In the process of learning from Qi Baishi, Xu Linlu, who is intelligent by nature, gradually got the teacher's biography. The reputation of "Qi Baishi in Dongcheng" made Xu Linlu very proud and somewhat complacent. At this time, the words of the old man Baishi woke up.
He said, "If you learn from me, you will live like I die." .
Compere: What did he tell you?
Xu Linlu: You are always as bad as me. You should learn from my heart, not my hands.
Moderator: Under what circumstances did the teacher say such things to you?
Xu Linlu: I mentioned this when I was painting at my teacher's house.
Moderator: When you were studying painting, when you heard the teacher say this, could you understand the meaning behind his words?
Xu Linlu: You can't be like a teacher. You have to open a new door and learn the basics of teachers, but you have to change yourself.
[Explanation:] Keep in mind the teacher's teaching that "those who learn from me live like those who die", learn from others and realize the eight-character experience of "finding a door to break the door". Qi Baishi's paintings are as simple and dignified as writing regular script. Xu Linlu did the opposite and painted with wild brushwork, forming a unique freehand brushwork style today.
Xu Linlu: So now this painting is different from Mr. Qi's. It was his foundation that gave me a foundation, and I borrowed from the paintings of these good painters in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and took them for myself, forming such a personal style.
Live like me and die like me.
Xu Linlu, a close disciple of Qi Baishi, imitated Qi Baishi's prawn painting to perfection. Ordinary outsiders can't tell the truth from the false. There are also many people who want to learn from Mr. Qi's prawn paintings, but they are all aimless. Xu Linlu is very proud of this and a little carried away. Teacher Qi saw this and said this sentence.
Xu teacher also said that you should learn from my heart, not my hands. It's no use learning from me. In other words, you have to have an aura. If you have an aura, you can pass 10,000 at a time. If you have no aura, you can't pass it again.
Xu Linlu was regarded as the Ding Bai of painting before he entered the profession. After officially entering the business, Mr. Zhengqi was impressed for 65,438+04 years. With his own aura, under the guidance of Mr. Qi, he broke free from the cocoon of the teacher and opened up a new world on his own artistic road. Formed a unique freehand brushwork style recognized by today's painting world.
There is another example that confirms Mr. Qi's words.
A talented Japanese calligrapher participated in the Japanese youth calligraphy exhibition at the age of 9, which aroused strong repercussions from all walks of life. All four of his works are privately collected, with a total value of140,000 yen. Twenty years later, some unknown people appeared, but he disappeared.
It turns out that this little prodigy is addicted to copying Wang Xizhi's books and stickers. Twenty years have passed, and he has worn away his calligraphy personality. Now, compared with Wang Xizhi, his calligraphy can almost reach the level of confusing the fake with the real. In the eyes of artists, his works can only be regarded as imitations and have no appreciation value.
Find a door to get in, break down the door and come out. By the same token, we should not blindly imitate others in our life and work, but should have our own personality characteristics and principles on the basis of learning from others. In this way, we can get a sky of our own.