Send You A Basket Of Fruit--Litchi ^_^ 荔枝图

Dear steemians:

Today I would like to share with you the fruit painting--litchi painting.

Speaking of litchi, I always think of the poem by Sushi, celebrated statesman, poet, and scholar in Song Dynasty: If we can eat many litchis everyday, I hope I can live in that place where there are many litchi trees growing. Yeah, litchi may be the freshest and delicious fruit in the world, I think.

Although traffic is so developed, it is not easy to buy fresh litchi for me, not to mention the Tang Dynasty more than one thousand years ago. Because litchi originated in the south of China, and it is in our market is very short, only a few days in summer. So sometimes I admire those people who live in the south of China, they can eat many fresh fruits and vegetables which are rare in here.

Litchi perhaps is common for them, after all, the scenery you often see is not the scenery. People often discover beauty between familiar and unfamiliar environments.

They are so red and beautiful, sweet and juicy, no wander Yangguifei, favorite concubine of emperor Minghuang, loved it so much.

今天给大家分享一幅水果图-荔枝图。

一提到荔枝，就会想起古人说的：“日啖荔枝三百颗，不辞长作岭南人。”是啊，荔枝或许是世界上最新鲜最美味的水果了。

不说在一千多年前的唐朝，就是现在交通这么发达，我在北方买到应季新鲜的荔枝还是不多见的。白居易的《荔枝日序》所说，荔枝这种水果，一日而色变，二日而香变，三日而味变，四五日外，则香味尽去矣”。所以能吃上新鲜的荔枝真的不容易，每年夏天上市时间短，就那么几天。所以有时候我也会非常羡慕生活在南方的人。可能这对他们来说很普通，毕竟看惯了风景不是风景。人往往在陌生和熟悉的对比之中，发现美。
它外红里白，甜而多汁，既能养颜又健身，难怪贵妃娘娘都如此喜爱。

下面我们就来画一画吧。

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Material 工具：

Chinese brushes 毛笔 3 只
Chinese painting color :
Xuan Paper (raw) 生宣纸
Chinese ink 墨汁
Small tray for washing brushes 笔洗

The Process:

Use thick ink to draw the basket.

用浓墨和淡墨勾画果篮。

Use yellow, blue, red color to paint litchi.
用藤黄，花青，曙红来画处荔枝果实。
然后用胭脂或者曙红点斑点。
一颗一颗的画，注意颜色变化，前后遮挡关系。不要急，要有耐心哦。

Use blue and ink to paint its leaves.

用花青和墨调和，画出它的硬硬的叶子。再用墨画出果柄及勾画叶筋。

Finally, I added some lichis.

最后又增加两串荔枝。 然后等篮筐和荔枝彻底干了之后，再用赭石给篮筐上色。

基本就完成了。

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