and cultural accomplishment.Therefore,in the third chapter,the author mainly expounds why he has a special interest in the subject matter of folk houses,and also shows the influence of the artist's temperament,cultivation,wisdom and character on artistic creation.Seeking the unique painting way needs to carry on the practice exploration unceasingly,in the landscape painting study practice takes the copy,the sketch and the creation as the main way,the copy is the study tradition,the sketch is provides the practice experience for the creation.In the author's learning style mainly to sketch and creative practice.Therefore,in the fourth chapter "Rare My Law ",the author mainly expounds the process of practicing ink painting and how to express it through the accumulation of sketching.The last part of the article is the summary of creative experience and creative experience.Taking his own works as an example,this paper summarizes the conception,composition,color setting,pen and ink style and the expression of artistic conception.