On The Linear Sketch Of The "shape" And "tune"

Not yet enough attention has been received by his achievements on the academic teaching of figurative drawings while art critiques tend to focus their case studies only on TangYongLi's GongBi Painting on rice paper, however, during my college time spent at Central Academy of Fine Art, I've come to deeply understand the importance of line sketch and as the foundation to:ink paintings, and GongBi Painting. It's essentially necessary to emphasize on TangYongLi's line sketch in order to further study the ink paintings and line sketch as a whole. My essay conducts the research towards towards the center point of TangYongLi's line sketch in which, it displayed a problem --- solving scenario of how to apply line sketch basics to overcome the difficulties of skill development in terms of "shaping-up" in Chinese Figure Ink Paintings. My research will also elucidate TangYongLi's theory and statement in some of his representational drawing.Drawing had been first introduced into China as a fundamental method for Figurative Ink Painting at around early 1920's. After Communist Revolution of 1949, all of art school in Mainland were forced to learn drawing skill from Chaschakolv school of former Soviet Union. When in practice, the Russian drawing skills as to Figurative Ink Painting, chiaroscuro is not propitious to appreciation of the Chinese traditional custom of line sketch and ink that penetrates the rice paper. It simply didn't quite fit Chinese aesthesis. To solve this problem, TangYongLi's paintings used line sketch which was propitious to Chinese traditional custom. He reduced chiaroscuro effect in his drawing ang drew with lines-only the line in his paintings. Another remaining issue came afterward; how ink paintings create shape using the line and ink penetrates rice paper which is so attached to the skills used for Chinese calligraphy. Do we need to apply the same skill-set developed form it when we do a drawing? Mr. Tang answered this question by the motive of doing drawing. Sketch with line is the first step of painting Figure Ink Painting by using the same skills for Chinese calligraphy. To create shape with line sketch is not to portray the object from real life. It is to draw the line with painter's own initiative representing the object based upon his understanding of the structure of object through his own vision.My understanding of structure of the object is to implant and utilize the early drawing theory stemming from the Western School of the Nineteenth century into his classes to help students comprehend not only in a view of scientific rule of nature but also does make a visual sense. Consequently, his line sketch is a "special" kind of sketch for Chinese Figure Ink Paintings, in a way. Though, it follows scale anatomy and perspectives that are the same as any other drawings, theoretically. While using charcoal effectively given the closeness and similarity to Chinese Figure Ink Paintings by the looks. TangYongLi's reconstructed sketch responded well to the questions of how to line sketch as handwork in forming the shape with line and ink penetrating in Chinese Figure Ink Painting and GongBi Painting.