The scholar's studio: the few items on the desk

A close-up of a scholar's desk setup. The tabletop is a single piece of solid wood, dark, thick, with visible wood grain and signs of use. There are not many items on it, but all have a purpose: a stone inkstone with residual wet ink in the inkwell; a brush rest holding two calligraphy brushes, their tips still wet; a stack of Xuan paper pressed under a paperweight, with a few characters already written on the top sheet; a small water dropper; a brush pot holding several brushes. Next to it is a teacup. The arrangement of objects reflects an in-use order rather than a display composition, with a few ink spots on the tabletop. About half of the tabletop is left blank. Light shines diagonally from the side. Avoid: arranging objects into a neat display, using brand new unused stationery, depicting the tabletop as completely clean, adding excessive decorative擺件.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張案桌上的文房陳設近景。桌面是一整塊實木,深色、厚實,可以看見木紋與使用的痕跡。上面的東西不多但都有用途:一方石硯,墨池裡有未乾的殘墨;一支筆擱著兩支毛筆,筆尖仍濕;一疊宣紙壓在一塊鎮紙下,最上面那張已經寫了幾個字;一只小水盂;一個筆筒插著幾支筆。旁邊有一只茶杯。物件的擺放是使用中的秩序而不是陳列的構圖,有幾處墨點落在桌面上。桌面留白約一半。光從側面斜射。避免:把物件排成整齊的展示、使用全新未用過的文具、把桌面畫成完全乾淨、加入過多的裝飾擺件。