How to learn Chinese painting

The skills of learning Chinese painting include calligraphy practice, basic practice, professional practice, systematic study and improving literary literacy.

1, calligraphy practice

Beginners should pay attention to the homology of painting and calligraphy when learning Chinese painting. Books and paintings are both pen and ink art, and their emergence and development complement each other. Therefore, it is best to practice calligraphy while learning Chinese painting. There are many similarities in points, lines and ink use in book countries, so a certain calligraphy foundation is of great help to learning Chinese painting.

But painting and calligraphy are independent art forms after all. Learning calligraphy is of great help to learning Chinese painting, but it is fundamental for beginners to learn Chinese painting. Practicing calligraphy is to learn Chinese painting better, which can't be forgotten at first.

2. Basic exercises

The foundation is very important, and beginners should pay attention to basic exercises when learning Chinese painting. Line is a basis for learning Chinese painting, and the basic brushwork of Chinese painting is line modeling. In painting theory, it is often said that "building bones with lines" means using lines, and expressing the expression, shape, texture, momentum, rhythm, space and other modeling factors of objects with the changes of line length, thickness, turning point, frustration, weight, stiffness, shade and luster.

The application of ink color in Chinese painting is one of the foundations of learning Chinese painting. Ink is divided into five colors: dry, wet, thick, light and burnt. In addition, there is "white". The use of blank space is also the unique artistic beauty of Chinese painting.

3. Specialize in one practice

There are many themes in Chinese painting, such as landscape figures, flowers, birds, fish and insects, natural phenomena and so on. Techniques are divided into strokes, freehand brushwork and simultaneous writing. For beginners, every subject and technology is like a mountain.

Not to mention a lifetime of hard work, three or five years, or even ten or eight years, may not be able to climb high. Therefore, beginners should pay attention to specialization when learning Chinese painting. It takes three to five years to learn one category of Chinese painting first, then devote yourself to other categories, complete your own knowledge and promote the upgrading of specialized categories.

4. Systematic learning

It is difficult for beginners to learn Chinese painting by themselves, so it is necessary to study it systematically. For beginners to learn Chinese painting, I suggest learning from teachers. A good teacher can explain clearly the confusion when they are beginners, lay a good foundation, take fewer detours, get started quickly and save a lot of time.

In addition, Mustard Seed Garden is an introductory course for ancient and modern people to learn Chinese painting, and Qi Baishi copied it for a long time. It is a systematic and professional painting learning course, and it is worth for beginners to learn Chinese painting copying slowly, absorb the essence of painting in previous dynasties, and have a systematic foundation.

5, the improvement of literary literacy

The creation of Chinese painting has two levels, one is the expression of technique and pen and ink, and the other is the expression of the painter's humanistic care, emotion, aesthetics and ideological spirit. Therefore, beginners should pay attention to the improvement of literary literacy when learning Chinese painting, which is a process for the author to polish his mind and enhance his pattern and vision. Wei, Su Shi, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, these famous artists can all write poems and have deep literary attainments.