如何畫創作畫
創作畫是寫實畫裡最具挑戰性的畫種。不僅勞民傷財，而且需要扎實的素描，速寫和胖像畫基礎。雖然費時費工，畫創作畫，在畫布上一筆筆畫出心中所想也會帶來滿滿的成就感。曾經有畫友問我關於創作畫的問題。接下來的兩篇文章，我會針對創作畫分享我的經驗。
Selecting a Subject
There are different genres of narrative paintings such as contemporary, historical, military (battle scenes), religious, fantasy, etc. Inspiration of a narrative painting topic can be from life experience, life observation or simply reading. I have created narrative paintings with contemporary and historical themes, but also stories based on Chinese mythology or literature.
創作畫題材有很多種 – 風俗畫，歷史畫，軍事畫，宗教畫，想像/玄幻。一個畫家選擇繪畫題材有各種因素，教育文化背景當然是重要原因，即文化教育人的傳承，而寫實畫家與周遭生活感受有關。我畫過風俗畫，歷史畫，也有根據中國傳說和文學作品畫過創作畫。
My narrative paintings mostly fall into two categories – contemporary and historical. I like contemporary narrative paintings. They can train my observation and sense of society and it’s easier to find suitable models and backdrop. I created a series of narrative paintings focusing on love stories of young people in Taipei. I use models for reference for characters in contemporary paintings but they don’t necessarily look identical to the model. What I strive to create and render on canvas is an artistic image that embodies what I feel and observe from life, an image not from snapping a photo, but an image that has gone through my imagination, distillation and refinement and is representative of a typical moment under a typical circumstance. More on this later.
我的創作畫大約可以分成兩大類，風俗畫以及歷史畫。我喜歡的風俗畫，它能夠培養我對社會人物和風貌的敏銳觀察和感受，也容易物色到適合的模特兒和典型的環境。所以我在台北創作了不少都市青年感情生活的風情畫。我的風俗畫中的人物通常用生活中的人物作模特兒，經過再創作才有真實感和典型性。創作美感典型，又有生活化的藝術形象是我的努力方向。我希望觀眾會感動，會記住這些形象。
