写生,几乎成为久违的话题了。而今的画坛不断地讨论着当代艺术的各种话题:从文化到图像,从观念到方式,从创作到操作,不胜枚举,而唯独很少说到写生。“写生”似乎成了“习作”的同义语,提不到“当代艺术”的桌面上。即便是专门讨论油画问题时,写生也是被遗忘的旧题或被搁置在角落的次要问题。在目前各种印制越来越精美的画册中,写生作品集只占很小的分量,如果有的话,则主要是供习画者参考的“教材”。其实历史早就证明,优秀的 Sketching has almost become a long-lost topic. Nowadays, the art circles are constantly discussing various topics of contemporary art: from culture to image, from concept to style, from creation to operation, and numerous, but seldom talk about sketching. “Sketching ” seems to be synonymous with “practice ”, not to mention “contemporary art ” on the desktop. Even though it was devoted to painting, sketching was a forgotten old question or a secondary issue that was left in the corner. At present, more and more beautiful pictures are printed, the sketchbook collection occupies only a small part, if any, mainly for the reference of the “textbook” for the artist. In fact, history has long proved that excellent