What is a classical sketch?

Classical sketch takes spirit as its connotation, advocates elegant and lofty themes, solemn and simple forms, emphasizes rationality but despises emotion, emphasizes sketch and rigorous appearance, belittles the expression of color and brushwork, pursues the balance and integrity of composition, and strives to make the works produce an ancient tranquility and severe beauty. In terms of techniques, classical painting emphasizes accurate sketching techniques and soft light and shade tones, pays attention to making the image shape concise and summarized like a sculpture, and pursues grand composition methods, solemn style and boldness. The world's top classical sketch masters include Italian Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, German Diu Lei and holbein, Belgian Rubens, Spanish Goya, French Angel, Flemish Van Dyke and Dutch Rembrandt.