Du Mu’s simple drawing method is as follows:
The first step: first draw the poet’s hat, then draw the outline of the slightly raised head, draw the facial features, and pay attention to adding the mustache . Draw the poet's robe downwards, with his hands behind his back, paying attention to the patterns on the neck, waist and ends of the robe.
Step 2: Continue to paint the hat black, color the skin on the face, and add red cheeks. Finally, paint the robe dark blue, add yellow and gray edges, and a simple sketch of Du Mu is ready.
Du Mu (803-852), named Muzhi, was born in Jingzhaowenian (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province) in the Tang Dynasty. Grandson of Du You. Tang Dynasty litterateur and Yamato Jinshi. He successively served as secretary of the Huainan Jiedu Envoy, censor of supervision, judge of Xuanzhou Tuanlian, censor of the palace, internal worship, Zuo Buque, editor of the History Museum, Si Xun Yuan Wai Lang, and governor of Huang, Chi, Mu, Hu and other states.
In his later years, he lived in Fanchuan and was known as Du Fanchuan. He is upright, informal, and disdainful of flattery. He prides himself on his talents as a manager and is famous for his poetry and writing. "A Fang Gong Fu" is the most famous of his works. His poems are bright and meaningful, and his quatrain poems are especially praised by others. He is known as Xiao Du in the world. He is as famous as Li Shangyin and is collectively known as "Little Li Du".
His representative works include "Porting Qinhuai", "Jiangnan Spring", "Red Cliff", "Ti Wujiang Pavilion", etc., which are very popular. When he was young, he was fond of reading military books, and he once annotated thirteen chapters of "The Art of War" written by Cao Cao. He also wrote essays on contemporary military affairs such as "Sin Yan", "On War", "Shou Lun", and "Original Sixteenth Guards".
In the third year of Huichang (843), the Zhaoyi army was in chaos. He wrote to Li Deyu about the method of using troops, which was adopted by Deyu. He is the author of "Collected Works of Fan Chuan". In 1978, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House published "Annotations to the Collected Poems of Fan Chuan" and "Collected Works of Fan Chuan".