Ink Accumulation Method in Ink Painting

The method of using ink in landscape painting to gradually stain from light to thick. In Guo Xi's "Lin Quan Gao Zhi" of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is said that "light ink six or seven is added to form a deep color, that is, the ink color is moist but not withered." Huang Gongwang of the Yuan Dynasty wrote "The Secret to Writing Mountains and Rivers": "It is the most difficult to use ink for painting, but first use light ink to accumulate to a considerable extent, and then use burnt ink and thick ink to distinguish the distance of the border. Therefore, there are many nourishing places on the raw paper." Yun Ge of the Qing Dynasty's "Southern Field Painting Postscript": In the past, the North Garden tasted the wind, streams, valleys, and rain. The peaks and valleys were dim, with trees, rocks, forests, and springs, and smoke and clouds swirling around them. It also drew a sunset map, with a nearsightedness like nothing, and a distant view of the village as distant as the horizon. It was known as the evening scenery, and the top of the distant peaks looked like a reflection. The Giant Nature Sect, with dozens of layers of ink accumulated, the air was as thin as ink, and the peaks and valleys were shrouded in clouds and mist, with no trace to be found. "Modern Huang Binhong's" Essence of Painting ": The method of accumulating ink is based on the rice Yuanzhang as the best preparation. Muddy dots and clumps of trees, from light to thick, have a clear and refreshing ink atmosphere, which cannot defeat people on this day. Zhao Gou, the painter of Siling (Zhao Gou), wrote: "When the sky falls, rain comes, and mountains and rivers come out with clouds." Dong Siweng wrote, "The painting of clouds rising from the tower", which states that Yuanzhang hooks more clouds and uses accumulated ink to supplement its cloud energy. To Hu'er (Mi Youren), all of them are drawn using the method of accumulating ink. "Pan Tianshou said," To accumulate ink, one must seek clarity in chaos, and clarity in chaos