Gu Weijing looked at the sky.
Feeling that he had collected enough material for the day, he moved the canvas board in the courtyard and fixed a large sketch paper, beginning to design the draft for the art exhibition piece.
Oil painters have different habits when painting.
Some like meticulous and complicated processes, first sketching small 5:1, 8:1 drafts on sketch paper or linen canvas, then enlarging and copying them onto the formal canvas to determine the overall line and shape.
Then, based on this shape, they create an initial underpainting and color relationship, before starting the final painting.
Some bold and free-spirited artists, however, start painting directly on the canvas with a brush dipped in oil or acrylic without even sketching the lines and shapes.
Neither choice is superior to the other.
It depends more on personal habits and painting styles.
