Simplicity and complexity

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Chongchong's idea about simplicity and complexity

The drawing process is about getting from simplicity to complexity, and the other way around.　

At first we draw with single lines, like lifedrawing or linedrawing. Soon we discover that the power of single lines is not enough as visual expressions, the sense of solid and reality is not enough. So we improved our tools and techniques, we drew from charcoal drawing, to gouache, oil painting, the expression since been enhanced, the documentation make drawings more like real photos.　

There's a difference between beginners and experts, that is, if they could draw deep down into a painting.However, these details can not be restrained, they are not delicate and careful depicting, but to find out the points that make you interested in, and to make them terrific. It is not only a sort of ability to find such points, and it's also the reason why personal art style has formed.
　
When you are able to draw into complexity, then you return to simplicity. The lines are still lines, however, with a totally different spirit. Because the simplicity is based on complexity, is based on dissecting and selecting. If there's no such process, simplicity is just simple, but with this process, simplicity is simple and deep.