夜之序曲（彩墨）

夜幕四合，一彎明月懸在天際，一疋雲帶橫亘在山巒之間，像部隊值星官披肩的布幔。

萬籟俱寂，闃靜的月、闃靜的山、闃靜的水，只有急欲歸巢的三五隻夜鷺飛過，偶爾發出嘎嘎的叫聲。

──這就是典型的鄉村夜之序曲。

我畫月亮，有時先用空白紙剪一個月形，把它放在畫中適當的位置上，然後再用牙刷、盤子把墨色刷上去。由於牙刷在盤沿刷墨，可以刷得極細。粉狀的細點很勻襯的覆滿在擺月亮的位置上。俟乾後把紙片拿起來，一彎清月呈現在畫上，像要躍飛起來的樣子。不過，先聲明：本圖不是這樣作出來的。

Prelude to Night / ink and color painting

As the darkness of night falls, a crescent moon hangs in the sky, and a veil of cloud creeps through the mountains, like the cape worn by on-duty officers in the army.

All is still, and the moon, mountains, and water are silent. The only things moving are four or five night herons returning to their nests, and occasionally making their croaking sounds.

－－ This is a typical prelude to the night in the countryside.

When I pinned the moon, I sometimes cut a blank piece of paper in the shape of the moon, and then place it in an appropriate location on the painting. I then use a toothbrush and plate to brush on ink. I found that I can make extremely fine strokes by moving the toothbrush along the edge of the plate, and the almost-powdery points of ink surround the location of the moon. I remove the piece of paper after the ink is dry, leaving the white shape of the crescent moon on the painting, as if it is about to leap up into space. However, I would like to note that I did not use that method in this painting. ＠

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