I've never really been too crazy about the classic style, so this idea actually frightens me. My problem is that the style seemed so difficult and unnatural for me. I feel compelled to regurgitate what little I've learned from the fringes of my memory, and that hurts!
But try I must. Deem it as a self assigned homework.
Worked out a rough sketch of what the painting might look like.
Right off the bat, I proceeded with something not quite kosher. I started out with a faint wash of the landscape map on the back of my Xuan paper. I find this process to be more Xieyi and helps me to assemble the pieces on the front.
Next I tried to sketch in the key landmarks of this painting. Scattered point perspective enjoys more of a birds-eye view and is not as compressed as in vanishing horizon perspective. I need to bring in more points of reference this time. Thus the bridge, and the tall firs, and the little vista by the banks. I tried to be faithful to the actual flora of this locale, but I took liberty with the riffraff vegetation. I thought this would be a prime opportunity to employ the different ways of portraying leaves.
Speaking of leaves, I learned that by writing the vein first, it is easier to complete the rest of them. Notice I said "write". These simple line should resemble writings more than tracings.
I am actually having problem in developing the painting in this format. I better stop before I have to perform the invidious task of mutilating the piece.
